One week after Michael Shanks told fans to call Amazon and ask for Blair Fetter, the Save Stargate campaign isn’t slowing down, it’s getting sharper.
The main Change.org petition demanding Amazon reverse its Stargate cancellation has now passed 75,000 signatures, the #SaveStargate hashtag is keeping the pressure on daily, and longtime franchise producer Joe Mallozzi just accused Amazon MGM Studios of “trolling fandom,” while also shooting down a rumor that Netflix could ride to the rescue.
Joe Mallozzi: Amazon Is “Trolling Fandom”
On June 9, the official Amazon MGM Studios account posted what should have been a harmless engagement question: “If you could spend summer in any TV show universe, where would you go?”
The replies — 258 of them and counting, with 47K views — were predictably flooded with one answer: Stargate. The same franchise Amazon canceled a week earlier.
Mallozzi, who served as a consulting producer on Martin Gero’s canceled series, didn’t hold back.
“It really feels like, at this point, they’re just trolling fandom,” he wrote.
Mallozzi Shoots Down the Netflix Rumor
With Stargate SG-1 finding a new audience on Netflix, a rumor started making the rounds that Netflix was interested in licensing the IP from Amazon to make its own Stargate show.
When a fan asked Mallozzi directly about the claim on Wednesday, he torched it and the “insiders” pushing it.
“A few bad actors exploiting fandom frustration with this sort of nonsense ‘reporting’ is sad,” he replied.
Asked whether there was a 0% chance Amazon would license the IP, Mallozzi said: “Not 0% chance but highly unlikely. Also, consider the source. Given this individual’s innumerable insiders, isn’t it odd that none tipped him off to the fact that Amazon was about to announce a relaunch, much less the fact that Martin was developing a new show for two years?”
No Other Platform, No Legal Recourse
Mallozzi has also been brutally honest with fans hoping for a workaround. When asked if the show could simply move elsewhere, he made the situation plain: “There is no other platform. Amazon owns Stargate.”
And when a fan asked if there was a legal way to pressure Amazon into producing or selling the IP, his answer was three words: “There is not.”
That’s the uncomfortable reality at the center of the campaign, as Amazon controls the franchise outright following its MGM acquisition, which means the only path forward runs through Amazon changing its mind.
Martin Gero Is Bound By an NDA
Fans have also wondered why Gero himself — who spent more than two years developing the canceled series — has stayed silent. According to Mallozzi, it’s not by choice.
“He does not [use X]. But he is bound by an NDA. Even I am limited to what I can say,” Mallozzi revealed.
Worth remembering: Gero remains under an overall deal at Amazon MGM Studios, which likely explains the silence and the NDA.
Mallozzi also pushed back on the argument that fans simply have to accept whatever version of Stargate Amazon eventually produces. When one user argued fans only have two options — watch whatever gets made or watch it get canceled — Mallozzi fired back: “That’s nonsense. Fans aren’t sheep that will follow any version of a product simply because it’s vaguely familiar to them.”
Michael Shanks Keeps the Pressure On as Petition Hits 75K
Meanwhile, Michael Shanks is still using his X account as a Save Stargate amplifier, just as he did when he told fans to call Amazon and ask for Blair Fetter.
Among his recent reposts is a message aimed directly at the studio: “Dear Amazon MGM: if fans are still campaigning years after the last episode aired, that’s not a dead franchise. That’s an opportunity. #SaveStargate”
Shanks is also boosting fan art and grassroots posts under the #SaveStargate and #StargateSG1 hashtags, while the broader campaign keeps expanding: the main Change.org petition has climbed from roughly 40,000 signatures a week ago to more than 75,000 now, and a fan GoFundMe has been funding a #SaveStargate aerial banner campaign over Amazon Studios headquarters.
Amazon Still Hasn’t Responded
As we reported when Amazon first pulled the plug on the series, the cancellation came despite the project completing a 20-week writers room and entering pre-production in the UK, with filming set to begin this fall.
The decision has been widely tied to Amazon’s executive shakeup, with the executives who championed the project no longer at the company.
Amazon MGM Studios has yet to publicly address the fan revolt over the Stargate cancellation, the petitions, or the disputed reports about the show’s appeal. Cosmic Book News previously reached out to Amazon MGM Studios for comment and will update if the studio responds.
For now, the message from the franchise’s own producer is clear: there’s no Netflix rescue coming, no legal trick, and no other platform. Either Amazon reopens the gate — or nobody does.
