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Atlantis Resurfaces
04/03/2004 . Source: Jessica Martin 
Stargate Atlantis gets ready to spin-off from SG1 with its new team confirmed. Casting has been completed on SCI FI Channel's spin-off SG1 series, Stargate Atlantis.
Joe Flanigan leads the cast of heroes, who will undertake humanity's greatest - and most dangerous - mission yet.
Atlantis will debut with a two-hour premiere in July '04, which will feature cross-over appearances by members of the Stargate SG-1 team.
Following its premiere, 18 additional original episodes of Atlantis will air during the show's regular Friday night 10 p.m. ET/PT slot, as a companion series to the all-new eighth season of Stargate SG-1, giving sci-fi fans a double dose of Stargate adventures.
Stargate Atlantis is the newest addition to the franchise that introduced audiences to instantaneous travel to thousands of worlds through an ancient portal called the Stargate. Atlantis will take viewers to a completely new galaxy of Stargates.
When a secret base, abandoned by the original builders of the Stargates, is found buried in the ice of Antarctica, the Stargate Atlantis team is born. Their discovery leads to a daring expedition to the distant Pegasus galaxy, where they encounter a primitive human civilization ... and a sinister new enemy that threatens human life everywhere.
The Stargate Atlantis mission is headed by Dr. Elizabeth Weir (Tore Higginson), a specialist in diplomatic relations. Her political savvy is balanced by the go-with-your-gut bravado of her military counterpart, Major John Sheppard (Flanigan), a courageous and gifted pilot.
Rounding out the crew are Rainbow Sun Francks as Lieutenant Aiden Ford, the enthusiastic young officer who becomes Sheppard's second-in-command, and David Hewlett, reprising his recurring Stargate SG-1 role of Dr. Rodney McKay, a clever and quick- witted astrophysicist.
Rachel Luttrell plays Teyla, a beautiful young leader among the primitive alien civilization that the Atlantis team encounters.
In a special guest starring role, sci-fi favorite Robert Patrick (Terminator 2, The X-Files) will appear as Colonel Marshall Sumner in the 2-hour Stargate Atlantis premiere event.
Currently in production in Vancouver, British Columbia, Stargate Atlantis will be distributed by MGM Worldwide Television Distribution. Brad Wright and Robert C. Cooper serve as executive producers on the new series. Cooper is currently executive producer on Stargate SG-1; Brad Wright is co-creator of Stargate SG-1, and served as the series' executive producer for six seasons.
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