The End Of My Soul: Redemption

The End Of My Soul: Redemption is an American science fiction film based on the sci-fi series The End of My Soul. The film was directed by Bryan Singer, written by Chris Morgan and stars Zachary Qunto, Lucy Griffiths, Don Cheandle and Samuel Jackson. It was released on September 25th, 2020 by Paramount Pictures and Jasbre Movies.

Talks for a movie were being discussed during the show's 2-year hiatus due to the writers strike that caused delays into the show's sixth season. Orci (serving as the main producer) pitched the idea for a TEOMS movie for Paramount Pictures in August 2016, and was later announced two years later in May 2018; with Chris Morgan hired to write the script that October, while Bryan Singer signed on to direct the film in January of 2019.

The majority of the cast and crew were confirmed by March. Principal photography took place from May to August 2019 and mainly took place in Downtown Los Angeles, while the space scenes/special effects were shot at Industrial Light & Magic (ILM).

Originally, the film was also planned to premiere at Cannes Film Festival in May but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The film takes place during the events of TEOMS Season 5 episodes Fire & Water, Part 1 and Fire & Water, Part 2 and involves time travel.

The film is the first entry in Bryan Singer's End of My Soul film series, A sequel is currently in-development along with a 3rd film.

Premise
The SGC personnel discovers that the portal that was used as an experiment mission back in 2015 is now missing and is under the hands of Mr. X, and by using it the portal is causing a time paradox.

Development
In May 2016, ahead of the release of the first few Season 6 episodes of The End of My Soul. Orci pitched his idea for a TEOMS movie to Paramount Pictures only months before the 2016-18 writer's strike causing delays into the series and a new deal would be met in 2018, only for Paramount to announce the movie. Zachary Quinto, Lucy Griffiths, Don Cheadle and Samuel Jackson were both announced first in early March, while the rest of the cast were announced later on during the same month. Originally, Leonard Nimoy was scheduled to play the role of Dr. William Bell but died in 2015 before the film was announced.

Pre-production
By February 2019, the film was entering pre-production. There were some titles that were considered for the film such as ''Destinies, First Generation, Resurrection, Revenge. ''The official title was revealed to be Redemption on the same month.

Filming
Principal photography began in Downtown Los Angeles in May, while the space scenes were done with the help of Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) in July.

Music
In August, Steve Jablonsky was announced to serve as composer for the film's soundtrack.

Marketing
Marketing for the film began on November 1st, 2019; during the airing of the Season 7 premiere of The End of My Soul the first teaser trailer was revealed.

Post-production
In December, Polly Shannon and David Leon were both set to reprise their roles in the movie.

Cast

 * Zachary Quinto as Major General George Hammond
 * Lucy Griffiths as Chanel SquarePants
 * Don Cheandle as Mr. X
 * Samuel Jackson as Teal'c
 * Michelle Rodriguez as Sandy Cheeks / Letty Oritz
 * Dwayne Johnson as Major General Frank Simmons
 * Tom Hardy as Praetor Shinzon
 * O'Shea Jackson Jr. as Dr. William Bell
 * Aaron Paul as Joel Kyreck
 * Eric Bana as Captain Nero
 * Tyrese Gibson as Roman Pierce
 * Karl Urban as Mr. Krabs
 * Hugh Jackman as Logan / Wolverine
 * Patrick Stewart as Charles Xavier / Professor X / Jean-Luc Picard
 * Cody Walker as Brian O'Connor
 * Debby Ryan as Dana Scully
 * James McAvoy as Dr. Walter Bishop / Well-Manicured Man
 * Tye Sheridan as Gibson Praise
 * Rachel Nichols as Kiera Cameron
 * Polly Shannon as Alex Johnson
 * David Leon as Adam Smith
 * Adam Copeland as Dr. Daniel Jackson

Release
TEOMS: Redemption was released by Paramount Pictures on September 25th, 2020, Cannes Film Festival was scheduled to premiere the film months early on May 2nd but was cancelled due to COVID-19.

Sequel
On December 19th, it was reported that Lucy Griffiths had signed on to return for a sequel alongside Jackson, Johnson, Nichols and Shannon with Bryan Singer as the head writer alongside Joss Whedon and Raelle Tucker.

In August, It was announced principal photography would take place for the sequel in late-January 2021 and on September 23rd, Singer stated that the next film will take place during Season 8 with the sequel being focus on the origin stories of Liber8 and will feature Temporal Agent Daniels from Enterprise. On October 8th, It was announced the sequel will be called "New Worlds" with a release date of April 23rd, 2022; Along with a 3rd film being in development, with its intention to mainly focus on Alex Johnson and her parents.