Simon Kinberghas been hired to write and produce Universal’sBattlestar Galacticamovie, Collider has confirmed.
While Kinberg co-wrote and produced flops such asJosh Trank’s infamousFantastic Fourmovie as well asX-Men: Apocalypse, andX-Men: Dark Phoenix– the latter of which he also directed – he has also been involved with some really good movies. Kinberg producedLogan,The MartianandX-Men: First Class, plus a couple of less successful sci-fi movies that I still really enjoyed, likeChappieandElysium.
Fellow tentpole veteranDylan Clark(Rise of the Planet of the Apes) isalsoproducing theBSGmovie, which remains without a director after seeingBryan SingerandFrancis Lawrencecome and go over the years. I’ve never seen an episode of the show, but as I understand it, the story involves humans on the run across the galaxy from intelligent machines known as Cylons, and it is considered a classic piece of science fiction. In fact, NBCU is so high on this property thatMr. RobotcreatorSam Esmailisdeveloping a reboot of the popular seriesfor Peacock.
The truth is that Universal could literally hire God to write and produce thisBattlestar Galacticamovie and I wouldn’t care, because I have zero interest in the property. And since I have no intention of ever seeing theBattlestar Galacticamovie because I am stubborn and ignorant, I can’t say I have strong feelings either way about Kinberg’s hiring. On one hand, he’s a known commodity as a writer-producer, with projects all over town, including the Apple seriesInvasionand the Netflix movieHere Comes the Flood, but on the other, it sure would’ve been nice to see Universal entrust this franchise to someone else. I understand not wanting to take a big risk with this property, but there’s risk in hiring Kinberg too, judging by his output of late.
Again, I have nothing against Kinberg personally, but with the exception ofLogan, the last few years have been rough on his reputation among fanboys. And keep in mind that I’m no fan of theDeadpoolmovies he produced. But so long as he stays away fromThe Crowreboot, we’ll be fine. Having said that, here’s hoping Universal hires a great director for this movie, becauseBSGfans deserve a proper big screen adaptation with the same emotional heft as the series. To watch the trailer for Kinberg’s next directorial effort,The 355,click here, but fair warning… it doesn’t look very good, in my opinion.
