Syfy's Vancouver-lensed Stargate Universe TV series returns Friday, April 2nd.SGU was created by Brad Wright and Robert C. Cooper, debuting with the first two parts of the three-part episode Air on Syfy, October 2, 2009.A second season of 20 episodes was announced by Syfy December 2009.The series follows the adventures of a present-day, multinational, exploration team unable to return to Earth after an evacuation to the Ancient spaceship 'Destiny', traveling in a distant corner of the universe."...'SGU' follows a band of soldiers, scientists and civilians, who must fend for themselves as they are forced through a Stargate when their hidden base comes under attack."The desperate survivors emerge aboard an ancient ship, which is locked on an unknown course and unable to return to Earth."Faced with meeting the most basic needs of food, water and air, the group must unlock the secrets of the ship's Stargate to survive."The danger, adventure and hope they find on board the Destiny will reveal the heroes and villains among them..."

MGM's hour-long, Vancouver-lensed sci-fi TV series Stargate Universe (SGU) has reported impressive ratings debuts in the US, UK, Canada and Australia.SGU debuted in the US on Syfy to the best franchise premiere performance in four years, drawing 2.35 million viewers."With this success, SGU continues to be a very important franchise in the MGM family along with James Bond, Pink Panther and Rocky," said Gary Marenzi, Co-President, MGM Worldwide Television."Many of our characters are younger, inexperienced and should not be on this mission," said Brad Wright, co-creator of SGU. "This opens the door to relationships and storylines that younger audiences want to see."In Canada, SGU premiered on SPACE with a record breaking audience of 565,000 making it SPACE's highest rated single episode ever.Launching on Sky1 in the UK, SGU delivered 1,042,000 viewers for episode one and 961,000 for episode two.In Australia, SGU was the best performing show on the Sci-Fi pay television platform, posting a 6.4% share. This performance represented an increase of 411% in the time slot (Fridays 8:30 to 10:30 p.m.)Based on the 1994 feature film Stargate, MGM's sci-fi franchise was born in 1997 when Stargate SG-1 (SG-1) made its TV debut on Showtime. After five seasons, the ...

Stargate Universe is the Vancouver-lensed 'military science fiction' TV series, debuting October 2, 2009 as a two-hour movie, followed by regular weekly airings on Syfy in the US and Space in Canada, executive produced/written by Brad Wright, Robert C. Cooper and Carl Binder.Premise follows the adventures of a present-day, multinational exploration team on board the spaceship 'Destiny', transported to a distant corner of the universe and unable to return to Earth, with members of the team forced to remain on the vessel and fend for themselves.Cast includes Robert "Trainspotting" Carlyle as 'Dr. Nicholas Rush', Toronto actor Justin Louis as 'Colonel Everett Young', David Blue as 'Eli Wallace', Brian J. Smith as 'Lieutenant Matthew Scott', Jamil Walker Smith as 'Master Sergeant Ronald Greer', Alaina Huffman as 'Lieutenant Tamara Johansen', Elyse Levesque as 'Chloe Armstrong' and Ming-Na as 'Camille Wray'.Producers Wright and Cooper conceived Stargate Universe as a separate, third entity in the live-action Stargate franchise as opposed to Stargate Atlantis, created as a spin-off from Stargate SG-1.Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek a new, theatrical trailer for Stargate Universe...