STARGATE SG-1 - GATEWORLD: Return of the Jaffa
October 29, 2011
by Chad Colvin
As an editor for a site that covers a franchise as large and complex as Stargate, you really do have to be a fan of all the characters and series — and not just because of all the knowledge and trivial things you need to know (co-editor David Read is by far our undisputed king in that department). But with respect to Stargate Atlantis and Stargate Universe, I personally get an added thrill whenever we get the chance to touch base with the cast of Stargate SG-1. There’s just something special about your first Stargate series — and deep down, we’re all still fanboys to a small degree, too.
That’s why this fanboy was extremely happy to learn that GateWorld would get the chance to chat on the record for the first time in several years with the man who brought Teal’c to life for over a decade — Christopher Judge.
We got that chance late this summer when Judge was a guest at Creation Entertainment’s Official Stargate Convention in Chicago. It was his first Creation convention in half a decade, and it was evident his popularity over the years has diminished none whatsoever. His hectic appearance schedule limited our time to chat but not the quality of it. In our brief interview with Christopher Judge, the actor talks frankly about his time on Stargate Continuum, a television landscape without Stargate in it, his memories of fellow cast member Don S. Davis, new hope for his long-gestating project Rage of Angels, and more!
... GW: Rage of Angels, its been in development on and off here for the last few years. Where are things sitting with it right now?
CJ: "Well, the great thing is, you know, people keep buying it. You know, I can’t talk a lot. Development of some sort has been going so long that I haven’t been able to talk about it.
My partner and I — my partner is Bill McDonald — who was one of the creators of Rome, we spent a lot of time at Starz developing it. They paid us really well for it. We thought that when Starz put it interim, then that would kind of maybe be the end of it. Or we would have to rejigger it, re-whatever.
Now literally, out of the blue, I got a — I haven’t even announced this yet, I was supposed to announce it on Twitter and I forgot. Anyway, I just got through talking with some of the producers of the movie that I am doing literally right after The Dark Knight Rises. I have two days off and then I go to Virginia and the Bahamas for twelve weeks to do this movie, called To Have and to Hold, actually. They loved the concept, so — hopefully — I think Rage of Angels is being resurrected. We actually started talking to the studio again and believe it or not, its back on the table! This business is just crazy..."
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