Battlestar Galactica II (No Joke)

[Atrocities]

I was visiting Battlestar Galactica.com and came acrossed the story:

This section is reserved for a general overview on the next Battlestar Galactica series, once executive produced by Tom DeSanto with Studios USA (Vivendi Universal), now executive produced by David Eick. At the time of this writing, no official plot outlines are available for publication here.

Brief overview

On 22 February 2001, Tom DeSanto and Bryan Singer ("The X-Men") announced, in conjunction with Studios USA (Vivendi Universal), plans to bring back Battlestar Galactica. [Note: Previous, separate production announcements by Richard Hatch in 1998 and Glen A. Larson in 1999 did not yield actual television shows or motion pictures.]

By September 2001 (the 23rd anniversary of the original show's debut), the Fox Network (U.S.) was taking interest in broadcasting the new Battlestar Galactica television series, starting with a 2-hour pilot episode. (An ongoing series may have been considered if the pilot episode Ratings were strong enough.)

By November 2001, Bryan Singer left Battlestar Galactica to focus 100% on X2 ("The X-Men II") within Fox's film division. By December 2001, the Fox Network was no longer supportive and the Battlestar Galactica production offices closed their doors in Universal City, California.

On 2 April 2002, Sci-Fi Channel has announced a new Battlestar Galactica production team, leading to a planned 4-hour mini-series which "re-imagines" the show.

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For those of you who do not know, Richard Hatch and company, (Original stars of BSG) have been, for years, trying to revive the series. They even made a promo movie a few years back that was widely phraised at conventions and such. (Damn good job I thought)

Any whoo, this is great news, and one that many people have been looking forward to since the late 70's. (We won't talk about the 80's series)

[ June 21, 2002, 08:13: Message edited by: Atrocities ]