After Bill McCay had written a
series of five novels continuing the story the original creators had envisioned, and despite the success of the
Stargate television series, Dean Devlin stated in 2006 that "he has struck a production deal with MGM and is developing the long-delayed sequel feature films that will pick up the story from the 1994 original" [12] According to Devlin, two movie sequels would have picked up the story from the 1994 original, but not the mythology of the
SG-1 and
Atlantis series, with the original stars Kurt Russell and James Spader. Devlin regretted giving MGM control over the franchise. [12] The first movie already tapped into Egyptian mythology; the second one would have moved into other mythologies; and the third would tie all the mythologies together. [13]
Stargate SG-1 and
Stargate Atlantis producer
Brad Wright said in 2002 that "Devlin can wish to do a sequel to Stargate all he wants. MGM owns the rights, and I doubt very much that they'll ask him to do it. He knows better." [14]
Plans for producing two sequels of the original film were announced by the original film's creator Dean Devlin at the 2006 San Diego Comic-Con. He has said he is currently in talks with MGM to produce four films and he would like two of them to be the final two films in his envisioned Stargate trilogy. In an interview with
Sci Fi Wire, Devlin says that should the sequels be made, he hopes to enlist
Kurt Russell and
James Spader in the two sequels. Both Russell and Spader have expressed interest, Devlin revealed. "They've always said they wanted to do it. The irony is actually because it was 12 years ago that we made Stargate, [and] part two was actually supposed to take place about 12 years later. We were just going to kind of age them up as actors. So it actually works out really nicely." These sequels would bypass the 12 years of mythology created by
SG-1 and
Atlantis if they are produced. [12]
In the meantime, Lionsgate remains the major rights holder to the original film; this was due to the fact that its predecessor, Live Entertainment, owned home video rights to the
Carolco Pictures library and had also owned international distribution rights, although Carolco itself was on the brink of bankruptcy when they produced this film.
