A new Stargate TV series is officially headed to Prime Video, with Amazon MGM Studios giving a full series order to an original show simply titled Stargate from longtime franchise writer and producer Martin Gero. It marks the first live action Stargate series since Stargate Universe wrapped in 2011 and signals a serious push by Amazon to put one of MGM’s crown jewel sci fi properties back at the center of its streaming strategy.
A New Gate Opens On Prime Video
Amazon MGM Studios has described the project as a new adaptation and reboot of the franchise, ordered as an Amazon Original that will stream globally in more than 240 countries and territories on Prime Video. The series is simply called Stargate and is being positioned as the start of a “new chapter” for the universe that began with the 1994 film and grew into one of television’s most enduring sci fi brands.
Martin Gero, whose early career included writing and producing on Stargate Atlantis before he went on to create series like Blindspot and Keep Breathing, will write the new show and serve as both creator and showrunner. In a statement, he called his years on the earlier shows formative and said that working on Stargate “taught [him] everything about making television,” adding that returning to the universe now feels like coming home.
A Creative Team Packed With Stargate History
Amazon is surrounding Gero with a mix of franchise veterans and big genre names. Safehouse Pictures partners Joby Harold and Tory Tunnell, whose credits include Obi-Wan Kenobi and Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, are on board as executive producers.
They are joined by Stargate film creatives Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich, who helped launch the franchise in 1994, now returning as executive producers to help define this new version. Brad Wright and Joe Mallozzi, two of the key creative figures behind Stargate SG-1, Atlantis, and Universe, will serve as consulting producers, giving the new series direct ties to the television era that cemented the property as a fan favorite.
Nick Pepper, head of U.S. SVOD TV development at Amazon MGM Studios, called Stargate an “enduring, iconic franchise” and framed the new series as something that aims to respect the existing lore while pushing into a more emotionally driven, ambitious future for Prime Video’s genre slate.
What We Know About The Story
Plot details are being kept quiet for now. There is no announced cast, logline, or timeline for when cameras will roll, and Amazon is only saying that production details and additional casting news will arrive at a later date.
What we do know is that the series is being built around the core idea that has always defined Stargate: a network of ancient alien ring devices that create wormholes, allowing near instant travel between worlds. In the franchise’s mythology, humanity’s modern militaries discover how to operate these gates and send specialized teams to explore distant planets, encountering powerful alien civilizations that often masquerade as the gods of Earth’s ancient cultures.
Amazon’s official materials lean into that blend of military sci fi, archaeology, and myth, suggesting that the new series will once again focus on humanity’s place in a much larger cosmic ecosystem rather than abandoning the premise for a complete reinvention. Whether the show will directly acknowledge the continuity of SG-1, Atlantis, or Universe is not yet clear, and none of the outlets covering the order have reported any returning characters or actors at this stage.
Why This Revival Matters For Stargate Fans
The original Stargate film from 1994, directed by Roland Emmerich and co written with Dean Devlin, spun a story about an ancient gate found in Egypt and a mission through the wormhole that uncovers an alien tyrant posing as the sun god Ra. That movie laid the groundwork for Stargate SG-1, which launched in 1997 and ran for 10 seasons across Showtime and the Sci Fi Channel, followed by Stargate Atlantis, Stargate Universe, the animated Stargate Infinity, web series Stargate Origins, and several direct to video films.
Since Stargate Universe ended in 2011, the franchise has been largely dormant on television aside from reruns, streaming availability, and fan conventions, even as many genre properties from the same era have returned in new forms. Fans have been vocal about wanting a revival that feels connected to what came before rather than a complete reset, which makes the involvement of Gero, Wright, Mallozzi, Devlin, and Emmerich a key part of the story here.
From Amazon’s perspective, this is exactly the sort of move its MGM acquisition was meant to enable. Amazon completed its purchase of MGM in 2022 in an $8.5 billion deal that folded thousands of films and television series, including Stargate, into the Prime Video ecosystem and the newly structured Amazon MGM Studios. With that catalog now in house, revisiting recognizable genre brands is a logical way to compete for sci fi viewers against rivals like Netflix, Disney, and Warner Bros. Discovery.
If Fallout, The Boys, and The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power established Prime Video as a destination for big genre swings, Stargate could become the franchise that bridges nostalgic military sci fi with a new wave of international subscribers who have never seen SG-1 or Atlantis but live on streaming platforms.
Where To Watch Stargate Before The New Show Arrives
There is still no premiere date for the new series, but Amazon has already positioned Prime Video as the easiest way to catch up on earlier entries. The 1994 film, Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis, Stargate Universe, Stargate Origins, the animated Stargate Infinity, and the direct to video films The Ark of Truth and Continuum are all available on Prime Video in various regions, giving new viewers and longtime fans a chance to revisit the existing canon before the gate opens again.
For now, the announcement confirms three key points: Stargate is officially back as a flagship series on Prime Video, the creative team is stacked with people who helped define the universe the first time around, and Amazon is serious about turning its MGM libraries into active franchises rather than leaving them as background catalog. The details of the story will come later, but for Stargate fans, simply knowing that the gate is opening again is a big moment on its own.
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