When SG-1 discovers what it believes to be the remnants of the Lost City of the Ancients - the originators of the Stargates - Stargate Command launches an investigation. A new team of explorers, headed by civilian Dr. Elizabeth Weir, travels to the distant Pegasus Galaxy, where it discovers an advanced but deserted city on the ocean floor, a group of nomadic humans and a deadly enemy that feeds on humans as an energy source!
Several weeks ago we relayed
a report that
Stargate: Atlantis - Rising, the 90-minute pilot of the spin-off series, would reach DVD by itself in June, ahead of a November release of
The Complete 1st Season.
MGM has now announced the first part of that equation, verifying a slightly-earlier-than- expected
June 7th release of "Rising". Clocking in at a whopping $25.98 SRP for what appears to be a single-disc release, actual running time is 88 minutes and there are a few extras to be found:
- Audio Commentary by Director Martin Wood and Actor Joe Flanigan
- "Preview to Atlantis" Featurette
- Sneak Peek: "Stargate Atlantis" Season 2
- Stargate Alliance Videogame Trailer
- Stargate Alliance Videogame Art
Specs put this in 16x9 Widescreen (1.78:1) video format, with English: 5.1 Surround and Closed Captioning for the Hearing Impaired. Look for the regular cast of
Stargate: Atlantis to be accompanied by
SG-1 cast such as Richard Dean Anderson as "Jack O'Neill" and Michael Shanks as "Daniel Jackson". Also look for Robert Patrick from the later seasons of
The X-Files.
