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posted by chromas on Tuesday September 28 2021, @04:20AM   Printer-friendly
from the my-shoes-are-too-tight dept.

‘Babylon 5’ Reboot in the Works at The CW

Original series creator J. Michael Straczynski will pen the script for the update.

The CW is heading to space.

The younger-skewing broadcaster is teaming with original series creator J. Michael Straczynski for a reboot of Babylon 5.

Described as a “from-the-ground-up reboot” of the original, Straczynski will pen the script for a new potential version of the former syndicated drama from Warner Bros. TV. The new take revolves around John Sheridan (originally played by Bruce Boxleitner), an Earthforce officer with a mysterious background, who is assigned to Babylon 5, a five-mile-long space station in neutral space, a port of call for travelers, smugglers, corporate explorers and alien diplomats at a time of uneasy peace and the constant threat of war. His arrival triggers a destiny beyond anything he could have imagined, as an exploratory Earth company accidentally triggers a conflict with a civilization a million years ahead of us, putting Sheridan and the rest of the B5 crew in the line of fire as the last, best hope for the survival of the human race.

From Gizmodo:
Babylon 5 Is Getting Rebooted, With J. Michael Straczynski at the Helm

Variety reports that Warner Bros. has ordered a reboot of Babylon 5, produced and written by Straczynski as part of a deal between Warner Bros. TV and Straczynski’s Studio JMS. The series is not a continuation of the show, but a “from the ground up” reboot of the cult classic 1993 series, which ran across five seasons and seven made-for-TV movies until 1998.

[....] The series was beloved for its dark sci-fi plots and its approach to a massive, intertwined narrative over the course of its seasons and movies [...]

If only we could see the original vision of B5 as it would have been if no actors would have had to leave the show.

The past tempts us, the present confuses us, and the future frightens us. -- Emperor Turhan


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 28 2021, @04:54PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 28 2021, @04:54PM (#1182285)

    I liked the original Battlestar Galactica. I won't say I liked it more than the remake, but the original was just right for me at the time. Of course, I was 12 years old then. I still like their uniforms better.

    The remake had Number Six and Number Eight, so it was alright, even with the shitty ending.

  • (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Tuesday September 28 2021, @05:20PM (2 children)

    by Gaaark (41) on Tuesday September 28 2021, @05:20PM (#1182305) Journal

    When i was a kid, Land of the Giants was the show we all watched rabidly.

    I watch it now and it's...uh.............meh. But when you look at it, it had, i think, the first black guy in a leadership role.

    It's like an Ed Wood movie: you can't look away but you can't not look away, lol.

    Surprised there wasn't a reboot of it.....3....2...1..

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    • (Score: 2) by Reziac on Wednesday September 29 2021, @02:57AM (1 child)

      by Reziac (2489) on Wednesday September 29 2021, @02:57AM (#1182564) Homepage

      LOL, reminds me of the usual horrified review of "Hawk the Slayer" -- best awful movie ever. It's dreadful but you can't look away.

      And... Land of the Giants? Pfft. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea and The Time Tunnel, that's where it was at. (Quick, which actor was in three different time travel productions?)

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