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Talking Stargate: Atlantis Season 5 w/ Joe Mallozzi
By Steven Eramo
posted: 12 August 2008
2008 has been quite a busy year for Stargate Atlantis’ Joe Mallozzi. As one of the show runners for the program’s fifth season (along with fellow executive producer Paul Mullie) he and the rest of the Atlantis production team as well as cast and crew have been hard at work since late February filming 20 brand-new adventures featuring Colonel John Sheppard and the rest of our heroes living in the far-flung Pegasus Galaxy. Writing-wise, a concerted effort has been made to make this year stand out a bit from previous ones.
“Throughout the first three seasons of Atlantis we were always sharing resources with Stargate SG-1, be it the TV series or the [DVD] movies,” recalls Mallozzi. “As a result, because of time constraints, we weren’t able to really sit back and, I think, plan out the [Atlantis] seasons quite as concisely as we could have, which is what we did in year four. We realized, for example, that we’d had a lot of Dr. McKay [David Hewlett] stories, so one of the things we set out to do in season four, which we’ve also been doing in season five, was give each character a story that focused on him or her and allowed them a chance to step into the spotlight.
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