Stargate Atlantis will end this season
by ShahMultichannel News has reported the sad news. 
Stargate Atlantis will conclude its run on Sci Fi Channel after the current, fifth season ends next January — but the network has greenlit a two-hour Atlantis movie to run after that and says theshow will live on as a network franchise…
…Longtime Stargate writers and producers (and Atlantis show runners) Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie will write the Atlantis feature script. Other details, such as how many cast members would participate or who would direct, were not immediately available.
“We’re excited to tell Atlantis stories on a bigger canvas,” Brad Wright and Robert C. Cooper, co-creators of Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis and currently executive producers on Atlantis, said in a statement. “The successes of the two original Stargate [direct-to-video] movies The Ark of Truth and Continuum have shown us the opportunities that the movie format offers. We have plans for both SG-1 and Atlantis to remain vital as we expand the franchise.”
Season Five will go out on a cliffhanger, with “Enemy At the Gate” expected to premiere in January. Expect the first Atlantis movie to wrap up that hanging storyline.
Though I’m even more devastated than I already was (I watched Stark sacrificing himself this morning,) I’ll watch the remainder of the Season 5 and the upcoming movie. I’ve mixed feelings about Atlantis ending though. I mean; I’m not so sad - the show is unstable. May Stargate Universe be a success. Stargate SG1 and Atlantis join Animated Batman, Superman, Batman Beyond, Justice League, and Babylon 5 on my shelves - I’ll make my kids-to-be watch these shows for great shows must live on.
