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V's Original Creator On Why The Reboot Can't Fail... For Him

Graeme McMillan — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 10:00:41 PDT

Looking forward to ABC's reboot of V (starting this week)? So is original creator Kenneth Johnson, but not necessarily for the reasons you'd expect: He's hoping it'll act as a trailer for his own movie version of the show. More »

Richard Hatch: BSG Should Be More Like Star Trek

Graeme McMillan — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 06:30:00 PDT

Richard Hatch - the only man to have survived two cylon genocides - has been talking about what he'd like to see from the proposed Battlestar Galactica movie... as well as what he thinks of this summer's other movies. More »

The Battlestar Galactica Reboot You Didn't See

Graeme McMillan — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 13:00:40 PST

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Picture a world where Richard Hatch's attempts to get his own Battlestar Galactica revival going were successful, and Ron Moore had stayed "That Roswell guy." We've got a chilling look at that world for you. More »

9/11 Killed Bryan Singer's Battlestar Galactica

Charlie Jane Anders — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:30:00 PDT

Some original test animations from Bryan Singer's abortive 2001 relaunch of Battlestar Galactica were shown for the first time ever at Comic-Con, and we were there. The new-old BSG, which would have been a continuation of the original series, was eight weeks away from filming, with sets partially built - when Sept. 11, 2001 happened, and network execs panicked that the story of a Cylon sneak attack was "too close to home." Details below. More »

Child Actors Never Escaped From Witch Mountain

Meredith Woerner — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:21:26 PDT

Succumbing to the Richard Hatch effect, the original child actors from the 1970s science fiction flick Escape to Witch Mountain are set to appear in the Disney remake Race to Witch Mountain, which stars The Rock. Ike Eisenmann is cast as the town sheriff and Kim Richards will play a waitress at a diner. No word yet if Eisenmann lent the new little boy the infamous harmonica that could harness his telekinetic powers. [Hollywood Reporter] More »

Battlestar Galactica's Richard Hatch Talks About Zarek's Political Career

Annalee Newitz — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 18:44:50 PST

Yesterday we dropped in on the Battlestar Galactica panel with Richard Hatch, who starred in the original show, and plays shady insurrectionary and politico Zarek on the new show. io9's Kevin Kelly asked Hatch what he thought Zarek would be doing if he were involved in politics on Earth during this election season. Would he be more of a behind-the-scenes Karl Rove type or would he be in the race? This is Hatch's strange, rambling answer. More »

Must See: Battlestar Galactica

Annalee Newitz — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 18:12:12 PDT

Must-see TV shows are futuristic classics that shouldn't be missed. Of course, not every must-see is perfect. That's why we've rated them 1-5 on the patented "crunchy goodness" scale. Must-see by Jason Shankel. More »