The idea of a Stargate remake became less of a rumour and more of a reality last year, when the news arrived that Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin were looking to revisit their portal-filled film as the potential launch of a new trilogy that would expand upon the original story. Now we know who will get first crack at the script, with Nicolas Wright and James A. Woods hired for the job{
The pair is still relatively unknown, but has forged a real bond with Emmerich after his Centropolis company bought an arctic-set action thriller script from them, which led to them landing the task of re-writing the Independence Day sequel that had seen work from Carter Blanchard. According to The Hollywood Reporter, it was their draft that led to 20th Century Fox officially gearing up the film.
What form the new Stargate adventure will take has yet to emerge: the 1994 original starred Kurt Russell, James Spader and Jaye Davidson in the tale of star-spanning portals and the powerful forces that control them. That one went on to generate three TV series, but we doubt any of them will come into play here.
And the film will be in development limbo until Emmerich finishes work on his two more pressing projects: gay rights drama Stonewall, which should arrive this year, and the aforementioned Independence Day sequel, which currently inhabits a July 1, 2016 release date in the UK.