Months ago there was word that a Battlestar Galactica film was starting development over at Universal and now Deadline is reporting that movement on the project is finally picking up again. Francis Lawrence, director of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and both parts of Mockingjay, is being courted to direct while Westworld’s Lisa Joy is writing the script.
Lawrence will direct Red Sparrow, starring Jennifer Lawrence, next and then move onto Battlestar Galactica while Joy writes the script. Bluegrass Films and Michael De Luca Productions will produce the film. Bluegrass has produced Battleship and more recently Free State of Jones and Central Intelligence while producer Michael de Luca has produced Fifty Shades of Grey and its upcoming sequels.
Battlestar Galactica is the story of humanity on the verge of extinction after an attack by the Cylons, a race of machines. The remnants of humanity struggle to find the mythological planet Earth, the home of their ancestors, while being chased across the galaxy by the Cylons. Battlestar was a television series that debuted in 1978 for one season and multiple attempts were made to bring it back to the big or small screen, but none were successful until 2003 that reimagined the series as a dark, gritty tale that evoked a post-9/11 world. The reimaged Battlestar Galactica lasted until 2009 and has consistently been named one of the best television series made.
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Originally published June 10, 2016. Updated April 15, 2018.
