Amazon Has Axed Its New Stargate Series

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Amazon MGM Studios is not moving forward with Martin Gero’s Stargate revival, which was to begin filming this fall.

June 2, 2026

Darren

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Stargate fans can’t seem to catch a break.

Amazon MGM Studios has backtracked on its plan to reopen the Stargate with a new series from writer and executive producer Martin Gero, Variety has reported and GateWorld has confirmed. The show was to stream globally on Prime Video.

The show was announced in November in a video from the studio, with Gero and fellow Stargate TV veterans Brad Wright and Joseph Mallozzi taking the news straight to the fans.

Citing an anonymous source with knowledge of the situation, Variety reports that executives at the studio were concerned that Gero’s take on the series "would not have broad appeal beyond the franchise’s already dedicated fanbase." This is a key component in reviving a legacy IP, as it can be difficult to justify a large price tag (such as a big-budget streaming series) if a project only reaches existing fans, and fails to grow the audience.

The previous decade saw a gold rush for continuations of recognizable brands, especially as individual studios launched their own streaming services and reached into their vault to find old properties to resurrect. But today many TV and movie franchises are struggling with to appeal both to core fans and new viewers — from Star Wars and Star Trek to the Marvel cinematic universe.

In March, Gero appeared on a livestream with fan outlets GateWorld and Dial the Gate to announce an impressive pair of department heads: production designer Nathan Crowley, and VFX supervisor Mohen Leo.

Gero served as a writer and producer on Stargate Atlantis before moving on to produce such series as Blindspot (which he created for NBC), and the 2022 revival of Quantum Leap.

The writer’s room for the new show was assembled in January, with casting now in the early stages and a London-based production planning to begin filming this fall. Now, it’s back to the drawing board.

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Darren

Darren created GateWorld in 1999 and is the site's managing editor. He lives in the Seattle area with his wife and three spin-off Stargate fans.

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Ok. This sucks!

what an absolute punch in the gut

Oh for crying out loud!

This is the second thing Bezos has blown up this week.

Bhaal still has clones! Paint a goatee on bezos! Its him!

Are you f*****g kidding me? Those executives need to get the f***k out of our show’s way. I’m so sick of them ruining it for us.

Martin from wormhole extreme tried his best! Maybe we can get a DVD movie.

I hate this timeline.

Dont worry. I went through the mirror. In universe 42 general Carter returns with nanite dr weir and jolinar is still alive!

Haha! Get woke go broke! Hooray to Gero for sticking to his guns. Fk those gaould snake heads that run amazon.

“would not have broad appeal beyond the franchise’s already dedicated fanbase.”

So what!! The existing fanbase is HUGE!!!

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