#SaveStargate Takes to the Skies: Fans Fund Aerial Banner Over Amazon as Campaign Unites Behind One Petition
Two weeks after Amazon MGM Studios was reported to have scrapped its in-development Stargate revival from franchise veteran Martin Gero, the fan response has hardened into an organized, multi-pronged campaign. Where the first days produced scattered petitions and angry posts, supporters have now consolidated behind a single hub at savestargate.com and a single rallying cry: bring the show back and let the creative team finish the mission.
The campaign's most eye-catching escalation is literally taking to the air. Fan James Kerfoot launched a GoFundMe to hire a pilot to fly a "Save Stargate" banner over Amazon MGM Studios' corporate headquarters in the Los Angeles area. According to GateWorld, the fundraiser pulled in more than $8,000 in its first four days — well past its original goal — with organizers saying surplus funds would go toward additional advertising and, potentially, a second flight over San Diego Comic-Con in July.
The online push has been just as coordinated. On Wednesday, June 10, the French fan site Stargate Fusion led the campaign's first global "tweetstorm," driving the single hashtag #SaveStargate as fans worldwide posted in support of Gero's series. The campaign hub directs supporters to one canonical petition, "Save Stargate with Martin Gero," which GateWorld reports had already passed 70,000 signatures. Its organizers reject the rationale reportedly behind the cancellation, writing that "canceling a Stargate show because it might 'only' appeal to the dedicated Stargate fanbase is absurd. That isn't a problem, it's a foundation." The hub also points fans toward respectful letter-writing, including to Amazon MGM's Peter Friedlander, who originally greenlit the project.
The series, greenlit in November 2025, had completed a 20-week writers room and was beginning casting and set design with plans to film in the fall before word of its cancellation broke on June 2, 2026, as first reported by Deadline. The decision was reportedly made by Blair Fetter, Amazon MGM's Head of Worldbuilding & Genre Series. Amazon has not publicly responded to the fan campaign.