'Battlestar Galactica' Movie Has a New Writer

A big-screen reboot of the sci-fi franchise Battlestar Galactica may be coming closer to reality as a new writer has been hired to touch up the script. The film already has a director, so actual production might be on the horizon. Read on for details.

Via The Hollywood Reporter.

Jay Basu, the writer behind the recent release The Girl in the Spider’s Web, has been hired to rewrite the screenplay of Universal's long-gestating Battlestar Galactica movie.

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BATTLE STAR GALACTICA REBOOT...Jay Basu (the Girl in the spider's web, labyrinth sequel) has been tapped by Universal to rewrite the script😀👏 Francis Lawrence will direct the movie. The original series was in 1978 with a spin off in 1980 and seminal reboot in 2004 😃 #augustaokon #battlestargalactica #jaybasu #jaybasufan #news #comingsoon‼️ #instamovies #instaflicks #instamovie #hollywood #movie #film

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Westworld co-creator Lisa Joy wrote a previous draft of the feature — set to be directed by Hunger Games filmmaker Francis Lawrence — a reimagining of the 1978 sci-fi series that follows a small group of human survivors aboard a battleship tasked with rebuilding society after a massive robot attack.

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Киноверсия «Звёздного крейсера "Галактика"» обрела нового сценариста. Киноверсия культового сай-фай сериала 1978-го «Звёздный крейсер "Галактика"» от студии Universal обрела нового сценариста. По информации издания The Wrap, переработкой драматургии будущего фильма займется соавтор экранизации «Девушки, которая застряла в паутине» Джей Басу. До его прихода над текстом переосмысления работала Лиза Джой («Мир Дикого Запада»). Постановкой проекта займется Френсис Лоуренс, чья режиссерская фильмография насчитывает три серии «Голодных игр», шпионский триллер «Красный воробей», мелодраму «Воды слонам!», а также блокбастеры «Я – легенда» и «Константин». Когда стартуют съемки пока не известно. Текст: Global Cinema #Universal #BattlestarGalactica #TheGirlInTheSpidersWeb #FrancisLawrence

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The series was reimagined as a Syfy miniseries in 2003, which was parlayed into a long-running episodic series from Ronald D. Moore.

Dylan Clark will produce for his Dylan Clark Productions alongside Michael De Luca through his Michael De Luca Productions. Scott Stuber, the former vice chairman of worldwide production at Universal who currently heads original films at Netflix, will executive produce.

Get the rest of the story at The Hollywood Reporter.

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