Bryan Singer’s Battlestar Galactica Movie Is Underway

Date: Oct 19, 2011 | Author: Josh Tyler | Category: Sci-Fi

Today word hit the net that X-Men director Bryan Singer’s attempt to remake the classic Arthurian legend movie Excalibur is dead. That matters because it means that Singer, suddenly has a lot more time on his hands. Time that he might spend on one of the many science fiction projects he’s been promising. In particular… Battlestar Galactica.

Singer has had a movie version of Battlestar Galactica on the back-burner for awhile now. In fact it had been long enough that we were starting to wonder if anything was every going to come of it. But talking to SFX on the eve of announcing that Excalibur is dead, Singer said that when their Excalibur project was cast off, “it allowed me to go straight into developing Battlestar Galactica – which I think will be really exciting.”

So apparently he’s not just making that his next project, it sounds like he’s actually already working on it. Singer doesn’t offer any further details, but we do know is that his movie will have nothing to do with either the 70s television series or the more recent Ronald Moore helmed remake series. That’s actually a shame since Moore’s version was about as perfect telling of this story as anyone could possibly fathom. Anything Singer does will only pale in comparison to that television show and, come on, it sort of seems like that show should just find a way to transition into feature films instead of starting all over again. Unfortunately, thanks to series creator Glen Larson they can’t go that route.

So Bryan Singer is starting over with a brand new telling of the Battlestar Galactica mythos. Expect to see it in theaters within the next couple of years. Are you interested? Sound off in our reader poll below.

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Michael Bouvet via Facebook

Oh frak…
Dwane Turner via Facebook

CAPRICAAaaaaaa!!! *Sob, sob* CAPRICAaaaa! *SOB, sniff*
http://www.facebook.com/people/Brooke-Marie-Holmes/1432822938 Brooke Marie Holmes via Facebook

Fraking toasters!!
Martin Tucker via Facebook

… was hoping for Logan’s Run myself.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Cory-Borg/1420162129 Cory Borg via Facebook

Cylons kick ass !!
http://www.facebook.com/people/Tony-Mindyabidness/100001516940816 Tony Mindyabidness via Facebook

you know what? I mostly ignore the people on my friend list who arent IRL friends….but you find and post the most interesting things! Kudos!
Bonita AndClint Stone via Facebook

Martin, they’re already working on a Logan’s Run movie but it’s in turnaround for the moment.
Martin Tucker via Facebook

It’s been spinning around for years.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Paul-Vindici/694370867 Paul Vindici via Facebook

Kinda glad the remake of Excalibur is dead. The original is perfect.
Dan Duffany via Facebook

Wow
http://www.facebook.com/giantfreakinrobot Giant Freakin Robot via Facebook

Yeah I wouldn’t hold out a lot of hope for Logan’s Run guys, that movie has been in development hell so long it’d take a miracle to get it out at this point.
Dwane Turner via Facebook

*Sob, sob* CAPRICAAaaaaaa!!! *Sob, sob* CAPRICAaaaa! *SOB, sniff*
Robert van Vliet via Facebook

it may be interesting, i liked the 70′s original but never could get into the remake so something different again might be good.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Dean-Parks/659739550 Dean Parks via Facebook

I hope he goes with the stuff he designed pre 9/11.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Jomahl/23602266 Jomahl via Facebook

as long as he doesn’t turn it into a soap opera like he did with xmen, i’m cool.
David Darkeststar via Facebook

So he dropped one remake for another? Swell. :-/
Dr Nathaniel Essex

Can I vote no because Bryan Singer is directing? The X-men franchise was a piece of crap from the get go and I’m sure his toxic touch will do the same for Battlestar.

JT

You realize that’s an extreme minority opinion, right? X2 is generally regarded as one of the best superhero movies ever made. You’re entitled to have a fringe opinion, as long as you recognize it for what it is.

http://twitter.com/PeterJohn411 Peter John

True art never has a definitive version. It transcends media and culture, shaping difeerently for each new telling.
Guest

Rather than going back over ground that others have traveled, Mr. Singer should find a new story to film. There’s countless to choose from. If he insists on remaking something, how about Starship Troopers? It would be hard for him to do worse than the original.

http://www.facebook.com/people/Eric-Côté/577670588 Eric Côté

Maybe you should watch Starship Troopers again. Alot of people miss the subtext of the film (as I did) the first time they see it, especially if they were young at the time.

Tmms

Why can’t the remade version transition into movies? What’s Larson’s reason?

LoneCoder

mostly because the TV version sucked after the first season. The rest was just silly stuipd and anyone that thinks that was a ‘definitive’ version needs their head examined. Not one of my friends, who grew up on the original BSG, have anything good to say about the series.

http://www.facebook.com/people/Eric-Côté/577670588 Eric Côté

Well of course they don’t like it, they grew up on the original. People don’t like remakes of stuff they like, let alone “grew up on”.

floridascififan

Yawn…..the continuous rehashing and remaking gets old. This material has played out regardless of who does it. Give me something new new please.
http://www.cookiesfromthedarkside.wordpress.com MichaelL65

There are dozens of stories tell in the BSG universe. Personally, I would love to see stories developed about the first Cylon War, the Exodus From Kobol, or the events that led to the destruction on the Earth that RDMs Galactica found in the series.

http://profile.yahoo.com/WLZGLCRROQE4TAUBGYA3WGAUVA STEVE ROBESON

I’m with you. I was disappointed that they didn’t persevere with “Caprica”, and have been waiting to see if they do bring out the other spin off, (BSG: Blood and Chrome, I think is the series title). There is a whole industry to be made here, if only good drama and believeable SciFi are the milestones, unfortunately the networks are more interested in Nielsen ratings than good drama.

Steve Robeson
Winchester, TN

fan

why cant they create a new show/movie that is not playing on the old. actually create something that sci fi fans will love and stop copying ideas from the 70′s show or moore version or a comic book. oh no see that requires work and ingenuity

http://profile.yahoo.com/WLZGLCRROQE4TAUBGYA3WGAUVA STEVE ROBESON

I would have to say that I used to agree wholeheartedly…Until the new BSG aired! It was so intricately and expertly done, save for the ending…The “blending into the landscape” ending didn’t sit well with me. It felt too rushed and ill-prepared, compared to the rest of the series.

Now things like “Charlie’s Angels” really drive me up a wall. The original series depended upon “T&A” to make the series go and the recent movies, added action and special effects notwithstanding, wasn’t any better.

Steve Robeson
Winchester, TN

http://profile.yahoo.com/WLZGLCRROQE4TAUBGYA3WGAUVA STEVE ROBESON

I don’t know how a third telling of the BSG story could benefit SciFi as a genre. Just how many “alternate universe” angles can you manifest and not completely confuse the market?

I wasn’t a big BSG fan in the 70′s. The special effects were fairly unique to television and were a direct take-off of Star Wars. And the show was, to me, too “campy”. Too much chrome and too little substance.

When the new BSG was being promoted in early 2004, I was wondering what drugs the promoters were on, trying to re-make BSG. But when the new series hit the airwaves, I was a believer. It was strong drama, solid character development and believeable technologies.

If anyone comes out with a movie on BSG, it had better be damned good, because Donald Eick and Ron Moore set the bar pretty high. It’s gonna take some serious effort to meet that expectation.

Steven Robeson
Winchester, TN

http://profile.yahoo.com/WLZGLCRROQE4TAUBGYA3WGAUVA STEVE ROBESON

PS: If anyone DOES like “alternate universe” stories and SciFi reading, “FanFiction.Net” has some fantastic stories for BSG fans, as well as hundreds of other genre. I have a novel-length story there as well as two short stories. It’s free. Go look.

Gfowler103

Unless he adds on or continues to ron moores version its gonna suck big time
http://twitter.com/baddestblackman Rev1

In my opinion, the best thing for BSG would be to just throw away every episode after Season 3, Episode 5, and then try again for the rest of 3 and 4. If one goes back and watches the original season (or to some extent the miniseries), one will find that the show began with so much more promise and substance, and eventually devolved into kind of a narrative hot mess.
Cburdick9

i would like to sea it as the 1970s because i would like to see all the reel actors in this they show in galactica 1980 the lost of star buck but they dont show what happed to adams son
APOLLO i would like to know if he died or did he crash
Boopsie

It would be great if Mr. Singer would go with what he and Tom DeSanto almost did and that is a continuation of the original show. How awesome that would have and could be.
Alfie

i didn’t like the new battlestar galactica tv series in anyways. the cast are boring, the stories are jokes and the fx are old school!

Giant Freakin Robot