Two (Possible) Stargate Movies

Dean Devlin, co-writer and producer of the original "Stargate" movie, told SCI FI Wire that he has struck a production deal with MGM and is developing the long-delayed sequel feature films.

Both movies will pick up the story from the 1994 original -- but not the mythology subsequently elaborated on in the SCI FI Channel original series Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis - "We would just continue the mythology of the movie and finish that out. I think the series could still live at the end of the third sequel. So we're going to try to not tread on their stories" says Devlin.

Devlin added he hopes to enlist original stars Kurt Russell (Jack O'Neill) and James Spader (Dr. Daniel Jackson) who have expressed an interest. Part two is set twelve years later which matches the stars respective age additions.

The main reason for the films? The new regime at MGM who owns the property - "[They] think there is an audience out there who would like to see what parts two and parts three were intended to be. Because there was a larger story arc that we had in mind, and we never got to explore it so I think it will be very exciting to actually get to go do parts two and three" says Devlin.