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30 JUL 03:
IGN FILMFORCE REPORTS ON SEASON EIGHT, ATLANTIS SPIN-OFF AND A PROPOSED SG-1 MOVIE


July 29, 2003 - Last week, fans of Stargate SG-1 were buoyed by the news that the sci-fi spin-off series would continue for an eighth season; and equally important, that both Richard Dean Anderson (Col. Jack O'Neill) and Michael Shanks (Dr. Daniel Jackson) would be staying on for the new season. TV Guide announced the series' continuation.

Speculation about the show's demise has been rampant in past months, due in part to the show's small fan base. Although it attracts over a million weekly viewers, SG-1's audience is still a fraction of what even Paramount's flagging Enterprise boasts – despite TV Guide's optimistic claim that SG-1 is science fiction's greatest hit.

However, MGM has taken a U-turn with their franchise, announcing a second Stargate series to begin concurrent to SG-1's eighth season. The new show will be called Stargate: Atlantis, and will feature an entirely new cast of explorers and scientists who search for clues to the Stargate's origin.

MGM intends to end SG-1 at the close of season eight, and to use it as a lead-in for a second Stargate film, based on SG-1.

Read more of Paul Davidson's report on Atlantis and the SG-1 movie at IGN FilmForce


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