Bryan Singer to direct Battlestar Galactica film

[hawkofva]

SyfyWire (http://scifiwire.com/2009/08/confirmed-bryan-singer-to.php) just reported that Bryan Singer, director of the first two X-Men films and Superman Returns, will be directing and producing a big screen adaptation of Glen Larson's 1970's Battlestar Galactica series for Universal Pictures.

The film will not have ties to the recently concluded Battlestar Galactica series that ran on the Universal-owned Syfy Channel, nor will it be a continuation of the 70's series like Battlestar Galactica 1980. Instead, this is going to be (another) reimagining of Larson's original tale.

Larson himself is on board as an associate Producer. If fans expect this to lend credibility to the production, also keep in mind that he served as a producer with the Syfy series as well.

[Der_Lex]

A second adaptation? This seems pointless.

[macamatic]

The re-imagining was beyond brilliant. If this were related, I would be interested...but it's not.

[hawkofva]

A second adaptation? This seems pointless.
Indeed, though I must admit, I'd love to see the original series with modern storytelling and special effects, but without the added drama and bizarre religious undertones of the Syfy series.

[BYC]

I'm one of the few who did not like the remake/reimaging. I was too young to have seen Battlestar when it originally aired, but was it really suppose to be a drama? I saw Battlestar way later in the mid 80s along with A-Team and Knight Rider, and I remember the series was trying to be a action sci-fi.

The SciFi version was completely unlike the original other than names and overall plot.

[topperharley]

The SciFi version was completely unlike the original other than names and overall plot.

Well, it was a "darker", more serious take on the series. I thought it was done well, although I will withhold judgment on the last half season until I have seen it. But I'm in Lex's camp on the movie. Why? Or, more bluntly, for f's sake, Hollywood, are you that g.d. lazy to produce something original?

[rockfresh126]

A second adaptation? This seems pointless.

This reminds me of the recent idea to do a new Buffy the Vampire Slayer film without involving anyone associated with the show. Plus the fact that Brian Singer hasn't really proven that he's a good director yet. Hey just my opinion, but u can really, really debate how good X-Men 1, Superman, and Watchmen where (X2 was awesome)

[miche.cs]

A second adaptation? This seems pointless.

Exactly what I said to my mate at lunch when he read that out to me.

I thought the reimagined TV show was awesome and this is just cashing in on its success. It's just a hot property name at the moment.

[Der_Lex]

Plus the fact that Brian Singer hasn't really proven that he's a good director yet. Hey just my opinion, but u can really, really debate how good X-Men 1, Superman, and Watchmen where (X2 was awesome)

Watchmen is by Zack Snyder, not by Brian Singer. And X-Men 1 was as good a first movie as he could have made, considering how large an ensemble cast he had to introduce. That's a big strength of his, though, which is also apparent in arguably his most famous and best movie, The Usual Suspects (if you haven't seen that, do so asap). Even in his weaker films like Valkyrie (which mostly suffered from a meh script), he does a good job at directing a large cast of characters. In that sense, he's a good choice for this.

[Zidane]

If this movie doesn't have Edward James Olmos I'm not watching.

The original series sucked though. It's like they got the fantasy ideals of Star Wars and added the camp value of the original Star Trek series to make one ugly child.

[Runesmith]

I'm a fan of Bryan Singer. Let's see what he can do with the franchise before passing judgement.