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A sprawling cult favorite cosmic franchise absent from the big screen for almost 30 years might be better off that way

An enduring favorite, but perhaps a risky proposition?

Following Amazon’s acquisition of MGM, it was inevitable that the studio’s back catalogue was going to end up being repurposed as a string of Prime Video exclusives, but the genuine excitement for seeing a brand new version of Stargate makes the property stand out among the pack.

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However, Stargate is an entirely different and wholly unique case, given that it was a blockbuster feature film that gave rise to a sprawling saga that’s extended to several TV shows, animated offshoots, video games, comic books, novels, and plenty other multimedia tie-ins besides, without the prospect of a big screen sequel ever coming close to fruition.

Amazon has announced tentative plans to give Stargate a do-over, but if the responses on a Reddit thread gauging interest in a feature film continuation is any indication, longtime fans of the sci-fi behemoth would much prefer it existed solely as an episodic endeavor.

Obviously, there’s always the danger of a shared universe lurking in the background, but if Stargate has survived and thrived for almost 30 years without even flirting with a tangible return to the multiplex, then why rock the boat? If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, and it’s not as if there isn’t already a sizeable audience out there waiting for more adventures to eventually materialize.


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