“The successes of the two original Stargate DTV movies The Ark of Truth and Continuum have shown us the opportunities that the movie format offers. “We’re excited to tell Atlantis stories on a bigger canvas,” series creators Brad Wright and Robert C. Now, Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie, executive producers and showrunners on Atlantis for its final two seasons - who will be writing the upcoming Atlantis tele-movie - will have the time to dedicate to this new series. In addition, the third Stargate TV show currently in development has been waiting in the wings for Atlantis to finish so that it can go ahead. It is definitely a disappointment, but given the success of the SG1 movies, it is a wise decision. It wasn’t a surprise, that SCI FI announced they were canceling Atlantis. And with an Atlantis movie to continue the story, we’ll be getting to see our characters still. Stargate SG1 ran for a total of 10 seasons before quitting and making two direct-to-DVD movies, which have done well themselves. The Stargate franchise has done well over the past decade.
However, all is not lost for diehard fans of Atlantis, with SCI FI similarly announcing that a 2-hour Atlantis movie would also be coming our way in 2009. We knew this day would come, and the SCI FI Channel has officially announced that Stargate Atlantis is airing its fifth and final season.
