Galactic Under-Taking

As Ronald D. Moore's highly touted version of "Battlestar Galactica" airs its final episodes in the next few weeks...Look for Galactica to leap to the big screen.



Universal Pictures suits have entered into "quiet negotiations" with original series creator Glen A. Larson to write and produce a film version according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The original '"Battlestar"' aired in 1978 and involved a human civilization living on a series of twelve 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.

Star Wars. inspired the space opera kitch,...

In 2003 the property was relaunched under guiding hand of Moore--and while I respect what he's done with it--I never really got into it--after several attempts to jump in.

This new film will surprisingly start over yet again--and have no connection to either series, but the story keeps staple characters like Adama, Starbuck and Baltar.

Given the popularity of the current incarnation and the nostalgia that the 70's version engenders from me and others...I'm not sure if yet another restart is the way to go here. Hmmm