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