Actor Michael Shanks (1970)

Stargate SG-1: Children of the Gods – Final Cut (2009) is the debut installment of Stargate SG-1, a military science fiction TV show. It was written by producers Jonathan Glassner and Brad Wright, and directed by Mario Azzopardi. The episode originally aired on July 27, 1997 on Showtime as a TV movie before being split into two parts for repeats and syndicated viewings. On July 21, 2009, an updated version titled Children of the Gods – The Final Cut was released. At an underground United States Air Force base known as Stargate Command in the Cheyenne Mountain Complex, five airmen are playing poker in front of the inactive Stargate. One of them, ...

In Stargate: Continuum (2008), a science fiction movie directed by Martin Wood and written by Brad Wright, SG-1 and Jack O’Neill attend a Tok’ra extraction ceremony for Ba’al, the final System Lord of the Goa’uld. However, Ba’al claims to be just one of his many clones and reveals that the true Ba’al has a plan in place. This real Ba’al travels back in time to 1939 and destroys the crew of the Achilles, where the Stargate was being transported to the US. The captain manages to save the ship from complete destruction by dropping a ...

Director Robert C. Cooper brought us Stargate: The Ark of Truth (2008), a military science fiction film following the events of the television series Stargate SG-1. The story follows the regular cast of SG-1 as they uncover a box on Dakara that they believe to be the Ark of Truth. However, their discovery is interrupted by Ori soldiers led by Tomin. Despite Daniel’s clever trick, the box is revealed to be a fake. Tomin defies orders from the Prior and refuses to kill SG-1, prompting Mitchell to eliminate the Prior with an Anti-Prior device. With their leader dead, the Ori soldiers surrender and ...

Stargate SG-1 (1997–2007) is a military sci-fi adventure show that is part of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s Stargate franchise. Created by Brad Wright and Jonathan Glassner, the series is based on the 1994 film Stargate by Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich. Filmed in and around Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, the show continues the story of the original movie one year after its events. The show follows SG-1, a present-day military team from Earth, as they embark on ...