Universal can not sit quietly and let Paramount’s Star Trek and Disney’s Star Wars franchises rule the roost! It appears Battlestar Galactica is due for yet another reboot!
The 1978 series was wonderful! Colonial Vipers were even sexier than an X-Wing! The subsequent “movies” were terrible, and the 1980 series a horrible mistake. For decades Battlestar was limited to the 10-12 VHS cassettes I’d found at a Sam Goody clearance. Dirk Benedict became the Faceman, and Starbuck was forgotten.
The 2004 reboot started strong! Das Boot in space! I was emotionally tired after each episode in the first season or two! I was hooked, and then the writers got lost. Where the fuck were the daggetts? The series, and its subsequent spin off Caprica, offered too much Carlos Castenada and far too little desperate-survivors-trying-not-to-die-in-space. I can’t really remember the last few seasons, but I watched them, I think.
Now Universal views Galactica as a multi-film franchise. I hope they destroy the 12 Colonies of Kobol in an epic manner!
Via Hollywood Reporter:
Battlestar Galactica is getting another shot at the big-screen.
Powerhouse producer Michael De Luca is teaming up with Scott Stuber and Dylan Clark of Bluegrass Films to produce the movie for Universal, which is hoping to launch a massive event franchise.