Perhaps, but we won't be seeing Tricia Helfer as a model #6, and it won't involve Ron Moore who executive produces the television series on SciFi that is currently winding down to its final episode. Nope, this will be headed up by Glen Larson who created the original Battlestar Galactica (the Lorne Greene version) in the late 1970s. From The Hollywood Reporter:
Just as the acclaimed Sci Fi Channel series "Battlestar Galactica" enters its final episodes, Universal has quietly entered into negotiations with Glen A. Larson to write and produce a big-screen version of the property he created.
"Battlestar," which originally aired on ABC in 1978, was produced in the wake of the success of "Star Wars," which caused a sci-fi revival in popular culture. The premise involved a human civilization living on a series of 12 planets that are decimated from an attack by intelligent robots known as Cylons. The survivors are led by a starship called Galactica in their attempt to find a mythic 13th planet named Earth.
Bill is a huge fan of the original series which was fairly short-lived, yet still wound up with a sequel (Galactica 1980) that was even shorter lived. Bill is particularly enamored with the ubergeeky voice synthesized Cylon centurion utterance of "By your command" (and if he weren't on vacation he'd hijack this post and link to a sound file of said utterance).
We're both huge fans of the current series and after waiting for a long, long time for some outstanding episodes, the last couple episodes were so good it was almost even worth all the waiting. Hopefully tonight's episode will be another great one.
At best I tolerate some episodes of the new BSG more than others. The nearly all serious all the time stuff grinds on me after awhile.
Didn’t the original series pilot end up in as a limited run in theaters? That’s probably what makes Glen A. Larson think he can do it again.
I prefer a ‘Lost’ movie but that’s not going to happen.
Sounds awesome !!! You know which show should have a movie after a hopefully five year run…DOLLHOUSE !
I watch movies at the cineplex all the time and a movie from the 70′s series won’t get a cent from me.
The people who hate the new BSG are the same people who don’t go to movie theaters anyway. If you idiots want to blow $150 million on the wait-until-it’s-on-television crowd knock yourself out.
At best, I think the new BSG is ok and I go to the movies all the time.
This will happen right after the original Stargate trilogy will be finished.
why would they want to produce a movie based on the original? at best, its just a quick cash-in on the star wars fame. besides, it wouldn’t be relevant in our time where everyone knows that tricia helfer is the number 6 cylon.
the new show is far better.
The original BSG was an idea Glen Larson had for about ten years before Star Wars existed. The network green lit it due to the success of Star Wars, and it had many of the same designers and SFX guys working on it, but it is not a Star Wars copy…not even close. The new show is NOT a success. It is negative and dark and appeals to the lowest mindset. It has a very small base audience, whereas the original was pulling in 20 million viewers on an average night. The original is about hope and family (I know, hope and family are not very popular to americans anymore, and look at all the unhappiness!), and knowing the dark days we are facing as a nation, would it be so bad to have our entertainment be hopeful and positive, with positive role models, for a change? That is why JJ Abrams wanted to rescue Star Trek from the dark depressing nightmare that Ron Moore bequeathed to Star Trek. Viva Glen Larson! Make BSG back into what it was…hopeful, mythical…for the fans and for the next generation!
“The original is about hope and family”
The original is cheap and campy… it’d be like deciding the next Batman movie would be based on the Batman television series, complete with “POW!” signs when someone gets punched.
“…appeals to the lowest mindset.”
I remember when the show began and one day bringing it up with a co-worker who was a major sci-fi fan (particularly of Stargate). I didn’t want to offend him, but I brought up: “Did we just watch a show last night where the theme was actually a metaphysical discussion about whether a machine could have a soul?” I then dared to state that you don’t see stuff like that on tv and that this was even better than Stargate. Shockingly, he had to agree. Contrary to your claim, the show has been extremely *deep* – with themes like soul, the role of religion in politics, ends justifying means, etc., etc. it’s very complex and far and away better than the old series.
Well, my opinion is a bit longer … you can read it here: http://www.e-fee.de/bsgtweets/blog/2009/02/22/my-personal-opinion-on-a-possible-bsg-movie-why-not-take-richard-hatchs-continuation/
K2 is still up in arms that his/her baby failed and was canceled almost 30 years ago!
I like the first one because it’s cheesey, I like the new one because it’s not. Also the show 30 years ago had huge numbers and then failed at a time when there were only 5 networks. Now there are 500 so yes ratings will be lower.
However the new show will have around 80 episodes, 4 seasons, two TV movies, 20 webisopes and great DVD sales. Same can’t be said for the 70s version.
Hell Richard Hatch was almost on more episodes of the new show than the old one!
Richard Hatch has grown up, time for you to do the same K2.
David4 I assume the “4″ refers to your IQ. The original show was not canceled because it was a failure. It was canceled because of the greed of the network execs, who thought they could make more money by putting a less expensive show on in the same time slot as BSG. They were wrong and by the time they realized that, it was too late…the sets were struck and the actors had moved on to other things, thus, BSG 1980. It’s obvious that you like the taste of your own foot, so I’ll let you keep living in the fantasy land of your own ideas. The new BSG sucks…completely…which why it’s being ended and only you and the other members of your generation of negative nay-saying haters enjoy it. Because it reflects you and your negativity. Go out and see a bit of the world instead of living in your parents basement and thinking you know what you’re talking about. Joseph, it’s sad that you think religion and politics are high minded and “deep”. Religion and politics attract the exact low mindset of people I was referring to, or do you only read movie news and not the world news? We are a nation and a people without myths, which is why a dark, negative, depressing show like Bastardized Galactica appeals to a generation of haters. Discussions of existentialism do not make for good TV…which is why Bastardized Galactica is such a ratings failure. Not to mention that parents don’t want their kids watching a show where one of the main characters gets gang raped. You need to get your head out of the gutter and examine why such depravity is the norm, now. YOU ARE THE ONES WHO NEED TO GROW UP! It’s sad you can’t see it.
Would it be cool to have a new BSG with the cylons on the run with the humans in pursuit??? The 13th colony was attacked by humans and they flee to find they have no allies and no hope?
The new BSG is a hit only because its serving a niche market. It would have suffered the same fate (with much lower numbers) as the orginal did had they tried to put this show on a major broadcast network.
K2=FAIL (not a personal attack, just your opinion) – no amount of words spewed forth will change that. America is built on myths, stupid simple ones which come undone in a complex globalized world. A desire for your media content to keep people in a meaningless over-simplified stupor is a huge disservice to the public you proclaim to be defending. Original BSG – camp, third rate Sci-Fi regardless of what you think of the new one.