As expected, Amazon MGM isn’t giving up on its Stargate revival. In November 2025, the studio greenlit a new Stargate series from Martin Gero, a veteran of previous Stargate shows. But in June, fans learned that Gero’s show had been scrapped, reportedly because Amazon execs worried it wouldn’t have the kind of broad appeal that would lure newcomers beyond the franchise’s well-established fan base.
And today, there’s some fresh Stargate news to invigorate that fan base and fans of Marvel TV shows too. Variety writes that Jac Schaeffer, who created the acclaimed Disney+ series WandaVision and its spin-off Agatha All Along, is coming aboard the sci-fi project.
The trade reports that Stargate ties into Schaeffer’s overall deal at Amazon MGM and that a writers’ room will be starting up soon. Schaeffer will executive produce along with Safehouse Pictures’ Joby Harold (Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi) and Tory Tunell.
So far, there are zero plot details to gnaw on, but we can assume based on the rejection of Gero’s take for being too “inside baseball,” Schaeffer’s Stargate will aim to please an audience that could include longtime franchise fans (and they go way back: the original Stargate feature released in 1994; the first series, Stargate SG-1, premiered in 1997 and ran for 10 seasons) and folks discovering the material for the first time.
What do you think of Schaeffer’s involvement in Stargate? Are you excited to see what she comes up with, should this version of the new show move out of the development stage and into actual production?
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