{"id":720,"date":"2006-12-15T09:47:41","date_gmt":"2006-12-15T17:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/?p=720"},"modified":"2010-03-04T11:11:03","modified_gmt":"2010-03-04T19:11:03","slug":"shanks-approached-to-star-in-3rd-stargate-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/2006\/12\/shanks-approached-to-star-in-3rd-stargate-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Shanks approached to star in 3rd Stargate series!"},"content":{"rendered":"

SOLUTIONS EXCLUSIVE!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Popular fan site GateWorld reports today that a third Stargate spinoff series is in development at Bridge Studios, Vancouver.<\/p>\n

From GateWorld<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“A production source informs GateWorld that the new series is in the concept phase, and is being actively worked on by the Vancouver creatives behind Stargate SG-1<\/em> and Stargate Atlantis<\/em>. No concept for the show has yet been revealed.<\/p>\n

The third TV series is also not likely to be rushed into production for a 2007 premiere in order to replace SG-1<\/em>, which takes its final bow with 10 new episodes this spring. Instead, a premiere in 2008 or later is more likely at this point.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Save Stargate SG1 campaign site previously reported that Brad Wright and Robert Cooper, showrunners for Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis, had withdrawn from those productions to concentrate on the two SG1 TV\/DVD movies, contending that the Stargate ‘big guns’ could be involved in no less than the development of the long-rumoured third spinoff series. <\/a><\/p>\n

In that report<\/a>, the Save SG1 campaign site argued:<\/p>\n

“They could afford to move over a cast member, a beloved character, or even two, but they need new blood – cheaper talent. That’s reality.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Now Stargate SG1 Solutions can exclusively reveal that SG1’s Michael Shanks, who plays Dr. Daniel Jackson on the show, has already been approached to star in the third Stargate series! We were informed by a source close to the production that Shanks would be lead actor and Daniel Jackson the main character in the spinoff.<\/p>\n

Fans of the actor and the character will be thrilled to note that Shanks was approached to star in the spinoff before the concept has even been firmed up!<\/p>\n

There’s no word yet on whether Shanks will be accepting the role. The actor has proven savvy in the past, wanting to commit only to projects that have ‘legs’ and will be more than a one-season wonder, and is also protective of the character he portrays, having left the production for its 6th season when he felt Daniel was being under-utilised. He would be wise, however, to consider the cachet being a series lead would add to his resume for future projects. In the entertainment industry, lead naturally carries greater weight and status than second lead.<\/p>\n

The many fans of the sizzling chemistry between Daniel Jackson and the roguish Vala Mal Doran, played by Claudia Black, will no doubt be gearing up to lobby The Powers That Be at Bridge Studios in Vancouver urging Wright and Cooper to secure Shanks and Black as their male and female leads.<\/p>\n

SG1 leading lady Amanda Tapping will be moving across to sister production Atlantis as Samantha Carter for a yet to be confirmed number of episodes of its fourth season while actor and writer Christopher Judge is working on a pilot script.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SOLUTIONS EXCLUSIVE! Popular fan site GateWorld reports today that a third Stargate spinoff series is in development at Bridge Studios, Vancouver. From GateWorld: “A production source informs GateWorld that the new series is in the concept phase, and is being actively worked on by the Vancouver creatives behind Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis. No concept … Continue reading “Shanks approached to star in 3rd Stargate series!”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,2],"tags":[15],"class_list":["post-720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-views","tag-michael-shanks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/720","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=720"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7261,"href":"https:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/720\/revisions\/7261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}