{"id":4217,"date":"2009-08-12T11:46:42","date_gmt":"2009-08-12T19:46:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/?p=4217"},"modified":"2009-08-12T11:46:42","modified_gmt":"2009-08-12T19:46:42","slug":"cooper-speaks-up-on-sg-1-sga-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/cooper-speaks-up-on-sg-1-sga-movies\/","title":{"rendered":"Cooper Speaks Up On SG-1, SGA Movies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stargate executive producer Robert C. Cooper<\/a> gave an interview over the weekend about the prospects for new SG-1 and SGA direct-to-DVD movies. In this exclusive interview<\/a>, he cites the current economics of DVD sales as the major stumbling block:<\/p>\n

\"Robert<\/div>\n

“We’re ready to go,” Cooper said in an exclusive interview over the weekend in Pasadena, Calif., where he was promoting SGU at the Television Critics Association summer press tour. “We’re just waiting for the right opportunity,” he said. “We want to be successful with it. The studio wants to be successful, and we really don’t want to proceed with something in the wrong climate, which I think financially it is right now.”<\/p>\n

Two previous SG-1 straight-to-DVD movies, Continuum and The Ark of Truth, sold well, but the current economic downturn makes DVD premieres less lucrative than they were in the past.<\/p>\n

“It’s tough, because we were very successful with the first two SG-1 movies,” Cooper said. “Since then, the economics have changed a little bit. DVDs aren’t selling the same way they were when we released those even just a year, and a year and a half ago.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This line of reasoning matches what producer\/writer Joe Mallozzi has said numerous times in his blog, for example, here<\/a>, as we discussed here<\/a> back in June.<\/p>\n

Fans may wonder why the studio can’t look at alternative distribution methods to DVD, such as iTunes, Amazon UnBox, and other pay-for-download media. Consumers aren’t watching fewer movies; they’re just watching them differently. In any case, this confirms what we suspected back in June: the movies are by no means a sure thing. Filming for Stargate Universe<\/a> wraps at the end of October, and the producers had hoped to keep the crew on board to move directly to filming the movies. With no green-light nor deals in place, this becomes ever more unlikely as the weeks pass. David Hewlett recently expressed doubts via twitter <\/a>as well:<\/p>\n

cast has heard nothing about Atlantis movie. I think the chances of it happening now are slim to none…such a waste!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Watch this space for more news as it arrives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Stargate executive producer Robert C. Cooper gave an interview over the weekend about the prospects for new SG-1 and SGA direct-to-DVD movies. In this exclusive interview, he cites the current economics of DVD sales as the major stumbling block: “We’re ready to go,” Cooper said in an exclusive interview over the weekend in Pasadena, Calif., … Continue reading “Cooper Speaks Up On SG-1, SGA Movies”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,7,6,3,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-atlantis","category-merchandise","category-press","category-sg-1","category-views"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4217"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4219,"href":"https:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4217\/revisions\/4219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}