Prime Video’s STARGATE Revival Gets a Promising Update From ATLANITIS Star Joe Flanigan
Prime Video’s upcoming Stargate revival just received a cool little update straight from one of the franchise’s own. While we’re still light on official details, a familiar face from the spinoff era has revealed that the creative wheels are already turning and he’s been invited into the room where it’s all happening.
Back in November 2025, Amazon MGM Studios confirmed it was officially moving forward with a brand-new Stargate series.
The project is described as “a new original series that begins a bold new chapter in the iconic science fiction franchise,” and it will stream exclusively on Prime Video worldwide.
The show is being developed by Martin Gero, who previously served as an executive producer on Stargate Atlantis. Plot details, casting, and timeline are still under wraps, but this latest update suggests things are progressing behind the scenes.
During an interview on the YouTube channel Dial the Gate, Joe Flanigan, who played John Sheppard throughout the run of Stargate Atlantis, shared that Gero personally reached out and invited him to stop by the writers’ room in Los Angeles. Still, Flanigan made it clear we shouldn’t expect him to spill any secrets:
“Martin Gero called me and he said, 'Why don't you drop by the writers room here in LA?' So I think I'm going to on Wednesday. But there's a lot of NDAs involved in that. So don't expect me to be able to give you any information.”
But, the fact that a writers’ room is already up and running is a strong sign that the series is moving forward in a serious way. The connection between Gero and Flanigan hints that the new show might acknowledge the rich history of the franchise instead of wiping the slate completely clean.
For fans who’ve been around since the beginning, that history runs deep. The franchise kicked off with the 1994 film Stargate, starring James Spader and Kurt Russell, which introduced audiences to the ancient portal device capable of transporting people across the galaxy.
The movie pulled in nearly $200 million at the box office and launched one of the most enduring sci-fi properties of the last few decades.
That success paved the way for multiple television spinoffs, including Stargate SG-1, which ran from 1997 to 2007 and became a staple of genre TV. Stargate Atlantis followed in 2004, with Flanigan leading the charge alongside Jason Momoa, years before he’d go on to headline Aquaman.
The franchise expanded even further with Stargate Universe, Stargate Origins, and the animated Stargate Infinity, not to mention a pair of follow-up movies.
Now Amazon MGM Studios is stepping into a universe that has reinvented itself more than once. Each iteration has taken the core concept and explored it in new directions, so the big question is what this Prime Video revival will look like.
Will it connect to the existing canon? Will any legacy characters show up? That’s what fans want to know.
Flanigan’s involvement, even if it’s just a visit to the writers’ room, is an encouraging sign. It shows that the creative team is at least engaging with the people who helped shape the franchise in the first place.
In the meantime, there’s also renewed interest in the older series. Stargate SG-1 is currently streaming on Netflix in the U.S., giving new viewers a chance to jump into one of the best sci-fi runs of the late ’90s and early 2000s.
It’s still early days for Prime Video’s Stargate revival, but things are clearly in motion.