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'Stargate' Remake Finds Its Writers (Exclusive)
4:38 PM PST 2/3/2015 by Borys Kit
Stargate, the relaunch of the 1990s Roland Emmerich sci-fi film property from MGM and Warner Bros., has found its writers.
Nicolas Wright and James A. Woods are in final negotiations to pen the script of what is intended to be the first of a trilogy that Emmerich is slated to direct. Dean Devlin, who co-wrote the original movie with Emmerich, is producing.
The duo are relatively new writers and they recently worked with Emmerich writing on Fox’s Independence Day 2, with the studio greenlighting the movie off their draft. Emmerich warmed up to Wright and Woods when his Centropolis Entertainment banner picked up a secret action thriller from the duo.
Stargate told of the discovery of a circular device that creates a wormhole allowing for scientists and military person to a distant world, where they discover an enslaved people who are descendants from ancient Egyptians.
The movie, which starred Kurt Russell and James Spader, launched several TV series.
Wright and Woods are repped by WME. Wright is additionally repped by Mel McKeon and Laura Meyones at McKeon-Myones Management. Woods is managed by Christina Karakasidis at Thruline Entertainment.
4:38 PM PST 2/3/2015 by Borys Kit
Stargate, the relaunch of the 1990s Roland Emmerich sci-fi film property from MGM and Warner Bros., has found its writers.
Nicolas Wright and James A. Woods are in final negotiations to pen the script of what is intended to be the first of a trilogy that Emmerich is slated to direct. Dean Devlin, who co-wrote the original movie with Emmerich, is producing.
The duo are relatively new writers and they recently worked with Emmerich writing on Fox’s Independence Day 2, with the studio greenlighting the movie off their draft. Emmerich warmed up to Wright and Woods when his Centropolis Entertainment banner picked up a secret action thriller from the duo.
Stargate told of the discovery of a circular device that creates a wormhole allowing for scientists and military person to a distant world, where they discover an enslaved people who are descendants from ancient Egyptians.
The movie, which starred Kurt Russell and James Spader, launched several TV series.
Wright and Woods are repped by WME. Wright is additionally repped by Mel McKeon and Laura Meyones at McKeon-Myones Management. Woods is managed by Christina Karakasidis at Thruline Entertainment.
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James A. Woods?!
Ooh, piece of candy...ooh, piece of candy...
Ooh, piece of candy...ooh, piece of candy...
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The remake of Stargate is not happening, and we know why: exclusive
http://www.empireonline.com/movies/n...now-exclusive/
Oh, Stargate, why hast thou forsaken us? Despite the fact that that 1994 film from director Roland Emmerich and writer/producer Dean Devlin gave us three live action and one animated television series, plus a wide variety of novels and comic books that fans happily consumed, the franchise now seems to feel too above us to give any more. This despite the fact we’d been teased with rumblings of MGM and Warner Bros partnering with Emmerich and Devlin for a brand new trilogy. But now, in an exclusive interview with Empire, Devlin reveals that plans for a remake have fallen through.
“It looked good for a couple of months, but now it’s not looking so good,” offers Devlin, guiding force of The Librarians television series, returning for its third season next week. “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.”
He attributes much of the blame to the current system of moviemaking, where everything is driven by numbers and a desire for the idea of a franchise without the same sort of attention being paid to the product itself. “It’s one of the reasons I prefer to work independently,” he says. “Listen, I think if we did Stargate right, the fans would like it and we could do something really good. But if we screw it up, they’ll reject it. As they should. But I kind of don’t want to do it if I think that we’ll screw it up, and that’s one of the things that’s holding us back.”
The original Stargate was actually produced independently without the backing of a major studio, which granted the filmmakers an extraordinary amount of freedom. Today, Devlin notes, the situation would be very different: “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. That kind of ‘collaboration’ is a terrifying aspect of the whole thing.”
“It looked good for a couple of months, but now it’s not looking so good,” offers Devlin, guiding force of The Librarians television series, returning for its third season next week. “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.”
He attributes much of the blame to the current system of moviemaking, where everything is driven by numbers and a desire for the idea of a franchise without the same sort of attention being paid to the product itself. “It’s one of the reasons I prefer to work independently,” he says. “Listen, I think if we did Stargate right, the fans would like it and we could do something really good. But if we screw it up, they’ll reject it. As they should. But I kind of don’t want to do it if I think that we’ll screw it up, and that’s one of the things that’s holding us back.”
The original Stargate was actually produced independently without the backing of a major studio, which granted the filmmakers an extraordinary amount of freedom. Today, Devlin notes, the situation would be very different: “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. That kind of ‘collaboration’ is a terrifying aspect of the whole thing.”
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Opposite for me, I liked the movie more. Tried the shows, bailed after a few episodes on each series. Could have cared less if they actually did a reboot, I probably wouldn't have watched it.
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Like the movie and the various series. Don't have a problem with a remake/reboot... these aren't works of art. The concept and execution weren't exactly original.
Might be more interesting if they adapted some of Andre Norton's shared-universe stories involving Stargates. If any SF author ever wrote stories that could be easily adapted to movies, it was Norton.
Might be more interesting if they adapted some of Andre Norton's shared-universe stories involving Stargates. If any SF author ever wrote stories that could be easily adapted to movies, it was Norton.
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I enjoyed the early seasons stopped watching it after some point for some reason. I think the show was better than the film. I mostly enjoy the film for Russell though.
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Like the movies and liked the shows. A new movie always seemed to be limited to me. I'd be down for more TV adventures though.
Something more modern, with a better budget and not trying to be dark and gloomy or Battlestar Galactica.
Something more modern, with a better budget and not trying to be dark and gloomy or Battlestar Galactica.
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Atlantis was great throughout it's run.
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Liked the movie, never saw the shows.
The real reason the reboot was scuttled? Independence Day. They presented the same "trilogy" concept and it blew up in their faces.
Uh-huh.
The real reason the reboot was scuttled? Independence Day. They presented the same "trilogy" concept and it blew up in their faces.
He attributes much of the blame to the current system of moviemaking, where everything is driven by numbers and a desire for the idea of a franchise without the same sort of attention being paid to the product itself. “It’s one of the reasons I prefer to work independently,” he says.
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I still think the bastards needed to finish Stargate Atlantis instead of leaving it hanging to pursue that POS Stargate Universe. At least do a movie/miniseries so they could wrap it up like they did with Firefly and Farscape.
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I liked the movie, but completely hated the TV shows. I watched all TV shows, I just hated it.
As for new trilogy movies... Can't say that I'm looking forward to it. After seeing Independence Day Resurgence, it was just plain stupid.
As for new trilogy movies... Can't say that I'm looking forward to it. After seeing Independence Day Resurgence, it was just plain stupid.
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I also liked the original movie but couldn't get into the TV show. Tried a few different episodes but it never clicked for me.
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Loved the Movie and enjoyed the shows. I think a remake is not needed but I think that about most remakes.
I watched the new Ghostbusters this past weekend and am wondering why they thought that would be a good story to make.
I hate the concept of the new Start Trek movies ( but like the movies themselves) and dont consider them Start Trek at all since they take place in an alternate universe. And I really hate the pacing of them. It seems like everything in the new movies takes place within hours or days. I also have a problem with the idea that this Kirk went onto the ship in the first movie as a Star Fleet cadet and got of the ship a few days later as the captain of the ship. Never going to happen.
I also disliked the Battlestar Galactica remake. I thought that they could have worked in that universe using another ship.
It just seems that there is a serious lack of imagination and NEW ideas in Hollywood at this time so that have to mine my childhood and rape my favorite stories to get more money now.
I watched the new Ghostbusters this past weekend and am wondering why they thought that would be a good story to make.
I hate the concept of the new Start Trek movies ( but like the movies themselves) and dont consider them Start Trek at all since they take place in an alternate universe. And I really hate the pacing of them. It seems like everything in the new movies takes place within hours or days. I also have a problem with the idea that this Kirk went onto the ship in the first movie as a Star Fleet cadet and got of the ship a few days later as the captain of the ship. Never going to happen.
I also disliked the Battlestar Galactica remake. I thought that they could have worked in that universe using another ship.
It just seems that there is a serious lack of imagination and NEW ideas in Hollywood at this time so that have to mine my childhood and rape my favorite stories to get more money now.
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At the same time... ST would be dead w/o the reboot. Not to say that it doesn't have a hard time still existing either. ST essentially ran itself to the ground by never never doing much except for being boring. The new ST started off enough to where it became a viable franchise... which only kept going down by not doing much w/ itself either. Apparently, Beyond was pretty good and return to form of sorts but I think Into Darkness' marketing and the film itself, which was for the most part good but still unoriginal, kind of killed what Beyond could have had for being a quality flick. The flick didn't even make double it's budget... w/ international thrown into that too. Oooooof
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At the same time... ST would be dead w/o the reboot. Not to say that it doesn't have a hard time still existing either. ST essentially ran itself to the ground by never never doing much except for being boring. The new ST started off enough to where it became a viable franchise... which only kept going down by not doing much w/ itself either. Apparently, Beyond was pretty good and return to form of sorts but I think Into Darkness' marketing and the film itself, which was for the most part good but still unoriginal, kind of killed what Beyond could have had for being a quality flick. The flick didn't even make double it's budget... w/ international thrown into that too. Oooooof