All of this has happened before, all of this will happen again. Announced on the 41st anniversary of the original series, a new version of Battlestar Galactica could be on the way to the NBC streaming service, from Sam Esmail, the creator of Mr. Robot.
It seems soon, as the previous reboot started in 2004 but ended in 2009 and had spinoffs running as recently as 2012.
And it followed various attempts to restart the setting in the interim.
So what to do with it? A continuation, or...?
Going dark and gritty has kind of been done.
Would a return to big family-friendly space opera work? Unlikely as the modern fandom is likely bigger, Sam Esmail is mostly known for an SF-adjacent character study, and it’s specifically for streaming, which suggests “we can’t show this on the network” might be part of the remit.
Update: Mr. Esmail has stated on Twitter that it’s a new story within the mythology. Presumably the (old) new mythology, based on the rest of the tweet.
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