The STARGATE Movie Reboot Is Dead Because Producer Dean Devlin Thinks They'll "Screw It Up"
Director Roland Emmerich and producer Dean Devlin have been planning a new Stargate reboot for years. The project was said to be a trilogy that allowed them to finish the story that they started with the original film. I was actually kind of interested to see what they would do with it, but the project is no longer happening.
During an interview with Empire, Devlin explained that the reason why they aren't doing it anymore is because he's scared they are going to screw it up. He said:
“It looked good for a couple of months, but now it’s not looking so good. There are just a lot of things that have to fire at the same time, and there was a moment where I thought it was all firing at the same time, and then it all kind of fell apart.
“It’s one of the reasons I prefer to work independently. Listen, I think if we did Stargate right, the fans would like it and we could do something really good. But if we screw it up, they’ll reject it. As they should. But I kind of don’t want to do it if I think that we’ll screw it up, and that’s one of the things that’s holding us back.”
Remember, this is the same team that made Independence: Resurgence, and they really screwed up on that one. I can see why Devlin has a complete lack of confidence in Stargate after that movie! The producer also talked about one of the other big differences with the reboot:
“You’d have several studios involved and a lot of voices and, you know, you may make something great, but you also may have something that doesn't resemble what you wanted to do. That kind of ‘collaboration’ is a terrifying aspect of the whole thing.”
The reason this is such a big deal is because the first time around with the original film, they made it independently without the backing of another studio, so having multiple people involved saying how the reboot should be shaped could be frustrating.
Stargate was being written by Nicolas Wright and James A. Woods, who wrote the script for Independence Day: Resurgence. There are no details on what the plot would have been, but they were going to start the story all over again.