Not another remake of an old 70s show I hear you cry? Yes I’m afraid so (can’t anyone come up with something original anymore?!), but I’m sure a truckload of original fans will be jumping for joy.

X-men director Bryan Singer has been confirmed as directing and producing the new venture, Singer actually has history with Battlestar as he and producer Tom DeSanto created a pilot for the Sci-Fi Channel, but 9/11 happened and it was shelved.

A US TV series was created in the end, however a lot of time has passed and the show was taken over by Ron Moore and David Eick, who made it into a cult show. Which might be why Universal  film studios is looking for some hefty heavy weight names to get it off the ground. With Singer on board and with the original creator Glen A Larson to retool the concept once more on the big screen in February – this may just turn out to be a very interesting project.

The film will be based on the iconic science fiction series, apparently original creator Larson hates the new TV series by Ronald Moore and has been very vocal about his desire to ditch it in favour of a reboot based on his less successful, sillier (but much loved), 70s version of Galactica. However the premise is pretty much the same; about a galaxy far away where the human race creates intelligent robots called Cylons. The Cylons turn on humanity, destroying all of civilization except for a small, rag tag fleet of ships on the run and lead by the humanity’s last warship, the battlestar Galactica. Hunted and pursued by the Cylons, they fight their way through space looking for safety and a new home.