By Peacock has reportedly scrapped development of a second reboot of the 1980s sci-fi series “Battlestar Galactica” reports Variety.
The project was announced in 2019 as part of the streamer’s initial slate of original programming but was never formally ordered to series. It has been stuck in development hell ever since and producer UCP is expected to shop it around to other outlets.
The show had been a long-time passion project of “Mr. Robot” creator and “Leave the World Behind” writer/director Sam Esmail. At last report back in January, “The Sinner” creator Derek Simonds had boarded the project as writer, executive producer and its new showrunner, replacing Michael Lesslie.
The original 1970s series centered on the last group of humans on the verge of extinction after a series of wars with a robot race of their creation, The Cylons, destroyed the Twelve Colonies.
All the humans are left in one remaining battleship group – anchored by the Galactica – as they search for their last option for survival: a fabled Thirteenth Colony known as Earth.
The property was rebooted by celebrated “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine” writer/producer Ronald D. Moore who turned it into the critically acclaimed four season series for Syfy which ran from 2003-2009.
The new version is said to be a whole new iteration of the property, but there has been conflicting reports as to whether or not it would link with the continuity of the Syfy series.
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