Stargate: The Ark of Truth is a planned direct-to-DVD movie that will be written and directed by Robert C. Cooper.<br />The movie went into production in April 2007, and will be released in the US on March 11, 2008. The production budget was $7 million.<br /><br />This movie will be the conclusion of Stargate SG-1's Ori arc, which began in "Avalon". The Ori storyline was originally expected to continue into SG-1's eleventh season, but the series was cancelled by the Sci-Fi Channel in August 2006. Therefore, the movie's storyline will pick up after "Unending", the SG-1 series finale, but will take place before Stargate Atlantis's Season 4.<br /><br />Plot:<br /><br />The movie will cover SG-1's attempt to recover the "Ark of Truth"<br /><br />The "Ark of Truth" is a piece of Alteran technology developed before the Ancients left for the Milky Way. In an attempt to prevent the Ori and their followers rising to power, a device was created that could essentially "brainwash" individuals, for instance Priors, into believing whatever "truth" was programmed into the device. The Ancients' non-interference policy and belief in free will resulted in the device never being used. Even though the promise of Ascension promised by Origin is a lie, the freedom to believe was something the Alterans ultimately decided they did not have the right to restrict. SG-1 likewise faces the moral and ethical issues raised by the use of the device.<br /><br />Cast:<br /><br />* Ben Browder as Lt. Col. Cameron Mitchell<br />* Michael Shanks as Dr. Daniel Jackson<br />* Amanda Tapping as Col. Samantha Carter<br />* Christopher Judge as Teal'c<br />* Claudia Black as Vala Mal Doran<br />* Beau Bridges as Major General Hank Landry<br />* Tim Guinee as Tomin<br />* Greg Anderson as Prior<br />* Currie Graham as James Merek<br />* Morena Baccarin as Adria<br />* Sarah Strange as Morgan le Fay<br />* Julian Sands as Doci<br />Richard Dean Anderson will not return as Maj. Gen. Jack O'Neill, but he will appear in the next SG-1 movie, Stargate: Continuum.
