Stargate Film Reboot In The Works?

While 1994's "Stargate" film inspired popular TV spin-offs, the film's director  Roland Emmerich and writer Dean Devlin were not involved in with any of the small screen incarnations
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The duo had originally planned a trilogy in which the 1994 film would have been the first.

Since so much time has passed bringing back stars Kurt Russell and James Spader is impractical.

Instead, Emmerich  tells Digital Spy that he's considering doing a big screen reboot of the franchise, something to which he says that rights owner MGM is interested:

"I originally wanted to make it a trilogy. Now, after all this time, I couldn't do a trilogy anymore. Because the actors look totally different. That would not work. We are talking...We went to MGM, who has the rights, and we proposed to do a sequel, but as a reboot. We want to reboot it as a movie, and then do three parts. And that's what we're doing right now. Pretty soon, we are going to have to look for a writer and star."

It's not known if Emmerich would return to direct, or only serve as a producer on the movie.