{"id":1559,"date":"2008-09-04T13:20:16","date_gmt":"2008-09-04T21:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/?p=1559"},"modified":"2008-09-18T18:30:06","modified_gmt":"2008-09-19T02:30:06","slug":"mikita-to-direct-sga-finale-hopes-for-movie-sgu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/2008\/09\/mikita-to-direct-sga-finale-hopes-for-movie-sgu\/","title":{"rendered":"Mikita to Direct SGA Finale, Hopes for Movie, SGU"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nDirector Andy Mikita and David Hewlett confer during filming of “The Shrine”<\/em><\/p>\n

Like several directors associated with Stargate<\/em>, Andy Mikita<\/a> moved to Stargate Atlantis<\/em> from Stargate SG-1<\/em>. His first SGA episode was “Before I Sleep”, and now, his last episode will be the series finale, “Enemy at the Gate”. “I\u2019m super-excited and honored that they [the show\u2019s producers] gave me that episode to direct, and hopefully I\u2019ll be able to do it justice,” Mikita told Steve Eramo of newsarama.com.<\/p>\n

Mikita has been with the Stargate<\/em> franchise since the early days of SG-1<\/em>, and he’s stated that he’d like to continue his involvement, but no decisions have been made yet. “It would be very presumptuous of me to assume anything at this point,” Mikita posted in Joseph Mallozzi’s weblog, “but I am hoping to direct the SGA movie and episodes of Universe<\/em>. Hopefully it\u2019ll work out.”<\/p>\n

Mikita is prepping to direct the series finale, “Enemy at the Gate”, which was written by Paul Mullie (and Joseph Mallozzi). Although it is the last episode to be aired, this landmark 100th episode will be filmed next-to-last as the production will wrap the show’s principal photography at the Las Vegas location shoot for the penultimate episode, Robert C. Cooper’s “Vegas”.<\/p>\n

Mikita concluded his Q&A at Mallozzi’s weblog, “Like everyone, I hope it [the Stargate franchise] continues to evolve and live a long and prosperous life. I don\u2019t know if I will be part of the next chapter, but I am hopeful that I will be.”<\/p>\n

To read Mikita’s thoughts on his Stargate<\/em> career, as well as all kinds of spoilers for upcoming episodes he’s directed for this season thus far, visit the following:<\/p>\n