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Sci Fi Channel Permanently Submerges STARGATE ATLANTIS!! As A Series, At Least...


Merrick here...

STARGATE ATLANTIS looks to be wrapping its run as a series after its current (and now final) season. Plans are to continue the franchise via direct-to-DVD feature projects, a la its progenitor series STARGATE SG-1.

The current season, the series' fifth, will end in a cliffhanger that will be resolved on the first DVD project.

"We're excited to tell Atlantis stories on a bigger canvas,” Brad Wright and Robert C. Cooper, co-creators of Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis and currently executive producers on Atlantis, said in a statement. “The successes of the two original Stargate [direct-to-video] movies The Ark of Truth and Continuum have shown us the opportunities that the movie format offers. We have plans for both SG-1 and Atlantis to remain vital as we expand the franchise."

...said series overlords Brad Wright and Robert C. Cooper in a statement printed at multichanel.com. The same posting includes quotes from Thomas Vitale, Sci Fi Channel VP of Programing and original movies.

GateWorld indicates a more detailed statement from MGM should arrive at some point today. We'll update this article when that happens.




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ok
by rabidratboy
Aug 21st, 2008
09:01:10 AM
they fucked it up themselves
by Mr_X
Aug 21st, 2008
09:05:03 AM
Nice way to circumvent a return to the Theater of the original S
by Norm3
Aug 21st, 2008
09:06:35 AM
Fine
by CloseLight
Aug 21st, 2008
09:15:54 AM
Sad news
by SKULL1138
Aug 21st, 2008
09:18:30 AM
So, what is left now for Sci-Fi?
by Ironmuskrat
Aug 21st, 2008
09:32:32 AM
Sucks
by Nearside
Aug 21st, 2008
09:34:47 AM
mmm
by greyspecter
Aug 21st, 2008
09:35:06 AM
Bonnie Hammer and Mark Stern's destruction of Sci Fi channel com
by snowpuff
Aug 21st, 2008
09:35:18 AM
Shame really
by DarthScotland
Aug 21st, 2008
09:36:27 AM
Why cant 24th Century STAR TREK do this?
by Demode
Aug 21st, 2008
09:39:05 AM
Too bad
by maineguy74
Aug 21st, 2008
09:41:49 AM
Just can it already.
by Squashua
Aug 21st, 2008
09:42:12 AM
Demode
by CloseLight
Aug 21st, 2008
09:48:55 AM
Lock your doors on Friday nights now
by BigSteve03
Aug 21st, 2008
09:50:24 AM
Does SciFi actually have any science fiction?
by Ray_Marden
Aug 21st, 2008
09:50:49 AM
Ah, I remember...
by the_patriot
Aug 21st, 2008
09:56:24 AM
Demode
by photoboy
Aug 21st, 2008
09:56:33 AM
@ SKULL1138
by w00master
Aug 21st, 2008
09:58:17 AM
Great
by The_Boo
Aug 21st, 2008
10:01:05 AM
Oh
by The_Boo
Aug 21st, 2008
10:02:23 AM
Sciffy channels blows chunks
by Jodet
Aug 21st, 2008
10:02:53 AM
This show actually ruined Stargate.
by ZeroCorpse
Aug 21st, 2008
10:05:05 AM
You people watched these shows?
by Thick McRunFast
Aug 21st, 2008
10:09:06 AM
Not at the expense of SG1-DVDs
by WalkingToaster
Aug 21st, 2008
10:14:26 AM
I keep forgetting SciFi runs WHO/TORCHWOOD
by RenoNevada2000
Aug 21st, 2008
10:20:17 AM
Well, I certainly won't miss it.
by SpyGuy
Aug 21st, 2008
10:27:07 AM
Um....Sci Fi doesn't run TORCHWOOD, BBC America does.
by SpyGuy
Aug 21st, 2008
10:28:14 AM
if it means a greenlight for Caprica
by slder78
Aug 21st, 2008
10:36:39 AM
of course they are cancelling it...
by j2talk
Aug 21st, 2008
10:41:43 AM
They needed more timeslots
by ArcadianDS
Aug 21st, 2008
10:41:45 AM
Suck-Fi Channel
by palewook
Aug 21st, 2008
10:52:54 AM
Oh well
by ltgalloway
Aug 21st, 2008
10:53:39 AM
Stargate, the movie is OK, The rest bore me.
by Stereotypical Evil Archer
Aug 21st, 2008
10:54:30 AM
Sci-Fi...The worst Channel
by conspiracy
Aug 21st, 2008
10:57:23 AM
SG1
by redshirt
Aug 21st, 2008
10:58:59 AM
What, was the $1.99 per episode FX budget...
by Kid Z
Aug 21st, 2008
11:04:58 AM
Naw Redshirt...
by Kid Z
Aug 21st, 2008
11:06:59 AM
SCI-FI Channel nuked the fridge some time ago...
by Gungan Slayer
Aug 21st, 2008
11:12:48 AM
Well that sucks.
by Blackguard
Aug 21st, 2008
11:13:11 AM
Read an article a few weeks back...
by Kid Z
Aug 21st, 2008
11:13:36 AM
getting boring and old....
by allykatD
Aug 21st, 2008
11:22:34 AM
In defense of Atlantis
by KaelOmont
Aug 21st, 2008
11:27:20 AM
Sci-fi might not be airing Who any more
by Larry of Arabia
Aug 21st, 2008
11:30:40 AM
Stargate blows
by fiester
Aug 21st, 2008
11:38:31 AM
Are the same people who run HBO running Sci-Fi?
by fiester
Aug 21st, 2008
11:39:51 AM
Thank you God!
by Raymar
Aug 21st, 2008
11:40:44 AM
Remember When...
by Tario70
Aug 21st, 2008
11:42:12 AM
KaelOmont
by redshirt
Aug 21st, 2008
11:56:34 AM
Kidz... you've got to be kidding...
by allykatD
Aug 21st, 2008
12:01:55 PM
sadly, this is overdue
by chromedome
Aug 21st, 2008
12:10:57 PM
And so it ends...
by Gislef_crow
Aug 21st, 2008
12:18:13 PM
Redshit - about BSG
by KaelOmont
Aug 21st, 2008
12:18:37 PM
OOPS - I meant REDSHIRT! NOT REDSHIT!! MY BAD!!!
by KaelOmont
Aug 21st, 2008
12:19:20 PM
Whew, I made it
by Heckles
Aug 21st, 2008
12:22:11 PM

by syounger64
Aug 21st, 2008
12:23:28 PM
Although, I'm sure it's better than...
by Heckles
Aug 21st, 2008
12:24:34 PM
Heckles
by KaelOmont
Aug 21st, 2008
12:30:53 PM
There is another good show on SciFi Network...
by righteousdude
Aug 21st, 2008
12:41:26 PM
I will miss SG-A, Sort of...
by DreadPirateRoberts
Aug 21st, 2008
12:47:53 PM
KaelOmont
by Heckles
Aug 21st, 2008
12:54:40 PM
Maybe some good will come of this...
by Abin Sur
Aug 21st, 2008
12:57:55 PM
Rest in Shit SciFi Channel
by _Maltheus_
Aug 21st, 2008
01:23:23 PM
Fiester Re:HBO
by medicinaluser
Aug 21st, 2008
01:31:49 PM
KaelOmont
by redshirt
Aug 21st, 2008
01:32:14 PM
I pitched Flash Gordon to the sci-fi channel
by marlow2
Aug 21st, 2008
01:35:40 PM
Heckles
by KaelOmont
Aug 21st, 2008
01:42:25 PM
Again, SciFi Wire only mentions the movies
by Cash907
Aug 21st, 2008
01:44:59 PM
It sure as hell was better than 'Mansquito' !
by Bill Clay
Aug 21st, 2008
01:45:12 PM
Redshirt: they have "Chiller Channel"
by MGTHEDJ
Aug 21st, 2008
01:50:39 PM
Sci-Fi Channel was good until NBC brought it.
by Mr Spork
Aug 21st, 2008
01:53:31 PM
Fuck SciFi
by teethgnasher
Aug 21st, 2008
01:56:34 PM
MST3K
by dr.zaeus
Aug 21st, 2008
02:01:44 PM
Bring back classic SciFi
by teethgnasher
Aug 21st, 2008
02:01:49 PM
Yeah alleykat, I have my head up my ass...
by Kid Z
Aug 21st, 2008
02:01:54 PM
Hmmm...and after they pretty much denied it at comic-con
by Brody77
Aug 21st, 2008
02:04:21 PM
I laugh all the time while watching BSG
by Mullah Omar
Aug 21st, 2008
02:05:37 PM
gaius baltar = hilarious
by oceanic86
Aug 21st, 2008
02:46:10 PM
SciFi channel will change its name within 3 years
by jccalhoun
Aug 21st, 2008
03:11:08 PM
AlleykatD holy shit! Did you break into my place
by SID 8.0
Aug 21st, 2008
03:13:26 PM
Well, that sucks
by kyle051554
Aug 21st, 2008
03:13:56 PM
I have found the perfect way to vent my Sci-Fi channel frustrati
by ArcadianDS
Aug 21st, 2008
03:28:53 PM
Mor on Dr. Who may leave..
by MGTHEDJ
Aug 21st, 2008
03:41:17 PM
Mor on Dr. Who may leave..
by MGTHEDJ
Aug 21st, 2008
03:41:19 PM
My first ever Double Post!!
by MGTHEDJ
Aug 21st, 2008
03:42:47 PM
doctor who & BBC America
by EyeofPolyphemus
Aug 21st, 2008
04:09:52 PM
The Canadians and Austrailans have failed us!
by cookylamoo
Aug 21st, 2008
04:14:59 PM
What killed it for me eventually
by Spikey
Aug 21st, 2008
04:24:37 PM
that sucks, not a wise move
by ls420
Aug 21st, 2008
04:48:15 PM
Sci-Fi Channel doesn't like Space Opera
by Drath
Aug 21st, 2008
05:07:44 PM
This is very strange.
by KazamaSmokers
Aug 21st, 2008
05:16:21 PM
BBC and BBC America are separate organizations though
by Drath
Aug 21st, 2008
05:32:07 PM
Sci-Fi Channel, the channel with no sci-fi
by br1947
Aug 21st, 2008
05:38:00 PM
It was a fun show.
by ulcer
Aug 21st, 2008
05:38:19 PM
Avoiding the use of the word 'cancelled'
by ulcer
Aug 21st, 2008
05:40:06 PM
New Stargate Series Comming
by ArthurDaily
Aug 21st, 2008
06:18:17 PM
re: New Stargate Series Coming
by snowpuff
Aug 21st, 2008
06:37:53 PM
wow, you know how to use wikipedia
by RokurGepta
Aug 21st, 2008
06:38:05 PM
history channel also showed Planet of the Apes
by jccalhoun
Aug 21st, 2008
07:00:30 PM
To SCi Fi, NBC and USA network
by lostbat
Aug 21st, 2008
07:01:03 PM
Sounds like sci-fi will be close to death next year.....
by axcel1
Aug 21st, 2008
07:34:04 PM
Oh, Sorry..........
by axcel1
Aug 21st, 2008
07:39:41 PM
This show SUCKED
by Epsilon
Aug 21st, 2008
08:07:32 PM
Sci-Fi should rerun The Invisible Man
by Mr Spork
Aug 21st, 2008
08:34:51 PM
first two stargate dtv movies were pretty good.
by LeviDTinker
Aug 21st, 2008
08:36:00 PM
If I was an employee at SciFi, I would
by teethgnasher
Aug 21st, 2008
08:42:09 PM
Stargate atlantis along with..
by andyny29
Aug 21st, 2008
08:43:46 PM
Re: New Stargate Series Comming
by jbs0209
Aug 21st, 2008
08:50:55 PM
Re: BBC and BBC America are separate organizations though
by jbs0209
Aug 21st, 2008
08:53:13 PM
double U Teee Efffffffffff?
by RokurGepta
Aug 21st, 2008
09:14:48 PM
History Channel >>> Planet of the Apes
by Demode
Aug 21st, 2008
09:18:17 PM
historic films are also called classics...
by jccalhoun
Aug 21st, 2008
09:38:26 PM
SciFi channel should find something new to beat to death--
by dahauk--
Aug 21st, 2008
10:56:05 PM
Planet of the Apes should never have been on History
by br1947
Aug 21st, 2008
11:18:35 PM
firefly and saab
by jonsnow
Aug 21st, 2008
11:31:30 PM
Cheese and aliens
by Cobbio
Aug 21st, 2008
11:37:54 PM
they passed on the lost room
by Mr_X
Aug 22nd, 2008
01:09:04 AM
at last we can get that AUTOMAN remake!
by the power of GREYSKULL
Aug 22nd, 2008
05:44:28 AM
Did this show ever get better?
by ides
Aug 22nd, 2008
03:40:52 PM
SciFi channel blunders....
by LeftFoot
Aug 22nd, 2008
05:14:35 PM
Re: wow, you know how to use wikipedia
by ArthurDaily
Aug 22nd, 2008
06:15:18 PM
WTF?
by Scytherius
Aug 24th, 2008
01:22:54 AM
In defense of Ghost Hunters & Destination Truth
by lynxpro
Aug 24th, 2008
01:43:36 PM
Dioxholster
by InActionMan
Aug 15th, 2009
07:14:48 AM
Dioxoholster
by InActionMan
Aug 15th, 2009
07:18:06 AM
http://tinyurl.com/lrwgnu
by ironic_name
Aug 15th, 2009
08:44:23 AM
Wow, dude...
by Jaka
Aug 15th, 2009
12:19:14 PM
I can't believe this shit was still on...
by Fareal
Aug 15th, 2009
12:33:05 PM
Dioxholster, you're gonna die
by D.Vader
Aug 15th, 2009
12:43:48 PM
I thought only old people
by Series7
Aug 15th, 2009
01:31:26 PM
Ok, how old is old, dude?
by axcel1
Aug 15th, 2009
01:55:31 PM
What's a Star Gate Atlanta?
by anonymoose
Aug 15th, 2009
02:30:15 PM
There is a god. Die STARGATE ATLANTIS.
by Mr. Nice Gaius
Aug 15th, 2009
07:12:48 PM
Where's the John Quade obit/talkback?
by Grammaton Cleric Binks
Aug 15th, 2009
07:39:56 PM
Mr. Nice Gaius, in the words of Dr McCoy................
by axcel1
Aug 15th, 2009
09:51:10 PM
Farael -- read the date.
by WickedJacob
Aug 15th, 2009
10:04:00 PM
whats happening here?
by JustEffect
Aug 16th, 2009
04:36:46 AM

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