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Stargate Atlantis

The five-season spin-off set in the Ancients' city in the Pegasus galaxy.

Stargate Atlantis is a spin-off of Stargate SG-1 created by Brad Wright and Robert C. Cooper. Its five seasons aired on the Sci Fi Channel from July 16, 2004, to January 9, 2009.

Quick Facts

Genre
Action-adventure; Science fiction
Company
  • Acme Shark Productions
  • MGM Worldwide Television Distribution
  • Sony Pictures Television (2005–2006) (season 2)
Theme music
Joel Goldsmith
Runtime
43 minutes
Creator
Brad Wright, Robert C. Cooper
Based on
  • Stargate
  • by Roland Emmerich
  • Dean Devlin
Executive producers
  • Brad Wright
  • Robert C. Cooper
  • Joseph Mallozzi
  • Paul Mullie
  • Martin Gero
  • Carl Binder
Country
Canada, United States

Facts from the source article.

Background

It follows on from SG-1's Lost City and New Order: in the pilot, Rising, Daniel Jackson locates Atlantis and Stargate Command sends an international team through to the Pegasus galaxy. Major John Sheppard's team and others explore the galaxy and fight its rulers, the Wraith. A planned film, Stargate: Extinction, was cancelled.

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