Before you get excited about the title, I should add that Universal is not talking to Ron Moore or David Eick or anybody behind the current incarnation of the series (or its prequel, Caprica). Instead, the studio is quietly approaching original creator Glen A. Larson about a complete, modern revamp of the series for the movie screens.I'm left scratching my head on this one. Do we need another series revamp so soon after this series? Wouldn't that confuse casual viewers, particularly those that may start watching Caprica? Also, while I appreciate involving the creator in the concept, Larson hasn't been a big influence in television since the 80's.
I'm wondering if the studio went to Moore and company for a big-screen adaption and they said "no", so they went to Larson. The original pilot of Battlestar Galactica was first released as a movie. That could have been a factor in that choice.
Of course, this is all just rumor for now.
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2-21-2009 @ 1:34PM
Fahad said...
Why would you want to do that after such a great run of a revamp of the original series.
There is no reason for this...
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2-21-2009 @ 1:46PM
Jimmy said...
This is just a monumentally bad idea. Glen A. Larson has been dismissive and downright hateful about the current version of BSG, so no surprise that he still wants to do his own thing. But do we really need a campy, Star Wars-esque version of BSG? Granted, BSG is watched by only 2 million people, but the re-imagined version is now in the popular culture, so now we go back to "By your command" computer voices and Boxy the robot dog? This has disaster written all over, which is no surprise considering we're talking about NBC/Universal.
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2-21-2009 @ 8:00PM
Tom said...
If they can do as great a job as they did bringing back Knight Rider, who WOULDN'T want them to do it?
(Hands go up everywhere.)
2-23-2009 @ 3:17PM
JuliusMarx said...
To be fair... Muffy was the Dagget/Robot dog and Boxy was his owner. :)
And NO, NO ONE needs a relaunch of the classic. The new one is perfection.
2-21-2009 @ 1:56PM
Shayna said...
Larson owns the theatrical rights to BSG and has refused to give them up.
This is why the BSG tv movies cannot be released direct to DVD. They have to air first. (i.e. Razor)
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2-21-2009 @ 3:00PM
Bart Smith said...
CAPRICA is making its premiere on DVD in April, and the series won't air on television until 2010.
2-21-2009 @ 2:17PM
cdn said...
Moore has always made it clear that he'd love to continue the reimagined series on the bigscreen but it's simply not possible as Larson holds the movie rights and refuses to allow anything other than a continuation of the original series.
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2-22-2009 @ 9:33PM
Phish said...
so we hope he dies soon, and hopefully his estate wont give a crap and just rake in the money. i know its in poor taste, but i'm a bsg junkie, will do anything for a fix! hehe
2-21-2009 @ 6:43PM
Mike said...
Well, of course they are... This has all happened before and it will all happen again.
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2-21-2009 @ 9:57PM
Cray said...
I smell a case of bad office politics at Universal studios. This nothing but one producer trying to twist another producer's arm. Glen Larson...? what a joke!
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2-22-2009 @ 12:32AM
Mike said...
I would love to see how the original creator wanted to end the original series.
Don't get me wrong... i enjoy BSG every friday but i have never thought of it as a replacement for the original...but a brand new series.
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2-24-2009 @ 1:15AM
Phish said...
you must be pushing 60? you wont be alive to see any of it, so why comment?
2-22-2009 @ 12:56PM
Joseph Bua said...
Who would possibly care about revisiting the old mode BSG in a movie?
I certainly wouldn't, for many reasons, among them I am now longer putting money into the hands of LDS church members so that they can steal my marriage rights in CA.
If cash equals free speech in this society, and the conservative elements have managed to make that connection, I'm all for sending Mormons who took away my civil rights to the poor house.
And besides, the movie rights might be Larson's but the whole idea of Galactica now belongs to the rest of us, and I like what we've been doing with it.
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2-22-2009 @ 6:19PM
Cincinnati Mike said...
Joe...
You should warm up before you make that kind of stretch. You could sprain something.
2-22-2009 @ 4:50PM
eugene said...
Good, let him dump a boat load of money it and then let it die. I won't watch it and then maybe this jealous little shrew will finally go away.
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2-24-2009 @ 1:52AM
sandra mutter said...
i hate the re-imaged thing moore put out. i'm eagerly awaiting a movie from the creator of Battlestar Galactica, Glen A. Larson, and know many others who feel the same way. so all i have to say is that it can't come fast enough for me!!!
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2-24-2009 @ 1:39AM
Mike said...
Phish,
You must be 12 and not able to afford a movie ticket so don't bother commenting. Just so happens i was a child in the 70's when BSG was out and loved it.
Joseph B,
Don't turn this into politics...lets just enjoy a show or movie without pushing your ideas onto everyone else.
and enjoying the show does not mean it belongs to you.
me me me me...get over yourself
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