This whole "only one project is going to happen" mindset is baseless cynicism.
Battlestar Galactica getting rebooted (again) for NBS's streaming service
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BSG tos was popular however it was expensive to make I think the show they replaced it with got less ratings. The RDM series got good ratings (for the Sci-Fi channel) in the early seasons but as time went on the ratings were in the toilet (Enterprise always had better ratings than BSG) but had critical acclaim.JD said:
How many producers, directors and writers came and gone since they announce the Battlestar Galactica movie. That not counting the Battlestar Galactica movie that Larson was working on with Universal before he past away. I'm not sure, I think that the one Singer suppose to be directing.
This time I hope they stay true on the movie with the new producer, director and writer, instead of pushing it back.
This time I hope they stay true on the movie with the new producer, director and writer, instead of pushing it back.
Usually that only happens when they are developed by the same people, but I guess there's always a chance Universal could decide they want them both and make the two teams.
Are there any examples where we've gotten an unconnected live action movie and live action TV show of the same story running at the same time? Typically if we get a movie and a show at the same time one is spin-off of the other, like the Star Trek, Star Wars, and X-Files, upcoming Gotham PD and The Batman, and the Dune movies and shows.
It would still be pretty stupid to have two competing productions going in completely different directions... But then, when did that ever stop "The Suits"?
According to whom?
Yonks ago they split the Riverdale universe in half. One book where Archie married Betty, and the other where Archie married Veronica.
Sherlock vs. Elementary.
Being Human UK vs. Being Human US
Black-ish vs. Grown-ish.
Sherlock vs. Elementary.
Being Human UK vs. Being Human US
Black-ish vs. Grown-ish.
Yea, why? One's a movie, another is a series. This sounds familiar, even...Didn't stop the series.
More BSG the merrier. Just say it happened in a different cycle.
These two projects may have different creative teams, but they're being bankrolled by the same parent company: NBC Universal.
And NBC Universal clearly believes that there's a different market for each project, or else they wouldn't be bankrolling both of them simultaneously.
And NBC Universal clearly believes that there's a different market for each project, or else they wouldn't be bankrolling both of them simultaneously.
While they're spending money on two different projects, the big money spending doesn't happen until the sets are built, actors are hired, scripts are completed, FX house is hired, cameras start rolling.
I honestly imagine, at some point, the two projects will become one project (likely with elements from the loser being incorporated into the winner) and will be put on the platform where NBC Universal thinks it can make the most money.
I just don't see BSG, in any form, having the popularity to support two independent high-dollar projects.
By the time we see the BSG movie, the Peacock series will have long since premiered because we'll be seeing said series within the next year.
Not if they haven’t built any sets or hired any actors at this point, both projects are a way off if either gets made.
By the way, I remember they even had begun to build some sets fort the Singer/De Santo project, before shelving it.
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Yeah. I’m just not one to count on something being made until they are actually filming the project. Esmail himself has two other commitments to NBC Universal, a mini-series and a remake of Metropolis.
They were so close with that one. Then 9/11 hit and it all went to shit. 
Probably the last time a TOS continuation was even considered.
Probably the last time a TOS continuation was even considered.
I struggle caring about anything BSG related beyond the original. Moore’s reboot was a slog to watch that I still haven’t finished.
I could see them doing both tv show and movie in a effort to create a combined universe and basically try and turn it into a franchise instead of just a product with a familiar brand name. With what is happening with movie theaters I think many people see streaming as the future anyways thus if it did come down between the two I would bet on the tv show.
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