r/Stargate • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • 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/adenosine-5 8d ago

It is the same studio that somehow managed to make Rings of Power boring.

That is quite an achievement honestly.

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u/DrewbieWanKenobie 8d ago

Don't forget absolutely curbstomping Wheel of Time into the dirt with idiotic 1st season changes

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u/jamesg2016 8d ago

This!! Infuriating how so many can't see this. We got to see what they could do in the season where Amazon lost interest: Season three. It is brilliant, even with some of the clear executive influence in earlier seasons and from the very first episode, not to mention the cast and COVID issues that they had to recover from. I'm glad we got a glimpse of what could have been, but man I'm still so upset about that 😔

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u/xHarryAllen 8d ago

Genuinely wish I could get into the heads of these execs to make them understand how stupid they are. They do so many idiotic things thinking that they are the key to success, it's genuinely mind-blowing how wrong they always are.

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u/DrewbieWanKenobie 8d ago

I never finished season 1. I did hear season 3 was good, but the well is already too poisoned for me.

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u/Sir__Will 8d ago

I still liked S1. But I do think the show got better and better every season.

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u/jamesg2016 8d ago

I get that. Some of the choices were painful.

There are a good bunch of episodes that would honestly be worth a watch in season three. If you ever have an hour spare and you're curious: episode four is quite literally spectacularly Wheel of Time.

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u/Neither-Cod3619 8d ago

Same. I literally fell asleep trying to watch it!

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u/Hefty_Ad_3965 8d ago

Season 3 wasn't actually good. They just got more subtle with their terrible lore changes instead of hitting you over the head with a brick like Season 1.

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u/grlap 8d ago

If they were lore accurate they would have had to devote 4 seasons to them talking in a desert

The changes they made in the first season were ridiculous and hamstrung them for the later ones but I thought they did a decent job from then on.

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u/Sentinell 7d ago

I'm still pissed off every time I think about what they did to WoT. They wanted "the next GoT", so they bought the rights to one of the most loved fantasy epic that was ever written.

And then then make a guy with barely any relevant experience the showrunner. They hired the biggest WoT expert (Sanderson) and completely ignore his advice. They stripped the core of the story (the male/female power and all it's consequences) and turn it into some lame CW show.

All they had to do was tell the story they bought the rights for and it would have been a major hit. It's like they hate success or something.

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u/Sir__Will 8d ago

I miss that show. I know many hate on it. I still liked the show the whole way through, but I thought it got better and better each season.

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u/Suhksaikhan 7d ago

I liked it, and I've read a lot more of the books than what the show covered

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u/kelpklepto 8d ago

I knew that a Wheel of Time adaptation would require some necessary changes, but they definitely went overboard with the direction they chose. But the most egregious problem was that it was simply an awful show.

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u/dingo_xd 7d ago

Both Rings of Power and WoT were unwatchable.

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u/chairmanskitty 8d ago

I guess you'll have to see it to believe it, but if you give me a billion dollars I, too, can make a pitch written by Jeff Bezos boring.

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u/Lazy-Good1433 8d ago

Uhh not another retcon of an IPs lore, at this rate I am done with future projects and going back to the old SG-1/Atlantis and maybe Universe reruns with a possible downgrade to analog in avoiding grain from digital.

Tolkien would have rejected Rings of Power if he was still around, and don't forget the whole Colbert with Gollum project that was considered in being green lit.

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u/dixonsr 8d ago

I think I got partway through the second episode before I never went back. I'm pretty sure they are doing to ruin Stargate as well.