The long-gestating Battlestar Galactica reboot at Peacock is getting back on track.Per Deadline, it has been revealed that The Sinner creator Derek Simonds has boarded the Battlestar Galactica reboot series as writer, showrunner, and executive producer. The series has been in development since 2019, originally with Michael Lesslie attached as writer and EP. It was reported in 2021 that Lesslie had exited the project, putting it on ice for a while longer. Part of the series since its inception, Mr. Robot creator Sam Esmail is also still attached to the reboot as an EP alongside Simonds.Battlestar Galactica ran for just one season, airing 24 episodes in 1978-79. It was given a low-budget spinoff series, Galactica 1980, though this show was also canceled after airing 10 episodes. In subsequent years, Battlestar Galactica would develop a large cult following. It would also be reimagined as a miniseries in 2004 developed by Ronald D. Moore. That reboot also has a prequel, Caprica, which aired for one season in 2010. It was also given a webseries, dubbed Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome, which Syfy aired as a TV movie in 2013.
The long-gestating Battlestar Galactica reboot at Peacock is getting back on track.
Per Deadline, it has been revealed that The Sinner creator Derek Simonds has boarded the Battlestar Galactica reboot series as writer, showrunner, and executive producer. The series has been in development since 2019, originally with Michael Lesslie attached as writer and EP. It was reported in 2021 that Lesslie had exited the project, putting it on ice for a while longer. Part of the series since its inception, Mr. Robot creator Sam Esmail is also still attached to the reboot as an EP alongside Simonds.
Battlestar Galactica ran for just one season, airing 24 episodes in 1978-79. It was given a low-budget spinoff series, Galactica 1980, though this show was also canceled after airing 10 episodes. In subsequent years, Battlestar Galactica would develop a large cult following. It would also be reimagined as a miniseries in 2004 developed by Ronald D. Moore. That reboot also has a prequel, Caprica, which aired for one season in 2010. It was also given a webseries, dubbed Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome, which Syfy aired as a TV movie in 2013.
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