The New Battlestar Galactica Reboot Gets a Promising Update

News of creator a new version of broke . In that time, there , but now, finally, there’s a huge one and we’re hoping this is the news that pushes the project into reality. reports that the show, which is being developed for Peacock, will now be written, executive produced, and showrun by Derek Simonds.

He created the 2017 USA show starring Bill Pullman and produced that same year’s . He’s taking over for Michael Lesslie, who was Esmail remains on as an executive producer, so it seems like a good bet what he originally said way back in 2019 still holds true. At the time, Esmail said this version of is not going to be a remake of the , or even the campy, delightful 1978 original.

Instead, this will be a “new story within the mythology.” Or, at least that was the case almost five years ago. Maybe Simonds has a different take. Because, let’s face it, what’s without... the good ship , the last place where humanity survives in a galactic war with the evil Cylons. We’ll continue to keep you updated on any and all happenings this year, next year, or even if it takes five more years for another update.

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