From ComingSoon.net ...

Stargate Atlantis Starts Production on Season 5
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SCI FI Channel's "Stargate Atlantis" will begin production
later this month on its fifth original season. The new
20-episode season will include the series' benchmark 100th
episode. Produced and distributed by MGM Television,
Stargate Atlantis is filmed in Vancouver, Canada.

As "Atlantis" speeds toward its centennial episode, the
"Stargate" universe promises new and surprising
developments. The status quo is shaken following the
events of season 4 (currently airing on SCI FI, Friday
nights at 10pm) some cherished friends are lost, others
are found. New alliances are forged while new races are
introduced.
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Robert Picardo, whom "Stargate" fans will recognize as
International Oversight Committee rep "Richard Woolsey,"
joins the "Stargate Atlantis" cast this season as Woolsey
assumes command of the Atlantis expedition. The team, led
by Lt. Colonel Sheppard (Joe Flanigan), Dr. Rodney McKay
(David Hewlett), Teyla (Rachel Luttrell), Ronon (Jason
Momoa) and Dr. Jennifer Keller (Jewel Staite), must
adjust to his unique leadership style.

Fan favorite Paul McGillion, will return for five
episodes to reprise his role as the beloved "Dr. Carson
Beckett." Amanda Tapping ("Colonel Samantha Carter"), who
remains a fixture of the "Stargate" universe, will appear
as a special guest star in several episodes this season
and "Stargate SG-1" star Michael Shanks ("Dr. Daniel
Jackson") will appear as a special guest in episodes as
well.

"Stargate Atlantis" follows the adventures of an intrepid
team of military and civilian explorers who travel the
distant Pegasus galaxy by means of a Stargate, a portal
created long ago by a highly advanced alien civilization
called the Ancients. In their never-ending quest to seek
out other technologies left behind by the Ancients, the
Atlantis team encounters alien cultures some friend, some
foe.

The series is executive produced by Brad Wright, Robert
Cooper, Joseph Mallozzi, Paul Mullie, Carl Binder, and
Martin Gero. Mallozzi and Mullie share the reins as
showrunners.

Anybody wrote:
> From ComingSoon.net ...
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> Stargate Atlantis Starts Production on Season 5
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> SCI FI Channel's "Stargate Atlantis" will begin production
> later this month on its fifth original season. The new
> 20-episode season will include the series' benchmark 100th
> episode. Produced and distributed by MGM Television,
> Stargate Atlantis is filmed in Vancouver, Canada.
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> As "Atlantis" speeds toward its centennial episode, the
> "Stargate" universe promises new and surprising
> developments. The status quo is shaken following the
> events of season 4 (currently airing on SCI FI, Friday
> nights at 10pm) some cherished friends are lost, others
> are found. New alliances are forged while new races are
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> Robert Picardo, whom "Stargate" fans will recognize as
> International Oversight Committee rep "Richard Woolsey,"
> joins the "Stargate Atlantis" cast this season as Woolsey
> assumes command of the Atlantis expedition. The team, led
> by Lt. Colonel Sheppard (Joe Flanigan), Dr. Rodney McKay
> (David Hewlett), Teyla (Rachel Luttrell), Ronon (Jason
> Momoa) and Dr. Jennifer Keller (Jewel Staite), must
> adjust to his unique leadership style.
>
> Fan favorite Paul McGillion, will return for five
> episodes to reprise his role as the beloved "Dr. Carson
> Beckett." Amanda Tapping ("Colonel Samantha Carter"), who
> remains a fixture of the "Stargate" universe, will appear
> as a special guest star in several episodes this season
> and "Stargate SG-1" star Michael Shanks ("Dr. Daniel
> Jackson") will appear as a special guest in episodes as
> well.
>
> "Stargate Atlantis" follows the adventures of an intrepid
> team of military and civilian explorers who travel the
> distant Pegasus galaxy by means of a Stargate, a portal
> created long ago by a highly advanced alien civilization
> called the Ancients. In their never-ending quest to seek
> out other technologies left behind by the Ancients, the
> Atlantis team encounters alien cultures some friend, some
> foe.
>
> The series is executive produced by Brad Wright, Robert
> Cooper, Joseph Mallozzi, Paul Mullie, Carl Binder, and
> Martin Gero. Mallozzi and Mullie share the reins as
> showrunners.

Yay.