Amazon has canceled Martin Gero's new Stargate series. The show had completed a 20-week writers room and was in pre-production in the UK.
The stated reason: Amazon executives were concerned it would not have broad appeal beyond the franchise's dedicated fanbase.
They killed a Stargate show because it was made for Stargate fans.
Gero spent five years on SG-1, Atlantis, and Universe. Brad Wright and Joe Mallozzi — architects of 15 of the franchise's 17 seasons — were consulting producers. Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin were executive producers.
Amazon says it still wants to develop Stargate, possibly with a showrunner without franchise history who can give it "a fresh new perspective."
The fans who waited 15 years since Universe was canceled just had their answer.
kinda pisses me off that i’ve had my account for like 8 years but the new default assumption is gonna be that i made it when i was 9 years old and not that i’m clearly an adult