Prime Video cancels Stargate TV reboot over fan service

When Martin Gero announced in November that he would be serving as showrunner for a new Stargate series for Prime Video, he made it clear that he wanted to appeal to die-hard fans of the sci-fi franchise. He broke the news in a video alongside the leaders of a pair of fansites and stressed that he was not making a reboot, instead drawing on decades of canon that span three live-action shows and three films. That turned out to be a problem for Amazon, which Variety reports scrapped the series because “execs were concerned that Gero’s take on the series would not have broad appeal beyond the franchise’s already dedicated fanbase.”