The New ‘Stargate’ Series From Amazon Is Being Built Carefully—and With Longtime Fans in Mind

After years of speculation, stops, starts, and crossed fingers, the new Amazon Stargate series is no longer a vague promise — it’s actively taking shape, and it’s doing so from London. According to reporting by GateWorld, Amazon MGM Studios has chosen the UK capital as the main production hub for the next live-action Stargate series, the franchise’s fourth to date. The show was officially announced back in November and is projected to stream on Prime Video as early as late 2027 or 2028, with longtime Stargate creative Martin Gero serving as creator and executive producer. For fans, Gero’s résumé includes Stargate Atlantis, which immediately puts him in familiar territory.

London will house the show’s primary soundstages and production offices, but this won’t be a “stand-on-one-backlot” production. According to GateWorld, the series is expected to film in locations around the world—very much in keeping with Stargate’s long-standing habit of hopping across countries (and planets).

As for when cameras roll, the current plan points to fall 2026, with discussions reportedly circling a possible September start. “The two big takeaways for people is, number one, we were waiting to see where home base for the show was,” notes GateWorld’s Darren Sumner. “Where were they going to set up the production offices and where was the main stage going to be? Is it going to be Vancouver or Los Angeles? We know as of today that it’s going to be in London or the London area. The second big takeaway is they’re kind of, as we speculated, going to target the fall of this year to begin shooting.”

“Well, that makes a lot of sense,” adds David Read, host of the Dial the Gate YouTube interview channel. “I mean, the ramp-up in terms of development for something like this was going to take a hot minute. I didn’t think they would have aspirations to start shooting in July.”

Sumner offers, “They probably won’t even be done with casting by July. The timetable compares with Gero’s statement to fans that the first season will be in production for approximately two years before it premieres—several months of principal photography that stretch into 2027 will be followed by post-production and visual effects work as well as the process of localization that will allow for simultaneous global release in multiple languages.”

Behind the scenes, things are already well underway. Consulting producer Joseph Mallozzi has confirmed that the writers’ room is up and running in Los Angeles. The room officially got started on January 12, and the team is currently deep into the early creative heavy lifting: breaking stories, shaping character arcs and figuring out who’s writing which episodes. Right in there with him as a consulting producer is Brad Wright, co-creator of the three previous series.

“I’m enjoying L.A. a lot more than I thought I would,” Mallozzi updated fans on his personal blog, “and a lot of that has to do with the writers’ room.  There are 10 of us in all—seven writers (including Martin and myself) and three support staff whose ideas and input are encouraged.  The vibe is fun, relaxed, and collaborative, devoid of egos, kooks and that one guy who always laments, ‘I was just about to say that!’ every time someone comes up with a good idea.  Rather than being competitive, it’s overwhelmingly supportive and just a very positive environment.  Also, we’re not working crazy hours.”

Adding the Wright touch

Prior to COVID, Brad Wright (co-creator of the three previous series in the Stargate franchise, SG-1, Atlantis and Universe and a creative consultant on the new installment) had been developing what could have been a Stargate series set in the same continuity of what had preceded it, but that fell apart during the shutdown.

“When I was trying to do my show,” he explains, “I reached out and thought it would be cool to include Martin Gero on my pilot, but then COVID happened and mine went away entirely. But I was delighted to get a phone call from Martin a couple of years ago to find out that he wanted to include me. But I also found out through Amazon that they wanted to include me, too, as one of the original creators. Truthfully, neither Martin nor I expected it to be a television show. We both suspected they would try to do a movie first, but that’s not what happened. Martin’s first job was Stargate and he says everything he learned in television, he learned there; that I taught him everything I knew very early on and then he just took the ball from there and ran with it. Obviously his career has been wonderful, so I’m delighted to help contribute to his vision. I have no doubt it going to be a great job.

“And I’ve already been consulting,” he continues. “I’ve already helped him with his vision in creating the show and on the first season in terms of stories and the pilot script. So it’s not like I haven’t been involved. I’m not there every day, but he’s reaching out to me and saying, ‘What about this?’ and getting feedback from me.”

The real challenge of the new ‘Stargate’

There’s also a larger issue at play and one that goes beyond just this first season. Stargate is new territory for Amazon and vice versa. “Other than the data that they’re getting from the streaming of all the previous shows,” Sumner says, “they’re going to be watching the numbers on this show to decide if this is a franchise that’s worth investing in. Or are they going to look at the numbers and say, ‘I guess Stargate fandom’s not really that big… We’ll just run this show out, maybe let it rest for a few years and think about what it might be next.’ If we really want a franchise, which is what I’m hoping for, that means potentially more than one show in production at once, different kinds of projects in production. But the first one’s got to be successful. It’s got to have the numbers to back more ambitious plans.”

Emphasizes Wright, “What we’re trying to do—and it’s a very difficult thing to do—is bring in a new crop of fans without alienating the old ones. That’s always very challenging, but I can promise that Martin’s intentions are earnest and true to the show as he possibly can be. And so am I.”