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22 February, 2001
Battlestar Galactica
Here's a shocker for you. X-Men director Bryan Singer has made a deal with USA Studios to revive the 70s sci-fi series Battlestar Galactica. He will act as executive producer and will likely direct the pilot if it doesn't interfere with his duties on X-Men 2.
Talking to Variety, Singer says "The lesson I learned on X-Men is to have a healthy respect for the fan base of sci-fi fantasy franchises, and I'm confident that the Galactica brand is a sleeping giant. It was a show I watched during its initial run, from the pilot to the final episode. The essence and the brand name is quite potent in a climate where there's a great deficit of scifi programming."
USA Studies president David Kissinger says "I never dreamed a filmmaker of Bryan's stature would be enough of a hardcore fan that he saw this as a franchise that could be reinvented. In the initial meeting, I was wary that he might be just another feature guy looking to slap his name on a TV project, but it was immediately clear this wasn't so. He's got a whole mythology and arc for the series already worked out."
"We'll shop it right away with the goal of having it in a prime time slot on a network, but it's possible that we might be able to do a dual window scenario with the SciFi Channel," Kissinger adds. "With Bryan's vision and a brand name which has international appeal, we're optimistic we'll be able to make it on the grand scale he imagines. The visual imagery he's talking about is unprecedented in its effects and scope."
Apparently the financial problems that lead to the demise of Singer's Confessions of a Dangerous Mind project freed up time and energy for him to devote to this project.
