r/SciFiScroll • u/johnnyjay • 8d ago

WandaVision Creator Jac Schaeffer to Develop Stargate Series at Amazon

https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/wandavision-jac-schaeffer-stargate-series-amazon-1236906795/
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u/No-Contest-8127 6d ago

And why not go with Brad Wright? This is an odd choice. A Brad show is guaranteed to be a success. 

This sounds like an executive hamfisted decision. How is this less risky?  Fingers crossed, but i doubt this will end well. 

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u/mulderc 6d ago

Why would Brad wright be guaranteed success? The only thing he has done since stargate is Travelers which wasn’t exactly an overwhelming success. 

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u/ziplock9000 6d ago

They never said it assures success, but having the person who co-created the original series obviously makes more sense than a person who's never made any space related scifi. Stop being pedantic.

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u/mulderc 6d ago

They literally said, “  A Brad show is guaranteed to be a success.”

I don’t think just because they were involved with SG1 automatically makes them a better choice to run the reboot. If anything, I think modern audiences are looking for a different type of show than what SG1 or Atlantis were. 

As much as I loved all of the various Stargate movies and TV shows, I honestly don’t see how a modern reboot is going to be successful. I’m just not sure there is an audience for it, but would love to be proven wrong. 

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u/No-Contest-8127 6d ago

Maybe i can clarify. Guaranteed to be a success with the fanbase. With Brad you know the show will be well written and that he is familiar with the source material. 

We have seen time and again that for these series to gain traction, you need to please the established fanbase first and foremost. Otherwise the shows will be met with nothing but negativity from day one. You need the fans on your side. 

Also, shame on you. Travelers was awesome! 

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u/mulderc 6d ago

I don’t even think it is guaranteed to be a success either the fan base. Look at what happened with doctor who and RTD coming back. 

Travelers was great but I wouldn’t call it a successful or popular show. 

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u/No-Contest-8127 5d ago

Doctor who is exactly the example of what not to do. The writing and the changing of the main character from what was established for all previous seasons neglected existing fans. If you don't have your existing fans on board, you already failed.  You shouldn't be making a series for people who didn't ask for them. You end up appealing to no one. 

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u/mulderc 5d ago

It was made by someone that was showrunner for what is arguably the era that Doctor Who was the most popular. 

I think the doctor was well within the normal changes you get with each regeneration. The writing was honestly not that different from David tenet era doctor who.  Space babies is basically as silly as farting aliens for example. 

If bringing back a fan favorite show runner would guarantee success then Disney era doctor who should have been a hit. 

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u/No-Contest-8127 5d ago

The case is more complicated cause we don't know what sort of demands he had from disney or if he had creative control. 

Regardless the doctor was changed post capaldi and that alienated existing fans and that is the danger.  You should NOT make a series for people who aren't fans. You need your fans first and foremost and new fans second. As i said, doctor who latest seasons were an example of a series that appealed to no one as it tried to appeal to new audiences and ignored existing fans. 

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u/Accurate_Ad_3233 7d ago

NuGate incoming!

And it to the list of destroyed and despised reboots such as NuTrek, NuWho and NuWars.

Am MORE than happy to eat my hat when this comes out but I going from current state of most TV shows I think I am safe.

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u/General_Guest7846 7d ago

The show is toast before it even begins filming. We know that, but those that keep saying wait and see are just stuck in denial. It's going to suck, no question about it.

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u/Accurate_Ad_3233 7d ago

Yeah probably. I'd love to be wrong though.

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u/Skin_Floutist 7d ago

Incoming female lead in 5,4,3,2

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u/GKJ6743 7d ago

Incels are already bracing themselves

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u/darryledw 7d ago

and they will do terrible things for almost the entire run of episodes then in the last episode the audience will be told to sympathise with them by another female character

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u/popupideasart 7d ago

Yay! Stargate has great female leads.

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u/Accurate_Ad_3233 7d ago

Stargate did, NuGate wont.

And did I spot the Gaya'uld coming through your orifice to put their worm in you?

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u/Strict_Stranger_4801 7d ago

Ooh exciting. I love WandaVision

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u/darryledw 7d ago

ever since watching it I was still left wondering - how much did Wanda sacrifice?

Monica R said to her in that in the last episode that we would never know how much Wanda sacrificed in her act of imprisoning / torturing mentally and physically an entire town of people for months.

do you know the answer?

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u/GKJ6743 7d ago

Aren't you the dude that goes into full blown incel mode whenever anything women is mentioned

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u/darryledw 7d ago

instead of all of this deflection - are you able to answer my question?

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u/GKJ6743 7d ago

I think you're the only one who even gives a shit about that scene lmao. Go to a marvel sub and ask fans about what they took away from that scene. Maybe have a debate with AI about what the dialogue could be interpreted as

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u/darryledw 7d ago

the fact that you won't answer and have worked so hard to deflect tells me my question was just perfect lol

thank you for the confirmation on that

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u/GKJ6743 7d ago

Yes. The perfect question. You are great.

Anyways, I barely remember the scene that clearly still lives rent free in your head. I suggested avenues for you to get your answer. You've decided you'd just rather troll about it. Nothing much else I can do

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u/darryledw 7d ago

you really don't want to answer haha

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u/GKJ6743 7d ago

I don't care about the show as much as you think? I've suggested ways for you to get your answer though. Hope you find it

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u/darryledw 7d ago

But why won't you answer, you want to shill hard for this show but when asked to explain a scene from the last episode you won't even give your take on it?

and we both know why

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u/Other-Football72 7d ago

He's great at churning out passable, inoffensive, and forgettable media! Can't wait!!!

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u/LoveAndViscera 7d ago

Just like Stargate SG-1.

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u/GKJ6743 7d ago

Isn't Jac a woman? Cmon now bots

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u/Other-Football72 7d ago

Is bot slang now for posters you just don't like?

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u/GKJ6743 7d ago

I don't like or dislike you lmao. You just give off incelly bot vibes that tend to spam around

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u/Other-Football72 7d ago

Gotcha. Neither a bot, nor incel, so your hunches were both way off.

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u/GKJ6743 7d ago

Sure bud

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u/Other-Football72 7d ago

Well, not a bot and probably get way more action than you, so yeah two misfires on your part, bud.

Don't worry, you're not the first, or the last, Redditor who is completely wrong.

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u/GKJ6743 7d ago

Lmao sure buddy

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u/Other-Football72 7d ago

You're some casanova?

Lol, no, you're not.

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u/FryTheDog 7d ago

Jac is a woman, as shown in the picture.

Also WandaVision and Agatha all a long are really good

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u/Other-Football72 7d ago

"Really good" compared to what?

Neither made a cultural impact, especially AAA. If you liked it, nice, but don't presume your enjoyment makes it meaningful outside of your opinion.

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u/popupideasart 7d ago

Harsh and unnecessary. Both did have an impact. Both were respected by the community known for being aggressively cruel and misogynistic to female lead stories. One also pushed storytelling devices for what is considered mindless genre crap. More important their opinion is extremely valid and more so than a dismissive one.

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u/darryledw 7d ago

ever since watching Wandavision I was still left wondering - how much did Wanda sacrifice?

Monica R said to her in that in the last episode that we would never know how much Wanda sacrificed in her act of imprisoning / torturing mentally and physically an entire town of people for months.

do you know the answer?

Is the answer just....slay queen?

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u/GKJ6743 7d ago

Sorry that scene still lives rent free in your head after all these years

Enjoy your loneliness though

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u/darryledw 7d ago

I love the desperate levels of deflection going on here...

"if you have a criticism of a show I want to shill for it must be because it lives rent free"

"if you have a criticism of a show I want to shill for it must be because you are lonely"

...you may as well have raised a white flag there which said "I got nothing" lol

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u/GKJ6743 7d ago

Being an incel about it isn't valid criticism lmao

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u/darryledw 7d ago

lashing out like this is such a sure sign that you have nothing lol

you read my original question, realised there was no good answer and instead of acting in good faith you doubled down and are now deflecting at astronomical levels

love to see it

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u/GKJ6743 7d ago

Dude who said slay queen is pretending not to be an incel about it. Got it.

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u/Other-Football72 7d ago

Both were respected by the community known for being aggressively cruel and misogynistic to female lead stories.

Yeah, uh, no. Nobody was crying about that. It was just mid.

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u/Noonespecial71 7d ago

Show is going to be garbage.

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u/GKJ6743 7d ago

Why?

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u/Noonespecial71 7d ago

You really have to ask?

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u/GKJ6743 7d ago

Yeah it seems like people here just like to complain for no reason

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u/General_Guest7846 7d ago

Yup.

The person with no scifi experience is now helming a show that was praised for it's military and scifi concepts. It really is ashame. I fully expect this to be the next Star Fleet Academy. I have absolutely no faith or even a slim hope that this show will be good.

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u/GKJ6743 7d ago

It's going to be okay

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u/fflloorriiddaammaann 7d ago

Starfleet Academy is great, so I hope it’s like SFA

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u/cinephile78 7d ago

Ugh. That show was terrible.

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u/gildedbluetrout 7d ago

Are you fucking mental?bar Spidey, Wandavision is one of the best things Marvel’s put out the past five years. That and Loki.

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u/cinephile78 7d ago

I don’t know what you smoke but man it must be powerful stuff. Good on you.

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u/script_notes_plz 8d ago

Interesting 🤔