DeSanto Revives Battlestar Galactica

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Tom DeSanto, who is developing The Sci-Fi Channel's update of Battlestar Galactica, with his X-Men partner Bryan Singer, told Sci-Fi Wire the project is moving forward. "We open offices on [March 19], which is a good sign," DeSanto said in an interview. "Right now, we have outlines and a bible we're working on, characters and all that stuff."

DeSanto added, "We've got a bunch of ideas for the pilot. The basic storyline is all done, and where we're taking it for the first season, hopefully. ... [The timeline] will be a bit ahead. I won't say how many years, but it will be a little bit ahead." DeSanto declined to say whether the show would bring back characters from the original 1970s series. "That I can't discuss," he said. But he added that the title starship will be back, as will the old series' cyborg enemies. "I promise. ... I will leave the show if there is not a Battlestar Galactica on the show. Cylons will be back. But this time they won't be clunky. But they'll still be cool."

DeSanto who produced the hit 'X-Men' movie, with Brian Singer directing it, said reviving the show was a long-standing dream. "It was a project, like X-Men, which was something from a kid that I wanted to do," he said. "Fortunately, X-Men was a hit, so now it affords the opportunity to go and pull Galactica out of mothballs. ... It's something I'd been working on, probably, since I was, like, 20 years old, just sketching Vipers. And I'd always write storylines and figure things out. ... All of those things that I had done behind a cash register when I was working retail--sketching new designs for Vipers--I can use them now."

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