Amazon Has Axed Its New Stargate Series • Hacker News Board

Re: Amazon Has Axed Its New Stargate Series

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Post by randallsquared » Wed, Jun 03, 2026, 2:33 AM UTC

p1necone wrote: post #28

randallsquared wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Joseph Mallozzi says it's not, and he was involved with the new series development. I suppose Amazon is making enough from the concept that they aren't interested in selling it.

How would they make anything from it if they aren't going to make the show?

Possibly it continues to stream frequently enough to be considered a contributor to Prime Video? Not sure if you can stream it other places, but if so, those fees would be continued revenue that might disappear if the reaction to a new show is poor.

Re: Amazon Has Axed Its New Stargate Series

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Post by fmajid » Wed, Jun 03, 2026, 2:33 AM UTC

mynegation wrote: post #16

I am still mad at them for cancelling Wheel of Time.

TBH, it was a train wreck apart from the actresses who played Moiraine and Lanfear.

Re: Amazon Has Axed Its New Stargate Series

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Post by rgblambda » Wed, Jun 03, 2026, 2:38 AM UTC

seer wrote: post #44

ls612 wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The new Expanse was good though.

Sad they didn’t finish it. The later books seemed like they were written “to be movies/series” with less political stuff and more visuals / speculative sci-fi. Plus the story has an actual half decent conclusion. To me the plight of Hollywood is “forever shows” where the writers start without knowing where it would end, so shows never really “end” they just slowly fizzle out without ever getting to the end. I simply…

I'm currently reading the first book that takes place after the conclusion of the show. There's a large time jump and I suspect they didn't want to age up the actors for 3 seasons.

Re: Amazon Has Axed Its New Stargate Series

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Post by atmavatar » Wed, Jun 03, 2026, 2:46 AM UTC

hdndjsbbs wrote: post #46

throw7 wrote: post #32

Amazon? I'm sure Macgyver would've had to be a woman. And make her gay.

Oh no, a sci-fi series making a character a woman? Like that famous train wreck Battlestar Galactica?

Who cares about Starbuck's gender swap when you have Number Six?

I suppose if you make O'Neill a woman, you could bring in Vala earlier in the series as a similar distraction

Re: Amazon Has Axed Its New Stargate Series

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Post by dyauspitr » Wed, Jun 03, 2026, 2:55 AM UTC

They would probably ruin it anyway. The new commander would probably be a woman and be totally bland like the lord of the rings thing they did. I don’t know anyone that has watched that.

Re: Amazon Has Axed Its New Stargate Series

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Post by diabllicseagull » Wed, Jun 03, 2026, 3:05 AM UTC

mynegation wrote: post #16

I am still mad at them for cancelling Wheel of Time.

Same. The third season was great and left me wanting for more. Alas.

Re: Amazon Has Axed Its New Stargate Series

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Post by diabllicseagull » Wed, Jun 03, 2026, 3:11 AM UTC

Massive fumble imho. I'm still sad about the SGU cancellation. It had so much potential for the third season. If Amazon won't commit to a new Stargate show it should at least release it for others to do so. Currently, it's keeping the franchise hostage.

Re: Amazon Has Axed Its New Stargate Series

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Post by SilentM68 » Wed, Jun 03, 2026, 3:42 AM UTC

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Re: Amazon Has Axed Its New Stargate Series

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Post by johntash » Wed, Jun 03, 2026, 5:05 AM UTC

spicymaki wrote: post #29

Good! Did you really need more Stargate? Just watch the classic movie, and 200+ episodes of SG-1 and then 100+ episodes of Atlantis. Let these franchises rest.

Don't forget to watch SGU too, and I think there were a few other movies too?

Re: Amazon Has Axed Its New Stargate Series

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Post by KevinMS » Wed, Jun 03, 2026, 5:13 AM UTC

> 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.”

in other words, it would have been good