Battlestar Galactica To Be Rebooted For NBC "Peacock" Streaming Service

[ZariusTwo]

Frak me, Battlestar Galactica is being rebooted, with Mr. Robot's Sam Esmail at the helm.

https://deadline.com/2019/09/battlestar-galactica-reboot-drama-series-sam-esmail-nbc-streaming-service-peacock-1202736127/

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Frack me, Battlestar Galactica is being rebooted, with Mr. Robot's Sam Esmail at the helm.

https://deadline.com/2019/09/battlestar-galactica-reboot-drama-series-sam-esmail-nbc-streaming-service-peacock-1202736127/

I seriously doubt they can top Ronald D Moore's interpretation.

[Andrew NDB]

Another reboot? Shouldn't they just pick one of the first two incarnations and make a soft reboot?

[AquaParade]

I've never seen any version of this show, but I love science-fiction and constantly hear it being praised. Maybe I should finally get on that.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

I've never seen any version of this show, but I love science-fiction and constantly hear it being praised. Maybe I should finally get on that.

Go for it, man. The reboot is excellent.

[ZariusTwo]

Another reboot? Shouldn't they just pick one of the first two incarnations and make a soft reboot?

Looks like that might be happening

https://www.newsarama.com/46981-nbcu-s-new-battlestar-galactica-not-a-reboot-will-stay-true-to-spirit-of-2000s-era-show.html

[Andrew NDB]

Oh jeeze. It is reportedly going to be all about "the politics of today."

https://www.tvinsider.com/935779/battlestar-galactica-reboot-peacock-series-sam-esmail/

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Oh jeeze. It is reportedly going to be all about "the politics of today."

https://www.tvinsider.com/935779/battlestar-galactica-reboot-peacock-series-sam-esmail/

Yes, but is Tricia Helfer involved? Asking the REAL questions here...

[neatoman]

So this would be like the third iteration of this franchise, correct?

Oh jeeze. It is reportedly going to be all about "the politics of today."

https://www.tvinsider.com/935779/battlestar-galactica-reboot-peacock-series-sam-esmail/

"The politics of today... In a completely different time period!"

So doing a little research (I've never watched either show) BSG takes place thousands of years in the past? And somehow also the future? In either case, why would the politics of today be relevant to such a distant time period?

[CyberCubed]

I'm really only a fan of the original because it's fun and cheesy in a late 70's and early 80's kind of way. The original sorta feels like a Saturday morning cartoon but in live action.

[Andrew NDB]

Yes, but is Tricia Helfer involved? Asking the REAL questions here...

None of the old cast will be in it.

So this would be like the third iteration of this franchise, correct?

The fourth, technically (counting Caprica) but it exists in the same universe as the last BSG.

doing a little research (I've never watched either show) BSG takes place thousands of years in the past? And somehow also the future? In either case, why would the politics of today be relevant to such a distant time period?

My suspicion is that it's set on Earth, in our present or near future. The Cylons return, etc..

[ZariusTwo]

Michael Leslie has moved on to another project, leaving the series without a showrunner

https://deadline.com/2021/03/mike-lesslie-adapt-margaret-atwood-maddaddam-hulu-exits-battlestar-galactica-1234719550/

[Andrew NDB]

Eh... what happened to Sam Esmail? I thought he was the showrunner?

https://collider.com/battlestar-galactica-reboot-details-update-sam-esmail-interview/

Not a good sign when showrunners start jumping ship, though. Usually that means everything we've been told about a project up until that point might have gotten thrown out the window.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Tricia Helfer, man. That's what will right this sinking ship.

[sdp]

I've never seen anything BSG, what is worth checking out? The old show/movies or the new show, spin-offs? Are they all in continuity like star trek or just reboots?

[ZariusTwo]

I've never seen anything BSG, what is worth checking out? The old show/movies or the new show, spin-offs? Are they all in continuity like star trek or just reboots?

The 2004 BSG is entirely it's own thing, separate from the classic series.

The 70s one is super-cheesy, I prefer it over the bleaker modern show because I grew up on it, but the latter is the one most would recommend watching.

[TigerClaw]

The 2004 BSG is entirely it's own thing, separate from the classic series.

The 70s one is super-cheesy, I prefer it over the bleaker modern show because I grew up on it, but the latter is the one most would recommend watching.
I remember the original series. That series came out because of how big Star Wars was back in the 70s. They had one of the VFX creators work on the series too. The original series had kind of a Star Wars vibe with the ship designs and the Zylons were kind of like the Stormtroopers.

[ZariusTwo]

They're close to putting together a pilot now

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/sam-esmail-leave-the-world-behind-julia-roberts-battlestar-galactica-1235680137/

[ZariusTwo]

Derick Slmonds assigned as showrunner

https://deadline.com/2024/01/battlestar-galactica-reboot-derek-simonds-showrunner-peacock-sam-esmail-1235695526/

[Andrew NDB]

That and other articles are falsely painting this as a reboot. It isn't. They've over and over again said they've consulted with Ronald Moore and the overall idea is to make it at least cool to be in the same universe. Which makes it seem like it might be a new, weird thing. But maybe in a good way. Like maybe it's set now or 10-20 years from now and we suddenly have to deal with Cylons, a few years after the series finale.

[Andrew NDB]

Damn. Scrapped.

https://www.darkhorizons.com/peacock-scraps-battlestar-galactica-reboot/

[neatoman]

Damn. Scrapped.

https://www.darkhorizons.com/peacock-scraps-battlestar-galactica-reboot/

What are the odds of another BSG project in the future?

[Andrew NDB]

What are the odds of another BSG project in the future?

Now? Slim to none anytime in the foreseeable future. And even then certainly not anything but a FULL-on reboot.

This is particularly disappointing because the showrunner told fans this was going to take potentially years to crack properly in pre-production, so to be patient. And then Peacock just goes and drops it, before so much as even a pilot is made. Or written.

[CyberCubed]

There's really not much to do with another reboot, at least now. They either go back to the campy Star Wars-knock off direction like the original but trying to repeat what they did in 2004 would be redundant.

There's really not much else you can do with a bunch of alien robots who nuke a planet. Half of BSG was ripped from Star Wars and the second series half-ripped off Terminator with the human skin on the robots and the planet getting nuked because A.I. got too smart. The series basically became Terminator set in space just without the time travel.