Stargate Atlantis

Stargate Atlantis

Stargate Atlantis

Stargate Atlantis is a Canadian-American adventure and military science fiction television series and part of MGM’s Stargate franchise. The show was created by Brad Wrightand Robert C. Cooper as a spin-off series of Stargate SG-1, which was created by Wright and Jonathan Glassner and was itself based on the feature film Stargate (1994). All five seasons of Stargate Atlantis were broadcast by The Sci-Fi Channel in the United States and The Movie Network in Canada. The show premiered on July 16, 2004; its final episode aired on January 9, 2009. The series was filmed in and around Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

The story of Stargate Atlantis follows the events of Stargate SG-1’s seventh season finale episode “Lost City” and eighth season premiere episode “New Order”, in which the cast of that series discovered an Antarctic outpost created by the alien race known as the Ancients. In the pilot episode “Rising”, Stargate Command sends an international team to investigate the outpost, where Dr.Daniel Jackson discovers the location of Atlantis, the legendary city created by the Ancients, and Colonel Jack O’Neill visits the outpost after having been put in stasis and retrieved from it.

The series was a ratings success for the Sci Fi Channel, and was particularly popular in Europe and Australia. Although it received little critical response, Stargate Atlantis was honored with numerous awards and award nominations in its five-season run. After Stargate Atlantis was cancelled, the show’s co-creators began working on the already-conceptualized Stargate Universe which the network had approved to have a bigger budget, be less mythology-dependent, and have more focus on character development; Stargate Universe premiered on October 2nd 2009, and was cancelled after two seasons. Merchandise for Stargate Atlantis includes games and toys, print media, and an original audio series. With the cancellation of Stargate Universe, the intended direct to-DVD Stargate Atlantis movie, titled Stargate: Extinction, was also cancelled.

The Cast.

Joe Flanigan as John Sheppard

Joe Flanigan as John Sheppard

David Hewlett as Rodney McKay

David Hewlett as Rodney McKay

Jason Momoa as Ronon Dex

Jason Momoa as Ronon Dex

Paul McGillion as Carson Beckett

Paul McGillion as Carson Beckett

Torri Higginson as Elizabeth Weir

Torri Higginson as Elizabeth Weir

Rachel Luttrell as Teyla Emmagan

Rachel Luttrell as Teyla Emmagan

Rainbow Sun Francks as Aiden Ford

Rainbow Sun Francks as Aiden Ford

Amanda Tapping as Samantha “Sam” Carter

Amanda Tapping as Samantha

Jewel Staite as Jennifer Keller

Jewel Staite as Jennifer Keller

Robert Picardo as Richard Woolsey

Robert Picardo as Richard Woolsey

Christopher Heyerdahl as Todd the Wraith

>Christopher Heyerdahl as Todd the Wraith

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