Three-time Oscar nominated
producer Michael De Luca is teaming with Bluegrass Film's Scott Stuber and
Dylan Clark to produce a feature film version of Battlestar Galactica for Universal,
with an eye towards turning the sci-fi property into a successful franchise.
Created by Glen A. Larson in a
post-Star Wars world, Battlestar Galactica was a short-lived but important
sci-fi TV series that aired on ABC between 1978 and 1979.
Younger generations are
probably more familiar with the 2004 reboot on Syfy, which in the wake of the 9/11
attacks explored more political and religious themes. This new version of the
iconic and fan favorite sci-fi series aired for just four seasons, ending its
run in 2009. The show was followed by a prequel series called Caprica, which
ran for just one season.
Bryan Singer was at one point
attached to develop and direct the project but he hasn't been involved with the
project since at least 2014, and between the X-Men franchise and the announced 20,000
Leagues Under The Sea, chances are he won't have anything to do with it, at
least creatively.
In the original show, after the destruction of the Twelve Colonies of Mankind by intelligent robots called Cyllons,
only the Battlestar Galactica, the
last of the Colonial Fleet, survives the attack. Driven by prophetic visions
and political necessity, the Galactica travels through uncharted space in hopes
of finding the mythical, lost 13th colony, Earth.
De Luca credits as a producer
and executive producer include Dark City, Blade, American History X, Magnolia,
The Social Network, Moneyball, Captain Phillips and the Fifty Shades franchise,
while Stuber is best known for Ted and Ted 2, and Clark for the new Planet of
the Apes franchise.
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