Roland Emmerich is Planning a Stargate Reboot

[DarkChild]

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In an interview with Digital Spy, director Roland Emmerich mentioned that he's planning a reboot to the feature film Stargate.

"We went to MGM, who has the rights, and proposed to them to do a sequel, but as a reboot... and reboot it as a movie and then do three parts. Pretty soon we'll have to look for a writer and start."

Emmerich co-wrote and directed the original 1994 film, which starred Kurt Russel, James Spader, Jaye Davidson, and Alexis Cruz. Though he originally planned the first film as a trilogy, he says they can't make a sequel to the original film because "the actors look totally different," hence the desire for a reboot.

At the time of its release, Stargate grossed nearly $200 million at the global box office and four television spin-offs were made from the series afterward.

 

[Kuzco]

Awesome news

 

[Xenomorph]

Nice to hear that Ronald Emmerich is doing the reboot, if someone was to direct a reboot of the original Stargate then it should be him.
I wonder what he is planning to do for this reboot, can he top himself?
maybe yes regarding better effects , but can he tell the same story again and will it be better then the original?

 

[Lone Crusader]

This shall be interesting to say the least. I'm definitely down to watch it when it releases. Aside from my all time favorite show 'ST: TNG', the spin offs from the original release Stargate were my second favorite.

 

[SimonLDT]

Nothing can top the original film and especially the amazing SG-1.

I would hope that these films would be completey different stories, just set in the Stargate universe. The possibilities are endless because the 'gate can take them anywhere!