Francis Lawrence 's 'Battlestar Galactica'

[Henry88]

Deadline June 9, 2016:
'Battlestar Galactica' Movie Sets 'Westworld's Lisa Joy To Write
Director Francis Lawrence Orbiting

EXCLUSIVE: The long-awaited big-screen transfer of the Glen Larson 1978 TV series is moving forward at Universal. Lisa Joy, who scripted and is exec producer on HBO's series Westworld, is writing the script. Francis Lawrence is circling the movie to direct.

Bluegrass Films partners Scott Stuber and Dylan Clark are producing with Michael De Luca through his Michael De Luca Productions. Bluegrass is currently awaiting release on Free State Of Jones and Central Intelligence. De Luca is currently in production on Fifty Shades Darker and Fifty Shades Freed. The producers came on to the project in February.

Lawrence, who last directed The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2, is next directing Jennifer Lawrence in the spy thriller Red Sparrow and this would come after. The Battlestar Galactica series involves the battle between humans and the alien Cylon race, which is bent on wiping out the human race. It nearly achieves its aims with a devastating attack and the survivors flee in a caravan of spaceships. The cult favorite series led to a 2003 reimagined Battlestar Galactica miniseries aired on Syfy that Time magazine called one of the "100 best TV shows of all-time." Numerous directors have taken cracks at the feature film version over the years. It gives Universal a strong chance to create another tentpole franchise.

[Compound]

No. Just no.

Look, I'm not a die hard fan of the show. This isn't a "Destroyed my childhood!" thing. I didn't even think that the SyFy version rose above "okay." But you don't need to reboot a series for the second time less than a decade after the last reboot ended. Make something new.

[BathTub]

What! You are crying out for Popular Culture Reboot #776?

[RoninFox]

It does seem like an odd choice, as it has every time it's come up in the last few years. The reboot got a pretty damn good response, and it became one of my personal favorite shows, so its hard for me to even picture a new version so soon. It also doesn't seem to be something that'll lend itself easily to movies. Even if its successful and generates sequels, its something that just seems to work better for TV. We'll see though.

[MartyS (Gromit)]

It also doesn't seem to be something that'll lend itself easily to movies. Even if its successful and generates sequels, its something that just seems to work better for TV. We'll see though.

I think it would have to be done differently to work as a movie series.  In a movie you can only get character development done well for a handful of people, so they would have to really concentrate on the top 4 or 5.   With TV you have the hours to really get into what's going on with a lot more characters.  The other issue is the premise itself, it's set up as a long haul, not bits of action every few years.  It would be better for movies if Galactica was away from the fleet more, focus on missions it does to keep the Cylons away from the fleet.

[Charles Castle]

I am pretty sure that Bryan Singer is no longer associated with this project. 

I can't help having interest in this, as it is sci-fi and I am a fan of all of the previous versions, but I would not have very high expectations.