Stargate Origins (also stylized as
Stargate: Origins) is the upcoming fourth live-action series of the
Stargate franchise, set for a fall 2017 release exclusively on
MGM's new digital platform, "
Stargate Command". The series was announced on
July 20, 2017 at the
2017 San Diego Comic Con as part of
Stargate SG-1's 20th anniversary celebration. The series will be directed by Mercedes Bryce Morgan, with writers Mark Ilvedson and Justin Michael Terry.
New Form,
MGM’s digital group and entertainment studio, will produce the series.
Stargate Origins was registered by MGM as trademark on
July 13,
2017.
[1]
Stargate Origins will serve as a prequel to Stargate SG-1 and will explore the backstory of Dr.
Catherine Langford, the daughter of
Professor Langford - the man who discovered the
Stargate in Giza, Egypt in 1928, as depicted in the 1994 feature film
Stargate. The events of the series will take place 10 years after the discovery of the gate.
[2]
The series will consist of 10 episodes, each 10 minutes in length, essentially a 10-episode feature length movie, and will expand upon the existing mythology of the Stargate franchise.
