The film went through substantial reshoots and earned some pretty brutal reviews when it hit theaters last year. I really think that my time working at studios is over.'įor those not familiar, the sci-fi natural disaster thriller Geostorm (which Devlin wrote and directed) was something of a disaster itself. But if the franchise continues, it will be continuing without me. 'You know, I don't know what the studio is planning in terms of doing or continuing the franchise, I really have no idea. “I really don't know, after Geostorm I really came to the realization that I'm not the kind of guy who should ever work at studios, so I excused myself from both Stargate and from Independence Day, so they may be going forward but I don't know, I'm not involved anymore.” He further indicated that his days of making big-budget fare in general might be over: When asked by host Matthew Aaron if either Independence Day or the Stargate reboot is still possible, Devlin admitted he doesn't know. Related: Stargate Origins Trailer & Premiere Date Revealedĭevlin has been making the rounds promoting his crime thriller Bad Samaritan of late and he made a stop at The Matthew Aaron Show podcast along the way. Universal Soldier has been relegated to made-for-cable movie status for awhile, Stargate is returning to TV after Devlin and Emmerich's Stargate movie reboot trilogy plans fell apart, and the long-awaited followup Independence Day: Resurgence was a box office disappointment two years ago. Devlin hasn't been directly involved with the Universal Soldier series for some time now, and it sounds like he's putting his days on the Stargate and Independence Day franchises behind him too. HIs pilot, that series, was part of an equation that no longer exists.Jump to the present and all three properties have lost much of their luster.

the variables aren't just changed, they're blown apart.

What he wrote and what the series was going to be was appropriate to that particular setup - that equation. Notes Stiven, ' When Brad wrote that script, it was appropriate for where MGM was at the time. What would you like to do?' And from my understanding, they said, ' Stargate.''īrad Wright had been developing an idea for a new Stargate that he's had discussions with MGM over, but apparently post-Amazon, things are looking very differently than they had been. One of the things that was done was they would say with certain production companies that they had either already worked with or were really excited about - like Mark Fergus and Hawk, his partner - 'Hey, we loved what you've done. In the video 'State of the Gate,' both Gateworld's Darren Sumner and Dial the Gate's David Read spoke to marketing veteran Jenny Stiven, who comments, ' There was a call from Amazon Creative Studios for pitches from production companies, and it wasn't specific to Stargate.

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