{"id":936,"date":"2007-08-07T12:31:47","date_gmt":"2007-08-07T20:31:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/?p=936"},"modified":"2008-09-18T18:51:11","modified_gmt":"2008-09-19T02:51:11","slug":"more-stargate-news-from-comic-con","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/2007\/08\/more-stargate-news-from-comic-con\/","title":{"rendered":"More Stargate News from Comic Con"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mary McNamara of Multichannel News has posted her article about the recent Comic Con International held in San Diego (July 26-29) at which <em>Stargate: The Ark of Truth<\/em> and <em>Stargate Atlantis<\/em> were represented by panels that included actors, producers, writers, and directors.<\/p>\n<h3>Stargate SG-1 Movies<\/h3>\n<blockquote><p>\nMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios continues to invest heavily in the wholly owned Stargate franchise even though Stargate SG-1 was dumped by Sci Fi after a decade on cable. (Sister series Atlantis lives on.)<\/p>\n<p>City buses plastered with Stargate images ran continuously in front of the convention center. At the Sci Fi\/EW bash, MGM&#8217;s senior executive vice president of finance and corporate development Charlie Cohen said the studio decorated 10 buses and has already reserved the vehicles for next year.<\/p>\n<p>MGM has two direct-to-DVD SG-1 movies in production \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Continuum and Ark of Truth \u00e2\u20ac\u201d that cost about $7 million each to make, and there are plans to crank out more, Cohen said.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/wiki\/SG-1_Movies\">Solutions: SG-1 Movies index (spoilers)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/blog\/?p=922\">Solutions: Comic Con: SG-1 Panel Breakdown, Images (some spoilers)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/blog\/?p=913\">Solutions: Spoilers: Ark of Truth Trailer Breakdown (spoilers)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/blog\/?p=911\">Solutions: Comic Con: DVD Movie Release Dates<\/a> (includes image of <em>The Ark of Truth<\/em> bus advertisement)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/forum\/index.php?board=25.0\">Solutions On-Site Forum: Post Season Ten News and Speculation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Stargate Atlantis<\/h3>\n<blockquote><p>\nThe Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis panels were raucous, moderated by Gary Jones, a Toronto Second City improv vet who plays the beloved &#8220;GateGuy&#8221; (Chief Master Sgt. Walter Harriman) on SG-1.<\/p>\n<p>No such event would be complete without a fan protest. When an audience member asked the Stargate producers &#8220;what they have against doctors,&#8221; the 4,500-strong crowd roared and hundreds of little Scottish flags fluttered in the air.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, a fan named Michelle from San Francisco had distributed the keepsakes in support of returning Dr. Carson Beckett (Paul McGillion) to the Atlantis cast. The character, a Scot and a medical doctor, was killed off last season.<\/p>\n<p>The producers tried to deflect the issue with humor. &#8220;It&#8217;s not doctors we have a problem with,&#8221; executive producer Robert Cooper quipped. &#8220;It&#8217;s Scottish people.&#8221; Atlantis showrunner Joe Mallozzi assured the crowd he loved Scottish people and instructed them to redirect their &#8220;hate e-mail to Rob Cooper. My inbox is full.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Later, in the hallways, fans dressed in kilts played a dirge on bagpipes.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>You can read more about the fans of Carson Beckett at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.savecarsonbeckett.com\">Save Carson Beckett Campaign website<\/a> (includes several photos from Comic Con). <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/wiki\/Stargate_Atlantis:_Season_Four\">Solutions: Stargate Atlantis Season Four index (spoilers)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/forum\/index.php#2\">Solutions On-Site Forum: Discuss <em>Stargate Atlantis<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Stargate Universe<\/h3>\n<blockquote><p>\nCohen also indicated Stargate producers are incubating a third spin-off series, based on the &#8220;ninth chevron,&#8221; a symbol imbedded in the stargate. &#8220;It will take some Stargate group to an awesome, complex region of space that will allow for many great stories,&#8221; Cohen said.<\/p>\n<p>Stories that MGM hopes will appeal to the fans \u00e2\u20ac\u201d OK, geeks \u00e2\u20ac\u201d like those that can be found at ComicCon.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/forum\/index.php?board=30.0\">Solutions On-Site Forum: Discuss <em>Stargate Universe<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To read the full article, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.multichannel.com\/article\/CA6465556.html\">Multichannel News: At Comic-Con, Geeks Wield Power<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>[Thanks to jasonf for the tip.]<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mary McNamara of Multichannel News has posted her article about the recent Comic Con International held in San Diego (July 26-29) at which Stargate: The Ark of Truth and Stargate Atlantis were represented by panels that included actors, producers, writers, and directors. Stargate SG-1 Movies Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios continues to invest heavily in the wholly owned &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/2007\/08\/more-stargate-news-from-comic-con\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;More Stargate News from Comic Con&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":72,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,1,6,3,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-atlantis","category-news","category-press","category-sg-1","category-universe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/936","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\/72"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=936"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/936\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1643,"href":"https:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/936\/revisions\/1643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}