In 1997, Showtime debuted Stargate SG-1, a spinoff from the Stargate movie that debuted in theaters in 1994. While the film was only a modest success, Stargate SG-1 was a massive hit on television ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The making of Stargate SG-1’s pilot, “Children of the Gods,” is remembered less for launching a 10-season sci-fi empire and more ...

Stargate SG-1 sunk $6 million into its pilot episode, and the result was a 30 year franchise spanning different shows and movies.

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The spin-off game can be a tricky one, and there's no telling which property has the potential (or is handled well enough) to become a franchise. For instance, when Roland Emmerich's 1994 sci-fi film ...