Further, the original movie did not have Jaffa, but what appear to be normal humans. If Ra's entourage is interpreted as Jaffa (on the basis of the TV show) they have no place to hold a goa'uld larva. The movie's Ra rules entirely by fear and deception using only a small entourage who themselves pose as the various gods in the Egyptian pantheon, whereas SG-1 depicts Goa'uld as having large armies.
Using some of Emmerich's notes, Bill McCay wrote a [[Stargate film novels|series of five novels]] continuing the story the original creators had envisioned. However, Dean Devlin stated in 2006 that there"he washas anstruck interesta inproduction creatingdeal with MGM and is developing the long-delayed sequel feature films that will pick up the story from the 1994 original" sequels<ref>http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=3&id=37194&type=0</ref> and that the McCay books were not correct.<ref>[http://gateworld.net/news/2006/07/devlin_optimistic_about_stargate.shtml GateWorld - Devlin optimistic about 'Stargate' sequels]</ref> According to Devlin, two movie sequels would have picked up the story from the 1994 original, but not the mythology of the ''SG-1'' and ''Atlantis'' series, with the original stars Kurt Russell and James Spader. Devlin regretted giving MGM control over the franchise.<ref>[http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0&id=37194 Sci Fi.com: SCI FI Wire - Devlin Develops New ''Stargates'']</ref> The first movie already tapped into Egyptian mythology; the second one would have moved into other mythologies; and the third would tie together all mythologies.<ref>[http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=15537 ComingSoon.net: Devlin Announces Plans For Stargate Sequels]</ref> Brad Wright said in 2002 that "Devlin can wish to do a sequel to Stargate all he wants. MGM owns the rights, and I doubt very much that they'll ask him to do it. He knows better."<ref>[http://www.gateworld.net/interviews/brad_wright.shtml GateWorld - Interviews: Brad Wright (Brad Wright - July 2002)]</ref> No further news have been announced as of [[April 2008]].
