MGM intends to end SG-1 at the close of season eight, and to use it as a lead-in for a second Stargate film, based on SG-1. Movie fans who prefer the original film to the television series may be disheartened; Stargate is possibly one of the best science fiction films made since Star Wars, and director Dean Devlin has said on occasion that he'd love to do a sequel along the same lines as the first, if only MGM would let him.