Hollywood Reporter – Universal has quietly entered into negotiations with Glen A. Larson to write and produce a big-screen version of the property he created.

“Battlestar,” which originally aired on ABC in 1978, was produced in the wake of the success of “Star Wars,” which caused a sci-fi revival in popular culture. The premise involved a human civilization living on a series of 12 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.

The Sci Fi series, under the direction of executive producer Ronald Moore, took the premise and ran with it, incorporating the politics of war, religion, torture and destiny, becoming the channel’s signature series.

The movie effort would have no connection to the series and would relaunch the story in a new medium. However, staples such as the characters Adama, Starbuck, and Baltar will remain.

Larson was one of the biggest names in 1970s and ’80s TV and creator of shows like “Switch” and “Magnum P.I.”

Universal had no comment.

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Holy Frakking Cow! I’m so there!

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11.	You get nervous every 33 minutes if you stay in the same place.
10.	Tricia Helfer and Grace Park want to have a threesome with you, but you refuse because you won’t do it with machines.
9.	You refer to yourself as a 13th colonial.
8.	You’ve replaced “prepare to make the jump to light speed” with “spin up the FTL drive” in your vocabulary.
7.	You shot your toaster.
6.	When you heard Starbucks was closing shops, you felt sad for a moment, but then it passed.
5.	You can’t use rectangular paper anymore.
4.	Your kids are named Felix and Galen.
3.	When you see identical twins, you freak out and start screaming “Cylons!”
2.	You can’t name all the continents on Earth, but you know the name of the 12 Colonies of Kobol.
1.	You never say ‘fuck’ any more.

I like number 1. I catch myself saying ‘Frak’ instead all the time. I know I’m a dork.

There are not any spoilors that I saw and the 10 part web series of Battlestar Galactica. “The Face Of The Enemy” prequil has started at scifi.com

I for one am a huge fan and this was a great interview. Click picture to view the article.