Stargate has been here before. A series is greenlit, anticipation mounts, and then fans hoped are brought back down to earth as things stop. It happened in 2009, 2011, 2015, and 2020. In June 2026, it happened again.
On June 2, Variety reported that Amazon MGM Studios had cancelled its new Stargate series for Prime Video, scrapping a project that had completed a 20-week writers room and entered pre-production in the United Kingdom. The show had been greenlit in November 2025 with Martin Gero as creator and showrunner, a franchise veteran who had written for both Stargate SG-1 and Stargate: Atlantis. Brad Wright and Joseph Mallozzi, two of the architects of the franchise’s television run, were attached as consulting producers. According to Variety, Amazon executives were concerned the series “would not have broad appeal beyond the franchise’s already dedicated fanbase.”
The cast and creative team rejected that characterization immediately. Mallozzi posted on X within hours: “Nope. No. Sorry. Gonna have to push back on this. We were ever mindful of creating a show that would have broad appeal.” Michael Shanks, who played Dr. Daniel Jackson across multiple Stargate series, added on the same platform: “I also dispute their claim.” In a blog post confirming the cancellation, Mallozzi described what was lost. “Creator Martin Gero developed a new Stargate series over two years, ultimately crafting a show that offered a fresh jumping-on point for new viewers while deeply respecting existing canon.”
The executives who championed the project at Amazon (Nick Pepper and Matt King), had both since departed the studio. Incoming leadership, operating under Blair Fetter as the new Head of Worldbuilding and Genre Series, determined that Gero’s vision no longer aligned with the studio’s direction. The decision came late enough that the project could not be retooled rather than cancelled outright. Amazon is reportedly still open to revisiting the franchise, potentially with a different creative team and a full reboot rather than a continuation.
Shanks turned his X account into a rallying point, urging fans to contact Amazon directly and sign petitions. A campaign calling for the reinstatement of Gero’s series surpassed 100,000 signatures within days. Shanks addressed the stakes by saying “if you are at all interested in a Stargate show with any of the original creators/performers involved, now is the time to say something. Otherwise it really will be the end of that chapter forever.”
Stargate SG-1 premiered in 1997 and ran for 10 seasons, first on Showtime and then on Syfy. Spinoffs Stargate: Atlantis and Stargate Universe followed, with the franchise producing more than 350 television episodes before going dark in 2011. For a devoted audience that has spent 15 years watching revival attempts stall, the familiarity of this outcome doesn’t make it easier.
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