Re: [NEWS] Peacock no longer working on new Battlestar Galactica spin-off/sequel

Your Name <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Common sense has prevailed for a change ... although they're still 
> trying to sell the garbage to someone else.
> 
> Despite the usual media idiocy of calling everything a "reboot", the 
> new show was planned as a spin-off / sequel to Moore-Ron's idiotic 
> barely-recognisable reboot.
> 
> 
>    'Battlestar Galactica' Reboot No Longer in the Works at Peacock
>    ---------------------------------------------------------------
>    The long-gestating reboot of "Battlestar Galactica" is no longer
>    in development at Peacock, Variety has learned exclusively.
> 
>    The project was first announced back in 2019 ahead of Peacock's
>    official launch as part of the streamer's initial slate of
>    original programming. It was never formally ordered to series,
>    though, and has been in development ever since. Exact story
>    details never emerged, but the show was said to be set in the
>    same continuity as the 2003 "Battlestar Galactica" series.
> 
>    The reboot was a passion project for Sam Esmail, who was
>    executive producing via Esmail Corp. under the company's overall
>    deal with studio UCP. Chad Hamilton of Esmail Corp. was also an
>    executive producer. Michael Lesslie had originally come onboard
>    as the writer of the reboot in 2020, but it was reported that he
>    left the project in 2021. Most recently, it was reported in
>    January that Derek Simonds was attached to serve as writer,
>    executive producer, and showrunner.
> 
>    According to an individual with knowledge of the situation, UCP
>    will shop the project to other outlets.
> 
>    Peacock has aired very few sci-fi series to date. The NBCUniveral
>    streamer has previously found success with shows like the
>    mystery-of-the-week series "Poker Face" starring Natasha Lyonne
>    (which is prepping it second season), a prequel series to Seth
>    MacFarlane's "Ted" films (also prepping its second season), and
>    the live-action take on the "Twisted Metal" games (again,
>    prepping a second season). On the horizon, Peacock has shows
>    coming like "Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist," which
>    boasts an all-star cast that includes Kevin Hart, Samuel L.
>    Jackson, Taraji P. Henson, and Don Cheadle.
> 
>    The original "Battlestar Galactica" was created by Glen A. Larson
>    and featured cast that included Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict,
>    Lorne Greene, and Maren Jensen. 

Yum


It aired for one season in 1978
>    on ABC, which was followed by a short-lived continuation called
>    "Galactica 1980." The original also inspired a series of comic
>    books, novels, and both board and video games.
> 
>    Ronald D. Moore and the Sci Fi Channel (now Syfy) then rebooted
>    the series back in 2003 with a three-hour miniseries, whose cast
>    included Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell, and Katee Sackhoff.

Yuck



>    The success of that project led Syfy and Sky Television to
>    commission a new series with the cast of the miniseries returning.
>    That show proved incredibly popular, running for four seasons and
>    also spawned two TV movies, wrapping up in 2009. A prequel series,
>    "Caprica," aired on Syfy for one season in 2010.
> 
>    In "Battlestar Galactica," humanity has been engaged in a
>    devastating war with a race of sentient robots known as Cylons.
>    After the Cylons destroyed much of the human population living in
>    a series of colonies in a distant star system, survivors aboard
>    civilian ships and the titular battleship strike out to find a
>    long forgotten colony called Earth.
> 
>    
> <https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/battlestar-galactica-reboot-canceled-peacock-1236091898/>
> 
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