For recent fans of the series, many sometimes forget 'Stargate' originated with Roland Emmerich and Dean Delvin in 1994, starring Kurt Russell and James Spader. On a budget of $55 million roughly, the film earned over $75 million at the box office domestically.
After the release of the film in 1994, many interpretations have been released on television as well as direct-to-DVD movies. We have the television series 'SG-1' released in 1997 to the most recent television adaption, 'Stargate Universe.' But whatever happened to a sequel to the original film released in 1994? Are the current right issues affecting the possibility of a sequel?
In a recent conversation with Scifirewire, Emmerich talked about 'Stargate.'
"Whew, it's a tough one. I mean, I constantly keep talking about it with Dean, too. I mean, we also keep talking about an Independence Day sequel, but it's just, like, such a ... tough thing to do in these days.
"When we created the original Stargate, we always envisioned it as a trilogy, and, unfortunately, the way in which the movie got made, we didn't really have control over [it]," Devlin added. "I think it will be very exciting to actually get to go do parts two and three," explained Emmerich.
But the idea of a sequel may not be in the stars for Emmerich because let's face it; sequels tend to ruin what the original movie stood for.
"It was probably good that we never did these sequels, because it forced us always to do something new. ... In general, I'm not a big fan of sequels. I'm just not a big fan of sequels. Because it's very rare that a sequel really works for me. Like, for instance, Aliens was a great sequel. But most of the time they're kind of a lesser version of the first one, “ said Emmerich.
