Stargate remake isn't happening after all

The Stargate remake isn't going to happen after all.

Speaking with Empire Online, original Stargate writer Dean Devlin explained that the new sci-fi trilogy isn't moving forward. "It looked good for a couple of months, but now it’s not looking so good," said the frequent collaborator of filmmaker Roland Emmerich.

"There are just a lot of things that have to fire at the same time, and there was a moment where I thought it was all firing at the same time, and then it all kind of fell apart."


Last year, Independence Day: Resurgence writers Nicolas Wright and James A. Wood were in final talks to pen the Stargate remake's script. It's possible that Independence Day 2's underwhelming box office returns impacted the sci-fi reboot.

For his part, Devlin blamed the current thinking behind Hollywood blockbusters for the failed revival of Stargate, noting the original was independently produced. Working with a major studio could have negatively affected the final product, he said.

“You’d have several studios involved and a lot of voices and, you know, you may make something great, but you also may have something that doesn't resemble what you wanted to do," Devlin said. "That kind of ‘collaboration’ is a terrifying aspect of the whole thing.”

The original Stargate, released in 1994, starred Kurt Russell and James Spader. The series has spawned multiple TV series and direct-to-video movies.