With the relaunch of Syfy in the US proving remarkably successful with the blockbuster ratings of new show Warehouse 13 on Tuesday night, several other shows coming up are looking to follow in its footsteps. For Stargate fans, that is obviously the edgier take on the fifteen years of Stargate success, with Stargate Universe.
With Robert Carlyle, famous for his role as Begbie in Trainspotting, in the lead as Dr Nicholas Rush, it seems that 'edgy' seems to be taken care of.
Rush finds himself trapped on the Ancient ship in a distant galaxy in the show’s premiere. But unlike the rest of the team, he doesn’t want to go home.
Gateworld.net, the web's premiere site for all things Stargatey and 'Ancienty' (outside the official MGM sites, of course) recently posted snippets from The Official Stargate SG1/Atlantis Magazine:
Rush’s nemesis on board the ship, the actor reveals, is Colonel Everett Young (Louis Ferreira, formerly Justin Louis). “It’s quite serious,” Carlyle said. “Without giving too much away, there’s an episode, which we’ve yet to shoot, where a tragedy takes place aboard the Destiny and Rush tries to frame Young. They hate each other that much. … They’re against each other from day one and that’s been developing beautifully over the past six or seven weeks of filming.”
“As far as our story and where our people end up, it’s Rush who tells them that there’s no chance they can ever go back, and he thinks there’s nothing greater! This is the best potential for exploration that mankind has ever known. That’s what’s driving Rush; and therefore he’s probably not to be trusted by anyone on the crew.”
Here's the first official picture taken from filmed footage of the show.
The first episodes have already been filmed, and the premiere is set for October 9, 2009 for airing on Syfy.
If you haven't seen the trailer yet - here it is:
STARGATE UNIVERSE - HAVE YOUR SAY!
The 'Ninth Chevron Show' has broken records with huge audiences, it's filled with drama, conflict and characters that you can either love, hate, or both. Some people say it's too slow, too 'charactery', others say it's an evolution of the Stargate franchise.
Have your say!
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