The ‘Stargate’ remake is probably not happening now



More on the Stargate remake news below.

Stargate remake talks stall

Dean Devlin, producer of the original Stargate movie, has been quoted in saying that the planned remake with Roland Emmerich attached to direct is probably not going to see the light of day. This is sad news.

As their latest film, Independence Day: Resurgence hits video shelves (or the modern equivalent) in the UK, Devlin spoke with Empire about the long-mooted plans to update his and Emmerich’ 1994 sci-fi.

“It looked good for a couple of months, but now it’s not looking so good,” said Devlin to the mag. “There are just a lot of things that have to fire at the same time, and there was a moment where I thought it was all firing at the same time, and then it all kind of fell apart.”

“It’s one of the reasons I prefer to work independently,” Devlin added. “Listen, I think if we did ‘Stargate’ right, the fans would like it and we could do something really good. But if we screw it up, they’ll reject it. As they should. But I kind of don’t want to do it if I think that we’ll screw it up, and that’s one of the things that’s holding us back. You’d have several studios involved and a lot of voices and, you know, you may make something great, but you also may have something that doesn’t resemble what you wanted to do. That kind of ‘collaboration’ is a terrifying aspect of the whole thing.”

Stargate was led by Kurt Russell as Army Col. Jack O’Neil (Kurt Russell) who teams up with professor Daniel Jackson (James Spader) to unlock the code of an interstellar gateway to an ancient Egypt-like world. They arrive on a planet ruled by the despotic Ra (Jaye Davidson), who holds the key to the Earth travelers’ safe return. Now, in order to escape from their intergalactic purgatory, Jackson and O’Neil must convince the planet’s people that Ra must be overthrown.

The film was a big hit, taking in $200 million globally setting Emmerich on course for his next film, the huge sci-fi that was Independence Day.

We’ll of course update with any future developments as they are fired our way.

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