So let’s reboot the series, put in all the things we couldn’t the first time, and set it up properly.ĭevlin’s desire to re-invent rather than rebuild the original Stargate trilogy is in line with Warner Bros.’ promises for the film. The chance to return to the world of Stargate is a big opportunity for original film creators Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich.While work continues on the script for the reboot effort, Devlin told Variety that having the keys to the franchise back will allow them to finish the story that they had only begun to tell in the 1994 feature film. (Photos courtesy Getty Images and Everett Collection) (Photos courtesy Getty. We have to start over from the beginning. Dean Devlin (center) walks us through his never-made sequels to Independence Day (left), Godzilla (right) and Stargate. Twenty years later, we can’t really do part two. So literally for 20 years I’ve been chasing this project. Stargate Emmerich is teaming with long-time writing partner Dean Devlin for a reboot of his career-making 1994 hit, Stargate. We always wanted to do parts two and three, but the thinking was they didn’t want to do anything other than the TV series. Of all the projects I’ve ever done, Stargate is the only one from the beginning intended to be a trilogy. When the film came out, it was a hit and spawned TV shows. The series takes place 100 years in the future when planetary colonization. Shortly before the movie came out, the financiers who were frightened the movie might not do well sold the film to MGM. Syfy has picked up the drama series The Ark from Independence Day and Stargate scribe Dean Devlin. We did the original Stargate as an independent movie. Part of the film's success was Smith's charm and ability to improvise, which Devlin and Emmerich planned to give him the room to do more of in the sequel.The Stargate thing is a different story. 'He'd gotten rich and he'd gotten famous, and he had to get the eye of the tiger back you know? He's a little too comfortable and it's his chance to bring the old Will Smith out of retirement.'Īt the time of Independence Day's release, Smith was still perceived as a hip-hop star-turned-television sitcom actor with NBC's The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air however, when the alien invasion summer blockbuster grossed a staggering $817 million worldwide, Smith immediately shot up as the premiere A-list star in '90s era Hollywood. Stargate Co-Writer and Producer Dean Devlin joins David Read to answer questions surrounding the feature film and answer questions about his originally plann. 'It was a bit like Rocky III,' Devlin said. Dean Devlin (Independence Day and the Stargate feature film) and Jonathan Glassner (Stargate SG-1) are attached as writers, exec producers and co-showrunners on the 12-episode drama.The series.

Hiller in the sequels, Devlin cited Rocky III as inspiration for how Hiller's hero status from the original movie changed him. Upon completing the sequel scripts titled ID Forever Part 1 and ID Forever Part 2 with Smith voicing his interest in them, Fox executives 'went crazy' and called Devlin and Emmerich's story 'the best first draft' they read of any script ever.

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