Fans of science fiction can look forward to the new year 2026, as a well-known franchise is returning on Amazon Prime in the form of a series. Its origins date back to 1994 and start with a German director.
Which series is it? Stargate premiered as a film in 1994, marking the beginning of a franchise that has produced three feature films, five series, several documentaries, specials, and even video games.
The very first entry was directed in 1994 by the German director Roland Emmerich, who is now mainly known for his exaggerated disaster films like The Day After Tomorrow, 2012, the alien movie Independence Day, or a mediocre Godzilla story.
In 2025, Amazon announced that Stargate would return in the form of a new series. The last series project was the web series Stargate Origins in 2018. Consequently, fans of the franchise are likely to be eager for new stories from their favorite universe.
Stargate was supposed to have its own MMORPG, but unfortunately, it never appeared. Here you can see the trailer for it:
Strict Confidentiality
What do we know about the series? Currently, nothing is known about the plot. However, it can be assumed that the titular Stargate, which is a kind of wormhole that allows travel through the universe, will once again play an important role.
In fact, the specific screenplay is so secret that the producers are likely employing methods similar to those used by major Hollywood films. In productions such as those from Marvel, for example, the latest Avengers: Doomsday, actors often only receive excerpts of the script to read. Namely, those in which their character appears.
According to actor Michael Shanks, who played the character Daniel Jackson in Stargate SG-1, similar circumstances exist for the new series. Although he is not involved in the production, he has learned about the work on it and mentions in the YouTube video from the channel Dial the Gate that strict confidentiality is enforced under Amazon’s thumb. The actors are also only informed of parts of the story to prevent leaks and unintended information being made public.
I don’t know if it is necessarily the best approach to not really tell the actors what they are working on. When I acted in a science fiction series on Netflix, I never saw the script. I had no idea what the series was about. We just shot, and I only read my scenes, which I received a week in advance. I remember saying back then: “I can’t wait to see the series to find out what we all are doing in it!”
Michael Shanks
At a time when the fear of spoilers is high and studios want to tightly control which information leaks out, such an approach is becoming increasingly common.
Who is involved in the series? Fans of the franchise will be pleased to know that veteran Roland Emmerich is returning. Although he is not directing, he is serving as a producer. In this role, he has complete oversight of the series. Next to him is Martin Gero as the showrunner, the creative head – he previously worked on Stargate Atlantis and subsequent series as part of the writing team.
When exactly the series will premiere on Amazon Prime Video and who will appear on camera is unfortunately still unknown. However, ambitions seem to be high, and they need to be. At a time full of prestigious series like Stranger Things, Fallout, or the upcoming spin-off of Game of Thrones, studios must show that they can keep up with this high level. More about the latter production can be found on MeinMMO: A man mentioned only twice in Game of Thrones is now getting a whole series
