Stargate Atlantis / SG1 - World Screen News: MGM Unveils Slate for Licensing Show

[morjana]

From World Screen News:

http://www.worldscreen.com/newscurre...=mgm053008.htm

(Please follow the link for the complete article.)

2008-05-30

MGM Unveils Slate for Licensing Show

NEW YORK, May 30: MGM Consumer Products will present a roster of new film and television properties at next month’s Licensing Show, including the introduction of the American Gladiators franchise, as well as new offerings of established brands like Stargate, Pink Panther and Legally Blonde.

**snippage**

New offerings for Stargate, the longest-running sci-fi series in television history, will be highlighted as well. This year, Stargate Ark of Truth launched as an original DVD movie, hitting number one on Amazon.com, with the second original DVD movie, entitled Stargate: Continuum, slated to launch July 29. A third television series, Stargate Universe, is currently in development. Meanwhile, Stargate Worlds, the studio’s upcoming online subscription game, will debut in September 2008. Stargate SG-1 and its spin-off, Stargate Atlantis, are broadcast in more than 100 countries.

**snippage**

[Ltcolshepjumper]

So, it would seem as though MGM is going for the third TV series route.

[sg-1fanintn]

Thanks, Morjana! We can always count on you to get the important news to us.

[Jumper_One]

So, it would seem as though MGM is going for the third TV series route.

you mean instead of more movies? why? because it says...?

A third television series, Stargate Universe, is currently in development.

SGU has been in development for a long time

[Ltcolshepjumper]

I thought it's in the "pending development" stage. It hasn't been greenlit yet, has it? All they have done is pitched an idea. They haven't developed the plot or characters. All they have is a basic premise.

[jenks]

It still hasn't been greenlit.

[prion]

It still hasn't been greenlit.

If it's not greenlit, it doesn't exist. It's just a nice idea that isn't going anywhere unti someone says "let's do it." 'Development' can mean it's a script on a laptop

[jenks]

Exactly.