I think they very much intended to make the movie, they had wrote the script and was w8ing for it to be green lit, and ,personally, i dont think its wasnt green lit because BW didnt want it to, it was more bacuase the poor finacial state of MGM, and in gener the fincial state of country http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_crisis_%282007%E2%80%93present%29 remember. I dont think its appropiate to flame a one guy for the movie not beeing made, when its clearly more to it.
The Atlantis movie was NEVER going to be made, so how could a "hold" have been put on it?
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Illiterati
Council Member & Author
Actually, no one can seem to find said "already written" script.
The actors seem to have known from at least the point of the series' cancellation that there would be no movie. Jason Momoa alluded to as much during a question and answer session at a convention overseas.
Gatefan1976
Well Known GateFan
To be fair, I DO think Joe wrote the script, but the actors seemed to know very early on in the peice that written or not, the movie had little to no chance of actually being made. No one has been willing to "fight" for SGA except the fans, but the fans can only do so much, and in the grand scheme of things, that just isn't enough.
stclare
Moderator & Mckay Super Fan
If it was intended, explain to me why, before cancelling sga BW did not secure the funding for the movie? but managed to secure twice as much money for sgu. bearing in mind all parties new of mgm's financial difficulty before cancelling and approving anything?
I too beleive that JM and PM wrote a script. infact i also belive that JM & PM would have loved to continue with sga given the opportunity but they weren't given that opportunity were they.
Belatedly
Not quite.
Joe Mallozzi and Paul Mullie wanted to do the Atlantis movie (especially Joe), but Brad and Rob Cooper wanted to do Stargate Universe. They started working on SGU before Atlantis got cancelled, and it was Brad who wanted to do SGU and not SGA. How is Joe's "script awaiting greenlight" any different from anyone who has written a script for a movie and hopes that some studio will pick it up? You havent studied the timeline and thats why you have filled in the blanks with your own speculations. It WAS up to one guy...Brad Wright. Only he had the authority to decide the direction of Stargate Productions.
You say "there is clearly more to it". I agree with you! Its VERY clear and contained within this thread. Perhaps you should get with the program and read the thread from the beginning. Your info is way off track. Why are so many of you SGU fans like that? Reading the comical speculations from SGU fans is hilarious. I have read the most asinine statements from SGU fans since Stargate Universe premiered. Everything from "technological" explanations of how the ship works to weird "facts" like SGU had better ratings than SGA or SG-1. Its ridiculous.
Oh, and WELCOME to the flame pit!
Joe Mallozzi and Paul Mullie wanted to do the Atlantis movie (especially Joe), but Brad and Rob Cooper wanted to do Stargate Universe. They started working on SGU before Atlantis got cancelled, and it was Brad who wanted to do SGU and not SGA. How is Joe's "script awaiting greenlight" any different from anyone who has written a script for a movie and hopes that some studio will pick it up? You havent studied the timeline and thats why you have filled in the blanks with your own speculations. It WAS up to one guy...Brad Wright. Only he had the authority to decide the direction of Stargate Productions.
You say "there is clearly more to it". I agree with you! Its VERY clear and contained within this thread. Perhaps you should get with the program and read the thread from the beginning. Your info is way off track. Why are so many of you SGU fans like that? Reading the comical speculations from SGU fans is hilarious. I have read the most asinine statements from SGU fans since Stargate Universe premiered. Everything from "technological" explanations of how the ship works to weird "facts" like SGU had better ratings than SGA or SG-1. Its ridiculous.
Oh, and WELCOME to the flame pit!
shavedape
Well Known GateFan
I agree with Overmind and suggest you read this thread in its entirety as it will clear up some of your misconceptions. I'd also suggest you read the numerous other threads which mention this subject.
Basically, what you have to understand is that the SGA movie was a lie that Brad Wright used to garner interest in SGU. As soon as it was clear to him that SGU was failing he began using the SGA movie as blackmail to get people to watch SGU.
Overmind1 and others on this site investigated and proved that no work had been done on an SGA movie, including preproduction efforts. Sure, Joe Mallozzi pounded out a tentative script (first draft no doubt) but that was all that happened -- and there was no guarantee that Joe's script was even going to be the one to be used for the SGA movie. The Atlantis sets were used for a different show (Defying Gravity) and then destroyed. None of the actors from SGA were ever contacted or contracted about an SGA movie (confirmed by Jason Momoa). All we got was an initial promise that there would be an SGA movie, then we got hype about SGU, then we got threats that if we didn't watch SGU we wouldn't get an SGA movie and finally we got a bitchy "I'm-Taking-My-Ball-And-Going-Home" attitude because we wouldn't play BW's bullshit game of watching his shitty show.
And regardless of the fact that Joe Mallozzi is involved in much of the public statements surrounding this the truth is that Joe is BW's puppet and wasn't about to bite the hand that fed him. He said what BW wanted him to say.
The bottom line is that it's a fact that SGA fans were lied to and mislead about an SGA movie. The SGA fans did nothing wrong here and only expected to get what had been promised, yet now they get much of the blame for SGU failing.
zzbeach
GateFans Noob
This is Confirmed With Ronan's Youtube
This is what Jason Momoa said in the that Youtube vid I posted before. He said it was all about the money.
If it was intended, explain to me why, before cancelling sga BW did not secure the funding for the movie? but managed to secure twice as much money for sgu. bearing in mind all parties new of mgm's financial difficulty before cancelling and approving anything?
I too beleive that JM and PM wrote a script. infact i also belive that JM & PM would have loved to continue with sga given the opportunity but they weren't given that opportunity were they.
Belatedly
This is what Jason Momoa said in the that Youtube vid I posted before. He said it was all about the money.
alien0
GateFans Noob
omg sqeedrones in full savesgu swing ^^
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15Zo6QeKnBg&lc=1FCPohdfN8XzpvYvjikfKHIudkHnUYjoDeCGJh8x8ys&lcf=cs
omg.. there we have a rabid sgu squeedrone who's trying to catch sympathy in pretending that sg1/sga/sgu fans all stand united and want sgu saved Oo. W T F ?
his youtube nick is GCm4n.
he is is lying and spinning facts so hard that i was absolutely stunned.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15Zo6QeKnBg&lc=1FCPohdfN8XzpvYvjikfKHIudkHnUYjoDeCGJh8x8ys&lcf=cs
omg.. there we have a rabid sgu squeedrone who's trying to catch sympathy in pretending that sg1/sga/sgu fans all stand united and want sgu saved Oo. W T F ?
his youtube nick is GCm4n.
he is is lying and spinning facts so hard that i was absolutely stunned.
Mr. A
Super Moderator +
He obviously learned that from his heroes...