"A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...." was a tagline which introduced the concept of SciFi into the mainstream and exposed the world and our imaginations. Inside three decades following the launch in the Star Wars franchise, we now have observed a lot of incarnations of Science Fiction sequence come and several far more go. String such as Star Trek, Babylon 5, FireFly, Battlestar Galactica, Andromeda, Earth: Last Conflict and a slew of others. However, there is 1 unique franchise that has always been a established participant within the SciFi space despite the demise of much of their competitors.

The Stargate Universe as an entity has been around because 1994 and has because expanded into a worldwide empire encompassing a film, 2 tv set, comics, books, audio books, games, toys and selection of FanFiction.

The Stargate Universe all began with the initial movie, composed by Dean Devlin and directed by Roland Emmerich. This film turned out to become a super hit together with global revenue of $196,600,000 along with a $55,000,000 cost of production. The movie was at first meant to become component of the multi-film franchise nevertheless, because of scheduling concerns and disparities in creative visions among Devlin/Emmerich and MGM, the original ideas was not ever carried out. It had been in reality this disagreement that led to the studio execs analyzing other approaches to cash in about the accomplishment on the movie.

The executives made a decision a television collection would likely allow for long-lasting opportunities and with that Stargate SG-1 debuted on July 27, 1997 around the Showtime cable network. Following experiencing extraordinary ratings on Showtime, the studio sought broader distribution and transferred the collection on the SciFi network where it right away became a cult classic. The actual series led by Richard Dean Anderson of MacGyver fame lasted for a total of ten seasons and on average price MGM $1,400,000 to be able to shoot. By its final season, the show surpassed the ratings of huge hits such as X-Files and attaining the title from the longest running sequential sci-fi series in the media. Right after an amazing ten year run, Stargate SG-1 was cancelled in August of 2006, however the franchise lived on as Stargate Atlantis.

Stargate Atlantis was produced in 2004 being a two component season finale for season 8 entitled "Lost City". The plot involves several military forces and civilian researchers which travel on the Pegasus galaxy in search with the Lost City of Atlantis. In its present incarnation, the set has noticed good achievement and has proven over the years to draw the same level of followers as SG-1.

The future in the Stargate Universe is scheduled to include two direct-to-DVD films being released later this year entitled "Stargate: The Ark of Truth" and "Stargate: Continuum". In addition, there was a 2006 Comic-con announcement by Stargate creator Dean Devlin that he is currently in talks with MGM to produce the final two films from the trilogy and leverage the talents of James Spader and Kurt Russel.

The sequence today stands out being a remarkable example of creativity and vision of a much better future. The set is 1 which will live on in multiple incarnations moving forward as ling as it retains the exceptional writing staff and an uncanny capacity to explore existing social and political concerns inside a distinctive way.