webmaster Michael Faries relayed spotted reports gleamed from his phone calls with Tom DeSanto and the production offices. I don't think people realize the passion people have for this show and the fond memories of the show." The same way X-Men surprised the studio, I think this will surprise the network and will become a phenomenon. Regarding the production, "I think it's going to surprise. In an interview with, DeSanto ducked the question of whether original cast members would be used, but promised that "old fans and people who haven't heard of it alike will be happy with the new series." He admitted to not having seen Richard Hatch's Second Coming trailer and had no info on the network or the location shoot. It's waited some 20-odd years to be reborn." We're committed to doing it right, now that we have Bryan. It's pretty epic stuff we're going to do. I don't know if is the goal in this show. I think it's safe to say you can't do Battlestar Galactica without Cylons, what our relationship to the Cylons will be, I can't say. He has blessed this and wants to see it go forward. We wanted to make sure this union was very blessed by Glen. He is not looking to take it in any direction that would be disappointing to fans of the original show. to creatively to go forward in time as the saga has continued in his mind. "Bryan Singer's intent is to be very faithful to the spirit and legacy of the original show. He also made several comments that addressed many of the concerns that were raised against the "biodomes" project, noting that the new project featured Cylons and was endorsed by Glen Larson. Kissinger was quoted as saying, "It's possible that we might be able to do a dual window scenario with the Sci-Fi Channel." Studios USA executive Dan Pasternack was interviewed a day later on the SciFi Wire, adding that the premiere probably wouldn't appear any earlier than mid-season 2002.
USA Television Production Group president David Kissinger endorsed the team and the plans to take the series into prime time. The essence and the brand name is quite potent in a climate where there's a great deficit of sci-fi programming." It was a show I watched during its initial run, from the pilot to the final episode. "The lesson I learned on X-Men is to have a healthy respect for the fan base of sci-fi fantasy franchises, and I'm confident that the Galactica brand is a sleeping giant. In an interview with Michael Fleming, Singer wrote: On February 22, 2001, Variety magazine announced that Bryan Singer and Tom DeSanto, the creative team behind The Usual Suspects and the phenomenally successful X-Men movie, were slated to bring back Galactica on behalf of Studios USA. In 2004, Michael Rymer, the director of Ron Moore's miniseries pilot, claimed that the biodomes starship was the lead vehicle of the Bryan Singer pilot on the DVD commentary, which begs the question as to whether this is the true start-point of the DeSanto/Singer project. At this point the entire online fan community was up in arms, and three days later the network retracted the story. "The series would resemble its predecessor in name only, offering new characters, a new villain to replace the Cylons and a new ship," said a spokesman for the network. On January 26 the SciFi Wire confirmed that the rumors were true. Reliable rumors leaked through webmaster Michael Faries revealed that there was a new Battlestar Galactica project (apparently spearheaded by Bonnie Hammer) which would feature "various ships of the fleet but no battlestar, a main starship with biodomes (an unintentional retread of The Starlost?) and no involvement from Richard Hatch or Glen Larson." However, it is definitely something we are looking into." By January 2001, there was a surprising turn of events. I don't want to start any false hopes out there. "We have actually started some preliminary conversations however, we never knew where they are going to go. In a June 2000 chat, Sci-Fi Channel Vice President Bonnie Hammer confirmed that the network was considering producing new episodes of Battlestar Galactica. When the initial Cylon attack against the Twelve Colonies fails to achieve complete extermination of human life as planned, twin Number Ones (Cavils) embedded on Galactica and Caprica must improvise to destroy the human survivors.