Chevron Seven Is Locked: The New Stargate Series Just Added an Oscar Winner and ILM to the Team
Amazon's Stargate revival isn't just happening — it's assembling a crew that could make it the most visually ambitious Stargate project ever. Oscar-winning production designer Nathan Crowley and ILM VFX supervisor Mohen Leo have officially joined the team, and what they're saying about the show should have every fan reaching for their GDO.
"My idea of design is you have to respect the world it lives in, and thus the fanbases. So you have to keep one foot in — but because we're now launching onto something new, we have to put the other foot out as far as we can."
That's Nathan Crowley talking about the new Stargate series. Yes, that Nathan Crowley — the production designer behind Christopher Nolan's Interstellar, Dunkirk, The Dark Knight, and the first season of Westworld. The guy who just won the Academy Award for Wicked in 2025. And he's now designing the world of Stargate.
If that doesn't qualify as an unscheduled offworld activation, nothing does.
The Crew That's Building the Gate
Showrunner Martin Gero — who cut his teeth writing for Stargate Atlantis and Stargate SG-1 — sat down with GateWorld in late March 2026 for a livestream that dropped some seriously exciting details about the production team.
First up: Nathan Crowley as production designer. Seven Oscar nominations across his Nolan collaborations before finally taking one home for Wicked. His television work earned him an Emmy nomination for the Westworld pilot. But here's the thing — this is his first time designing an entire TV season from the ground up. Stargate isn't just getting a talented designer; it's getting someone who's hungry to build something new.
And about that iconic ring? "To be honest with you, in my head I parked the Stargate itself, because I know that is a slightly untouchable element," Crowley said. Music to every fan's ears. The Gate stays. The universe around it evolves.
ILM Is in the Building
Then there's the VFX side. Mohen Leo is leading Stargate's visual effects team. His resume reads like a sci-fi fan's dream: he was Oscar-nominated for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (1,700 VFX shots on that one alone), won the Emmy for Andor Season 2, and has ILM credits going back to Star Wars: Episode I. He also worked on The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions.
Gero confirmed that Industrial Light & Magic will be one of Stargate's visual effects partners. Let that sink in. The kawoosh is about to get the ILM treatment.
Leo joined ILM back in 1996 as a technical director and has been shaping some of the most iconic visual effects in cinema ever since. Having someone with that depth of experience — and that understanding of how to make science fiction feel grounded — is exactly what Stargate needs.
Not a Reboot. A New Chapter.
This is the part that matters most to anyone who's invested 350+ hours in the franchise. Gero has been crystal clear: this is not a reboot. The new series lives in the same universe as SG-1, Atlantis, and Universe.
"It is not a reboot. It is a brand new chapter. It's its own unique chapter in the Stargate universe," Gero stated.
Consulting producer Joe Mallozzi backed that up: "I'm heartened by the fact that Martin is very respectful of what came before." Rather than hand-waving canon inconsistencies, Gero has actively worked to incorporate established lore. That means the Goa'uld happened. The Wraith happened. Destiny is still out there somewhere.
The creative team is stacked with franchise veterans. Brad Wright and Joe Mallozzi serve as consulting producers, while Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich — who started it all with the original 1994 film — are executive producers alongside Joby Harold and Tory Tunnell of Safehouse Pictures (Obi-Wan Kenobi, Monarch: Legacy of Monsters).
Where Things Stand
Here's the timeline as we know it:
- January 2026: Writers' room opened in Los Angeles
- Fall 2026: Production slated to begin, with principal photography in London and locations worldwide
- Late 2027 / 2028: Likely premiere window on Prime Video
The show is being developed as a premium streaming series with a cinematic visual approach — which, given Crowley's design sensibility and ILM's involvement, isn't just marketing speak.
Meanwhile, the Franchise Is Already Having a Moment
While we wait for the new series, Stargate SG-1 returned to Netflix on February 15, 2026 — all 10 seasons. The show had been pulled from Netflix and moved exclusively to Prime Video after Amazon's acquisition of MGM, but it's now back in select territories. The full franchise remains available on Prime Video as well.
There's never been a better time to do a rewatch. Or, you know, a first watch — because if you're reading this and you haven't seen "Window of Opportunity" (S4E6), we need to talk.
The Bottom Line
Look, Stargate fans have been burned before. We watched SGU get cancelled on a cliffhanger. We saw Brad Wright's revival pitch get shelved after COVID and the MGM acquisition. We've been waiting.
But this? An Oscar-winning production designer who says the Gate is "untouchable." An ILM VFX supervisor with Rogue One and Andor on his resume. A showrunner who grew up in the franchise and is building on the canon rather than torching it. Writers and producers who've been with Stargate since the beginning.
Indeed.
The chevrons are locking, the Gate is spinning, and for the first time in over a decade, the franchise feels like it's headed somewhere extraordinary. Stargate is coming home — and it's bringing reinforcements.