Amazon Searching for Writer to Reboot Stargate Series on Prime Video

Fans have waited a long time for Stargate to return. The sci-fi show was last on television in 2011 and had a short-lived web series in 2018. That dormancy seemed ready to end when Amazon announced in November 2025 that Stargate would return with series veteran Martin Gero as showrunner. The excitement lasted until June of this year, when Amazon scrapped Gero’s reboot. Now Amazon is back with a glimmer of hope for the future of Stargate.

As reported by Deadline this summer, Amazon has begun the search for a new writer to lead the company’s Stargate reboot. This shows that Amazon remains interested in bringing Stargate back despite the cancellation of Gero’s series. This supports previous reports from Variety that Amazon maintains a continued interest in furthering the Stargate franchise.

Allegedly, Gero’s take on the reboot did not align with Amazon’s expectations because it catered too much to die-hard fans of the series. Gero previously worked on Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis, and Stargate Universe. He had deep knowledge and passion for the extended universe built by previous iterations of the franchise. In looking for a new writer, Amazon is reportedly looking to hire someone without a history with Stargate who can bring a fresh perspective to appeal to a wider audience.

What is Stargate?

While the Stargate franchise is best known for its many television series, it began with Roland Emmerich’s 1994 film Stargate. The film starred James Spader and Kurt Russell as members of an Air Force team sent to another world via the titular sci-fi travel device. A show, Stargate SG-1, launched three years later and picked up where the movie left off while recasting the characters played by Russell and Spader with new actors. The show followed the continued exploration of new planets via the Stargate and expanded the original movie’s lore over ten seasons. SG-1 also spawned two spinoff shows, Atlantis and Universe, alongside two direct-to-DVD films.

Most recently, Stargate Origins was a web series released in 2018 that was quickly axed due to poor reception. Amazon acquired the franchise when it purchased MGM Studios in 2022 and immediately began looking into developing new projects in the universe. While Gero is no longer attached to the upcoming reboot, he continues to develop other projects for Amazon while the company moves ahead with its search for a writer.

Source: Polygon