Stargate Atlantis Coming to an End
This will be the final season for Sci Fi favorite, Stargate Atlantis. The show will live on, though, with a 2-hour movie airing on Sci Fi in 2009. The movie will later be released on DVD by MGM.
The intention is for the movie to be the first in an on-going series of Stargate Atlantis movies. Stargate SG-1 has been successful with two direct-to-DVD movies this year (Stargate: The Ark of Truth and Stargate: Continuum).
Brad Wright and Robert C. Cooper, who created and executive produced Atlantis, have pitched a third television series to the network, Stargate Universe, but no word yet on whether or not that project has received a green light. The exit of Atlantis could mean a spot for a new Stargate series opens up.
When Stargate Atlantis premiered in July 2004, it was Sci Fi’s highest-rated original program ever and has continued to be successful in the ratings. In recent years, series like Eureka have taken the lead in live viewing, though Atlantis has remained a strong performer in DVR-delayed viewing.
Season Five will end with a cliffhanger, with "Enemy At the Gate" expected to premiere in January. The first Atlantis movie should wrap up that storyline.
August 22nd, 2008 at 6:28 pm
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