Sci-Fi Channel finally announces STARGATE: ATLANTIS

Rumored spinoff finally gets greenlight

By Patrick Sauriol     March 31, 2003
Source: The Sci-Fi Channel

Late Monday The Sci-Fi Channel announced that it had officially given the greenlight for the long-rumored spinoff series from STARGATE SG-1, STARGATE: ATLANTIS. Rumors of ATLANTIS have been floating around Stargate fansites and conventions for over a year, but until today they had never been confirmed by the network.

According to the Sci-Fi Channel release, the show is centered around the discovery of the ruins of the lost civilization of Atlantis, which is then discovered to actually be the same civilization that created the Stargate system. As stated by the Channel, "the implications of this discovery lead the team to a distant universe, where they find a primitive human civilization threatened by a sinister new enemy." No further details were given.

STARGATE SG-1 is entering its seventh season on the Channel and it remains unknown if the spinoff will include any of the first show's characters or creative personnel.


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