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The premise of Glen A. Larson's 1978 sci-fi series "Battlestar Galactica" was high-concept and complex. It took place far from Earth, at the end of humanity's millennium-long war with a species of robots called the Cylons. The Cylons themselves were built by a long-extinct race of humanoid reptiles, and they seem poised to offer the same fate to humankind. Feeling that the writing was on the wall, a human named Count Baltar (John Colicos) betrayed humanity by siding with the Cylons, putting the robots hot on the trail of the Battlestar Galactica, a massive starship carrying most of the galaxy's last-known humans. Their goal is to find a long-lost "thirteenth tribe," a human colony that was said to have settled on a distant planet called Earth.

The assumption for viewers was that "Battlestar Galactica" was set in the distant future, but at the end of the 24th episode of its only season,...

The developer of Battlestar Galactica’s 2004 reboot, Ronald D. Moore, has confirmed that he’s done with the franchise for good. Moore turned the sci-fi show originated by Glen A. Larson in 1978 into one of the 21st century’s most popular and acclaimed TV series, before ending it in 2009, after four seasons, a miniseries, and two small-screen movies.

Now, the writer and producer has revealed that he believes his involvement with the franchise is definitely over. Despite working on the Battlestar Galactica spinoff series Caprica after he’d brought the main show to an end, Moore doesn’t expect to return to it again.

Speaking to ScreenRant’s Joe Deckelmeier about writing another Battlestar Galactica reboot at San Diego Comic-Con on Thursday, July 24, Moore seemed to have made up his mind. When asked about the possibility of being involved in such a reboot, he responded as follows:

“Under my vision?...

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Foundation is an epic sci-fi drama series co-created by David S. Goyer and Josh Friedman. Based on the Foundation book series by Isaac Asimov, the Apple TV+ series is set in the far future where humans have conquered the galaxy and are ruled by the Galactic Empire. It revolves around Hari Sheldon, a mathematician and developer of psychohistory, who predicts that the empire will fall, sending humanity to the dark ages. Foundation stars Jared Harris, Lee Pace, Lou Llobell, Leah Harvey, Laura Birn, Terrence Mann, Cassian Bilton, Cherry Jones, Brandon P. Bell, and Alexander Siddig. So, if you loved the epic sci-fi adventure, complex storyline, and compelling characters in Foundation, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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Dune: Prophecy is a sci-fi drama series co-developed...

Skip Brittenham, the forthright Hollywood attorney and power broker who represented A-listers from all corners of the industry, from Kevin Feige, Harvey Weinstein and Toby Emmerich to Harrison Ford, Tom Hanks and Eddie Murphy, died Thursday. He was 83.

“Everyone in our industry knew of Skip’s legal prowess,” Ziffren Brittenham Llc., which he founded in December 1978, said in a statement. “But some may not have known of his quiet generosity, his ability to find humor and opportunity in the darkest moments and his unwavering belief that media and the entertainment industry must serve people, not the other way around.” (Read the firm’s full statement here.)

A Hollywood Reporter “Legal Legend,” Brittenham launched the boutique firm Ziffren Brittenham with Ken Ziffren, and his clients over the years also included Richard Pryor, Tony and Ridley Scott, Joe Eszterhas, Glen A. Larson, Warren Littlefield, Ted Danson, Tom Selleck, Tim Allen, Bruce Willis,...

One of the 1980s' most iconic TV series is coming to 4K Blu-ray for the first time. Knight Rider, the classic NBC series that paired David Hasselhoff with a talking Pontiac Trans Am, will be released this fall in a deluxe box-set crammed with special features. Dawn of the Discs reports that it will be available in October 2025.

In addition to all ninety episodes of the original series remastered in 4K, the set will also include a number of special features. That includes behind-the-scenes interviews, audio commentaries with David Hasselhoff, and Knight Rider: Behind the Wheel, a one-hour documentary detailing how the show was made, and how it became a cultural phenomenon. The set will also include Knight Rider 2000, a 1991 TV movie that was intended as a pilot for a revival of the series; set in the then-future year 2000, it features Michael Knight teaming with a rebuilt Kitt to...

The 70s were a time when television would seem to try anything at least once. Science Fiction was one of the main genres where this was very true. Thanks to the success of series like Star Trek, and Lost in Space there was a deluge of, off beat and actually good genre TV (as we explored on last week’s Land of the Lost episode). Typically it was with some sort of toy tie-in or angle to get children to watch and/or buy something. And just wait until Star Wars happened.

But, the early 70s would find a new kind of hero to grab the hearts and minds of kids across the country and he’d bring with him some of the coolest toys around. Because, he was literally made up of metal and plastic himself.

The Six Million Dollar Man would jump into television history with a premise that was brilliant,...

In the days before cable television got serious about creating original programming, the networks were just about the only game in town if you wanted to watch a new hour-long drama or half-hour sitcom. This meant it was on three broadcast entities to serve a diverse array of viewers with cop procedurals, family-friendly comedies, urbane farces, nighttime soaps, Westerns and science fiction. There were certain formulas that worked and got rehashed as needed, but the networks were always on the lookout for something out of the ordinary, a smarter-than-average take on one of the aforementioned genres, or, even better, a daringly innovative series that captured the public's imagination. Shows like "Soap," "St. Elsewhere" and "Twin Peaks" pulled this off with stunning élan, but when a network risk went south there was always the chance that you'd wind up with a pop cultural punchline like "My Mother, the Car," "Supertrain," or "Cop Rock.

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Stargate Sg-1 is a sci-fi action adventure drama series created by Brad Wright and Jonathan Glassner. The Showtime and later Sci-Fi channel series is set in MGM’s Stargate franchise, and it follows Jack O’Neill as he returns to Planet Abydos to find scientist Daniel Jackson. He soon discovers that a series of hieroglyphics could potentially lead them to several Stargates. Stargate Sg-1 stars Richard Dean Anderson, Michael Shanks, Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge, Don S. Davis, Corin Nemec, Ben Browder, Beau Bridges, and Claudia Black. So, if you loved the space adventure, intensely thrilling story, and compelling characters in Stargate Sg-1, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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Dark Matter is a Canadian sci-fi drama series created by Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie. Based on Mallozzi and...

In January 2025, it was reported that David Leitch was in talks to direct Warner Bros.' Ocean's 14. However, the long-awaited heist sequel will reportedly not be the next movie Leitch makes.

Instead, per Deadline, Leitch has signed on to direct an untitled bank heist action movie. The project is moving quickly toward production at Amazon. Plot details remain under wraps. Mark Bianculli, whose credits include Hunters, Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector, and the upcoming Cliffhanger reboot, wrote the screenplay. Leitch will also produce with Kelly McCormick under their 87North banner, alongside Imagine Entertainment’s Brian Grazer, Jeb Brody, and Allan Mandelbaum, with Bianculli serving as executive producer of the project.

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After getting his start in Hollywood as a stunt performer, Leitch made his directorial debut (albeit in an...

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In this golden age of television, at any given moment, we have thousands and thousands of options for brilliant and entertaining TV shows, but there are only a few TV shows that will stay with you long after you have finished watching. You will think about their characters, their stories, and, in some cases, their endings. So, today, we thought of making a list of a few shows that you must watch (because of their brilliance) before you die.

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Fleabag is a British dark comedy-drama series created by Phoebe Waller-Bridge. Based on Waller-Bridge’s one-woman show of the same name, the Prime Video series follows a dry-witted young woman in London as she navigates through the complexities of love and life without any life while dealing with a tragedy. Fleabag stars Phoebe Waller-Bridge,...

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The 2004 reboot of Battlestar Galacticais, in many ways, the anti-Star Trek. The universe created by Gene Roddenberry six decades ago is a hopeful, aspirational view of humanity's future. BSG was a dour, cynical view of humanity's distant past. Still, both series share the talents of writer Ronald D. Moore, and how Star Trek inspired BSG is reflected by a significant omission from the Battlestar Galactica ship.

Battlestar Galactica is arguably the most influential show to come from the era of SyFy originals. While it may not have the longevity of the Star Trek universe, it remains a well-regarded series that made miracles happen on a tight budget. Like all good science fiction,...

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Valentine’s Day is finally here, and Prime Video has the perfect films to watch on this romantic day with your significant other. In this list, we have included some new films and some classics, but they all have that comforting feeling of love that people crave especially today. So, here are the 10 best romantic movies on Prime Video to watch this Valentine’s Day with your partner.

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The Idea of You is a romantic comedy-drama film directed by Michael Showalter, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Jennifer Westfeldt. Based on the 2017 novel of the same name by Robinne Lee, the 2024 film follows Solène Marchand, a divorced mother in her 40s who falls for Hayes Campbell, a 24-year-old boy band singer, but their relationship soon faces several challenges. The Idea of You stars Anne Hathaway,...

For many modern science-fiction fans, you may know Ronald D. Moore from his works on the Apple+ series, "For All Mankind". Yet, for fans of a certain age, you may remember Moore's work on Star Trek. He's often seen as one of the best writers the franchise ever had. Yet, between the current Apple+ series, and his work on Star Trek, Moore rebooted the maligned 1970s and 1980s series, Battlestar Galactica.

Moore helmed the show, which got picked up by SyFy first as a limited-run mini-series, and then later as a full-fledged show. While the show fell off heading into the fourth and final season, it still remains one of the most consistent, thought-provoking and incredible science-fiction series to date.

Yet, not everyone was a fan of the show, or more specifically, the changes Moore made to the series. According to the book "So Say We All: The Complete, Uncensored,...

Pulp-influenced, space-faring comic book heroes from Flash Gordon to Star-Lord can tip their hat to Buck Rogers, who debuted on the funny pages in 1929 and paved the way for the medium's future sci-fi protagonists. Though Legendary and Skydance have been developing their dueling "Buck Rogers" projects in recent years, the character's pop culture prevalence isn't quite what it used to be. Back in the day, however, Rogers received more than his share of attention. The character soon leaped from the page to a long-running radio series, a 1939 movie starring Buster Crabbe -- who, funnily enough, was also the go-to Flash Gordon actor of the era -- and a short-lived 1950 TV show.

However, if you were to name a definitive live-action take on Buck Rogers, it's hard to beat "Battlestar Galactica" creator Glen A. Larson's "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century." The show got its start in 1979 with a frankly...

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2024 has been a great year for romantic movies, as many of the movies that came out this year included some great love stories. The fans of the romantic genre have been patiently waiting for the genre to make a return, and their time is finally here. 2024 saw the release of many romantic movies, including mix-genre movies like The Fall Guy and Fly Me to the Moon. So, let’s check out which of the movies that came out last year are the best romantic movies you should not miss.

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Your Monster is a romantic comedy-horror film written and directed by Caroline Lindy. Based on Lindy’s 2019 short film of the same name, the 2024 film follows Laura Franco, a young, soft-spoken actress with a cancer diagnosis, but her life soon changes...

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2024 was a good year for the action genre fans as this year saw the release of many brilliant films like Monkey Man and The Fall Guy. While many films like Dune Part Two had great action in them, they weren’t actually action films. We didn’t include those, so let’s find out which of the 2024 action films were the best.

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Civil War is a dystopian action thriller film written and directed by Alex Garland. The 2024 film is set in a dystopian future America as civil war rages on, and it revolves around a group of journalists as they race to Washington, D.C., to interview the President before rebel factions descend upon the White House. Civil War stars Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Cailee Spaeny, Stephen McKinley Henderson,...

Battlestar Galactica's 2004 reboot series made many changes to its source material, and one of those deviations led directly to the show's best character. Beyond the name and central premise, Ronald D. Moore's Battlestar Galactica TV show shared very little in common with the 1970s series created by Glen A. Larson. Moore's tone was darker, the story was richer, the characters were more nuanced, and the Cylons were more fleshy. Nevertheless, Battlestar Galactica's reboot retained many main characters from the original series, including Starbuck, the Adamas, and Colonel Tigh.

Most of these recycled characters only carried a vague resemblance to their namesakes. Battlestar Galactica 2004's cast of characters received more layered development, more backstory, and more color to their personalities. In virtually every case, the reboot's character alterations could be considered improvements, but one reinvention proved particularly successful by turning a run-of-the-mill antagonist into one of sci-fi's greatest characters.

Glen A. Larson's "Battlestar Galactica" has evolved into a sizable franchise since the original series (of the same name) aired in 1978. No matter the medium, these stories always find their way back to the Twelve Colonies — a group of planets representing humanity during the Cylon War — as it falls under attack. The attackers in question are the Cylons, who wish to exterminate the human race at all costs, and to this end, they destroy the Colonies, save for a small group that manages to escape. Among the remaining spacecrafts, only the Battlestar Galactica, which doubles as a battleship and a carrier, is able to offer refuge to the survivors in search of a mysterious new colony: Earth.

Yep, this is a really cool premise, and "Battlestar Galactica" explores the age-old themes of morality, survival, conflict, and faith through an intriguing narrative lens. The techno-jargon employed throughout is not ornamental,...

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Prime Video is ready with an entertainment-packed January next year. The upcoming month will see the return of some of Prime Video’s best original shows including The Rig and also new brilliant movies like You’re Cordially Invited. Just like every month, Prime Video is ready to overload you with great content. So, we’re here to tell you about the best 7 new movies and TV shows coming to Prime Video in January 2025.

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The Rig is a British supernatural thriller drama series created by David Macpherson. The upcoming Season 2 of the Prime Video series will continue the story of the surviving crew as they deal with the physical and emotional fallout of the Season 1 finale as they are taken to a new secret offshore facility called the Stac. The Rig stars Iain Glen,...

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2024 is nearly over and while we saw the release of many brilliant films that were also hit at the box office, many movies flew under the radar of people’s view. While some movies like Dune: Part Two and Inside Out 2 were extremely popular at the box office and amongst critics, other great movies like The Fall Guy and Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga were not as lucky. So, we thought of compiling a list consisting of the best movies that were released in 2024 that you might not have seen yet.

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Late Night with the Devil is a supernatural horror thriller drama film written and directed by Colin and Cameron Cairnes. The 2024 film is set in the year 1977 and it follows a late-night talk show host who decides...

Richard D. James, the Emmy-winning production designer who worked on all but one of the 14 seasons of Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Voyager, has died. He was 88.

James died Nov. 11 of complications from an infection at Ut Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, his longtime friend Tom Sanden told The Hollywood Reporter.

For the big screen, the Texas native was art director on Bill Forsyth’s Local Hero (1983), starring Burt Lancaster and Peter Riegert; on Mike Nichols’ Silkwood (1983), starring Meryl Streep, Cher and Kurt Russell; and on Kevin Reynolds’ The Beast of War, starring George Dzundza, Jason Patric and Steven Bauer.

James joined the syndicated Next Generation for its second season (1988-89) and remained through its conclusion in 1994. He then segued to Upn’s Voyager, working on that series for its entire seven-season run (1995-2001).

James received his Emmy (shared with longtime collaborator Jim Mees) in 1990 for his...

After opening theatrically in May 2024, The Fall Guy has finally landed on Peacock for home video streaming. With roughly 20 minutes restored to flesh out the story and deliver more visceral stunt-leaded action set pieces, The Fall Guy's extended cut aims for a much more complete, additive experience than a redundant and repetitive one. For those who enjoyed the theatrical release or missed the movie, a closer look at the new scenes will help viewers decide whether it's worth a watch.

Indeed, most deleted movie scenes are removed from a theatrical release for pacing and tempo, and to ensure the plot drives forward without too many unnecessary distractions. Yet, in the case of The Fall Guy, the extra scenes restored to the extended cut may answer outstanding questions, wrap up loose ends, and provide a much more satisfying sense of closure while delivering more action-packed thrills.

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Hollywood has been chasing the blockbuster high of "Star Wars" since 1977 — and often falling short. One of the first and most transparent copies, though, was on television. In 1978, Glen A. Larson created a space opera for serialization on ABC: "Battlestar Galactica." Set in far-away space, the series kicked off with the TV movie "Saga of a Star World." Humans, living on 12 planets named for the astrological signs, are at war with a robot race called the Cylons. A surprise attack sees the Cylons laying waste to their enemies — the remaining humans flee in a "ragtag fugitive fleet" led by the eponymous starship.

The "Star Wars" similarities are obvious, both in narrative and aesthetic. Lieutenant Starbuck (Dirk Benedict) in "Battlestar Galactica" is a cocky starship pilot, clearly modeled on Han Solo (Harrison Ford). Like the X-Wings in "Star Wars," the heroes fly one-man, fighter jet style ships ("Vipers") into battle. A...

Casting the right actor in an important role is one of the most important decisions that a movie or TV show can make. How this actor brings the character to life and their chemistry with the other actors is just as important as the story they're telling. Over the years, the film industry has been more open to gender-flipped casting, which sees performers of different genders take on roles initially written for or acted by someone of a separate identity. In some cases, gender-swap recasts improve upon the original movie or TV show, creating exciting opportunities for the story.

Most gender-swapped casting in movies and TV involves women stepping in to play roles traditionally portrayed by men.

Most gender-swapped casting in movies and TV involves women stepping in to play roles traditionally portrayed by men. While there are some exceptions, more often than not, the history of cinema, and art in general,...

Exclusive: The Fall Guy is off to a strong start on Peacock, launching over the holiday weekend as the streamer’s biggest film debut since Oppenheimer.

The film was the second most-watched film on streaming in the U.S. over the Labor Day weekend, per Nielsen data.

NBCUniversal didn’t say exactly how many people watched, but further data will be available in a few weeks when Nielsen drops its streaming report for the Labor Day weekend. The Fall Guy is expected to be among the top titles.

Paris Olympics coverage is at least partially to thank for the film’s streaming success, as The Fall Guy was the top film watched by Olympics viewing accounts, the company said. It was the No. 2 title overall for Olympics viewing accounts, behind only Love Island USA.

The extended cut, which features an additional 20 minutes of footage, was the big draw, making 92% of the film’s viewing.

Warning: Contains Spoilers for The Fall Guy (2024).The Fall Guy features some unexpected yet legendary cameos from the original TV series of the same name. The film stars Ryan Gosling in his highly-anticipated follow-up to 2023's highest-grossing film, Barbie. It's also a massive love letter and tribute to the history of stuntmen and stuntwomen in Hollywood, featuring several wild stunts while offering glimpses of behind-the-scenes movie magic. The Fall Guy is part romantic comedy, part action comedy, and 100% crowd-pleasing fun. Gosling shines in The Fall Guy's cast alongside Emily Blunt, and a stellar supporting cast of Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Hannah Waddingham, and Winston Duke.

Despite its positive critical reception, The Fall Guy underwhelmed at the box office, earning less than $28 million on its opening weekend and a worldwide total of $180 million against a production budget of $125 million. While this is technically considered a box office flop, The Fall Guy is...

With the Battlestar Galactica reboot's mission being aborted long before its planned launch, one of the show's Og stars has mixed feelings about the news. Katee Sackhoff insists the military sci-fi series can still be revived, but the version she starred in "ended beautifully."

Speaking with Collider, Sackhoff believes the first reboot of Battlestar Galactica, airing between 2004 and 2009, had more narratives to explore. However, she remains content with how the most recent version of the show concluded. "I am of two minds; on one hand, I thought that in the story we told, there potentially was more there, but at the same time, I thought that it ended beautifully," Sackhoff said.

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It appeared Battlestar Galactica would...

The 1980s are often viewed as a pop cultural wasteland: a post-disco, style-over-substance hellscape where music videos turned vacuous bands and singers into chart-topping titans, blockbuster-chasing executives drained films of personality and artistic merit, and television pandered to a benumbed viewership with hacky sitcoms, formula dramas, and risible nighttime soaps. This was only half-true.

There was a good bit of dreck polluting the multiplexes and the airwaves throughout the eight-year Reagan era (and the Bush I hangover), but you'd have to be a killjoy to have lived through that time and turned up your nose at the bevy of brilliant artists who were working at their absolute peak. Prince, Spielberg, Streep, Selleck ... yes, Selleck. Tom Selleck.

For eight immensely entertaining seasons, Tom Selleck was the handsomest, charmingest, mustachioed-est private detective on television as Magnum P.I. The creation of small-screen hit makers Donald P. Bellisario and Glen A. Larson, the...

Mr Robot showrunner Sam Esmail’s Battlestar Galactica reboot needs a new home as streaming platform Peacock has reportedly passed on it.

A new take on the space opera TV series Battlestar Galactica is no longer in development at NBCUniversal’s streaming platform Peacock, it’s been reported.

Originally announced in 2019, the Battlestar reboot was being overseen by Sam Esmail, creator of hit series Mr Robot, who was executive producer under his own company, Esmail Corp. Various writers had come and gone over its long gestation, while 2023’s Hollywood strikes also delayed work on show.

Esmail told Deadline in October 2023 that development on the new Battlestar Galactica was still ongoing, however, and things still sounded positive in January, when Derek Simonds, who wrote and directed TV’s The Sinner, was announced as its new screenwriter.

According to Variety, however, Battlestar Galactica has ceased development at Peacock, and Universal Content Productions...

The Battlestar Galactica reboot has been lost in space. After about five years in development hell, the project has officially been scrapped.

Per Variety, Peacock has axed a planned Battlestar Galactica reboot that was in the works for a streaming release on the NBCUniversal platform. The unfortunate update comes nearly five full years since the project was announced in September 2019. At the time, a Battlestar Galactica reboot series was one of the titles announced by NBCUniversal for Peacock's original programming ahead of the platform's official launch in 2020. However, though it was given an announcement, the show was never officially ordered to series, and it would now appear that NBCUniversal had called it quits on making it happen.

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The long-gestating reboot of the popular sci-fi franchise Battlestar Galactica, from Sam Esmail’s Esmail Corp., is no longer set up at Peacock.

First announced as being in development at the NBCUniversal streamer in 2019, the new incarnation of Battlestar Galactica never got to a green light but remained in development, including a writer change within the past year as The Sinner creator Derek Simonds came on board as writer, executive producer and showrunner.

That version of the project from Simonds will now be shopped to other platforms by its studio, Peacock’s NBCUniversal sibling UCP.

A new take on the classic IP, the latest incarnation is executive produced by Simonds as well as Esmail Corp’s Sam Esmail and Chad Hamilton. UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group, is the studio.

Battlestar Galactica has been a passion project for Mr. Robot creator Esmail who is a big fan of the original.

The long-gestating reboot of “Battlestar Galactica” is no longer in development at Peacock, Variety has learned exclusively.

The project was first announced back in 2019 ahead of Peacock’s official launch as part of the streamer’s initial slate of original programming. It was never formally ordered to series, though, and has been in development ever since. Exact story details never emerged, but the show was said to be set in the same continuity as the 2003 “Battlestar Galactica” series.

The reboot was a passion project for Sam Esmail, who was executive producing via Esmail Corp. under the company’s overall deal with studio UCP. Chad Hamilton of Esmail Corp. was also an executive producer. Michael Lesslie had originally come onboard as the writer of the reboot in 2020, but it was reported that he left the project in 2021. Most recently, it was reported in January that Derek Simonds was attached to serve as writer,...

Peacock is bringing you a comedy and drama-packed August as it will air some of the best films of this year that you missed in the theaters and some great original movies and TV shows you will want to see. With an original comedy series starring NBA great Stephen Curry and also a beloved romantic action-comedy starring Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt, Peacock is adding so much content in the upcoming month. So, we picked out the 7 best movies and TV shows you should look out for in August 2024.

Mr. Throwback Season 1 (August 8)

Mr. Throwback is a mockumentary-style sports comedy series created by David Caspe, Matthew, and Daniel Libman. The upcoming Peacock series follows the story of Danny, a down-on-his-luck sports memorabilia dealer and former basketball player as he looks for redemption by reuniting with his sixth-grade teammate, NBA legend Steph Curry. Mr. Throwback stars Adam Pally, Stephen Curry, and...

“The Fall Guy" live-action ‘stuntman’ comedy feature, directed by David Leitch, adapting the 1980's TV series by Glen A. Larson, stars Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt, streaming August 30, 2024 on Peacock:

"...'Colt', a battered and past-his-prime stuntman finds himself working on a movie set with the 'A-list' star for whom he doubled long ago.

"But when the star goes missing, and the film…

“…directed by Colt's ex-girlfriend, is in danger of being shut down…

“…he volunteers to investigate the disappearance and find the missing actor..."

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Hasbro unveils a Transformers X Knight Rider mash-up figure Sdcc, inspired by K.I.T.T. from 1982's Knight Rider series. The 6.5 inch collectible figure converts from robot to car in 22 steps, features series-accurate deco, electronic lights, sounds, and phrases, and accessories. Part of the Transformers Collaborative line which allows fans to mash-up characters, Autobot Agent Knight will be available for $49.99 in Fall 2024.

Exclusive: Hasbro is unveiling a new Transformers figure based on the iconic K.I.T.T. from Knight Rider, Screen Rant can exclusively announce.

This all-new Transformers collaborative mash-up dubbed "Autobot Agent Knight" stands at 6.5 inches and features series-accurate deco from the Glen A. Larson's 1982 series starring David Hasselhoff.

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The Fall Guy: The Extended Cut is coming to Peacock with Universal Pictures’ and 87North’s film getting a premiere date on the streamer.

Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt star in the action-comedy film, which will drop on Peacock starting August 30.

The extended cut on the stream will feature 20 additional minutes with scenes not in the film’s cut released in theaters earlier this year.

David Leitch directed the film inspired by the 1980s ABC series created by Glen A. Larson, which starred Lee Majors as Colt Seavers.

Related: Ryan Gosling Makes Surprise Appearance At Universal Studios Hollywood’s ‘The Fall Guy Stuntacular Pre-Show’

In the film adaptation, Gosling takes on the role of Colt Seavers, a battle-scarred stuntman who is drafted back into service after a near-career-ending accident when Tom Ryder (played by Aaron Taylor-Johnson), the star of a mega-budget studio movie goes missing.

The Fall Guy also stars Hannah Waddingham,...

Peacock has announced that Universal Pictures and 87North’s The Fall Guy will begin streaming on the service on August 30, 2024. The Fall Guy: The Extended Cut, featuring 20 minutes of new action, will also begin streaming on Peacock the same day.

The Fall Guy: The Extended Cut includes new scenes not previously seen in theaters. The extended version features more action, stunts, romance, and sexy bacon!

In addition to The Fall Guy and The Fall Guy: The Extended Cut, Peacock will also be exclusively streaming new high-octane films, including Universal Pictures’ Monkey Man, Focus Features’ The Bikeriders, Peacock’s The Killer, and more. Universal’s biggest films of the year stream first on Peacock shortly after their theatrical debuts.

Subscribers get access to award-winning films and blockbuster favorites from Universal, Blumhouse, Focus Features, Illumination, and DreamWorks Animation. In 2024, Peacock will debut films, including Oppenheimer, Trolls Band Together, Kung Fu Panda 4, Monkey Man,...

Battlestar Galactica's intense atmosphere and secrecy led to a culture of fear and anxiety among the cast. Actors were kept in a state of insecurity due to unexpected character deaths and not knowing if they'd be killed off. Lawless has also appeared in Xena: Warrior Princess, Spartacus, and The X-Files.

The 2004 reboot of Battlestar Galactica remains one of the best sci-fi series ever made, with a loyal fan following who still enjoy rewatching the episodes. For many of the series actors, however, the experience of making the show was hardly an enjoyable one. In an interview with Business Insider, cast member Lucy Lawless revealed the show's intense tone and producers' obsession with secrecy created a culture of "fear" and "anxiety" on the set.

The original 1978 Battlestar Galactica series, from creator Glen A. Larson, was a lighthearted space adventure that followed in the thematic footsteps of Star Wars. For the 2004 reimagining,...

The Fall Guy was an early Eighties TV show that followed the adventures and misadventures of a stuntman who moonlighted as a bounty hunter. It was one of a whole slew of shows like The Dukes Of Hazzard and The A-Team where a quantity of loveable rogues, often with a good car, met and then vanquished a villain every week. Glen A Larson, who created the original series, would revisit that formula again and again.

Magnum Pi had a borrowed Ferrari, Bj (of And The Bear) had a Kenworth K-100, Buck Rogers had an Earth Defense Directorate Starfighter and Michael Knight had the Knight Industries 2000, better known as Kitt. Colt Seavers had a two-tone tan truck, one that suffered so frequently in the show's jumps that later version used in production had a midmounted engine to improve weight distribution and therefore the vehicle's longevity.

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The evolution of the Battlestar Galactica franchise has been one of the most surprising reboots in the history of science fiction. Although it did end up generating a cult following, the original Battlestar Galactica series from 1978 was by no means a mainstream hit; in fact, the show was so often compared to the Star Wars franchise that 20th Century Fox actually sued producer Glen A. Larson for plagiarism. However, the Battlestar Galactica reboot from Star Trek: The Next Generation writer Ronald D. Moore ended up becoming an acclaimed, politically relevant drama series that ran for four successful seasons on the SyFy network. Despite utilizing many of the archetypes and mythology of its predecessor, the Battlestar Galactica reboot had many major differences from the original series.

Moore's experiences on DS9 influenced the darker tone of Battlestar Galactica, with similar storylines and character inspirations. Connections between the two shows include shared actors, music mysteries, and thematic similarities in character development. DS9's influence on Battlestar Galactica writers helped shape the morally ambiguous and darker themes of the rebooted series.

Ronald D. Moore's 2004 Battlestar Galactica reboot borrowed a story idea from his first season as Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's supervising producer. When Star Trek: The Next Generation ended in 1994, Ronald D. Moore joined the DS9 team as a writer and supervising producer. Together with Ira Steven Behr, Robert Hewitt Wolfe, and the rest of the DS9 team, Moore was instrumental in shaping the Dominion War arc between seasons 3 and 7. Years later, when Ronald D. Moore rebooted Battlestar Galactica, it was clear that Moore's experiences on DS9 influenced his darker take on Glen A. Larson's space opera.

Magnum, P.I. was a huge hit in the 1980s, giving star Tom Selleck his big break in Hollywood. Despite enjoying his time on the show, Selleck shared in his new memoir, You Never Know, that he disliked the show's title for one specific reason.

Per TVLine, Selleck wrote in his memoir that the beloved crime drama series, created by Donald P. Bellisario and Glen A. Larson, was originally titled Magnum. At that time, the title character's full name was also different, being Harry Magnum instead of Thomas Magnum. However, over concerns that Magnum and Harry Magnum were too similar to Clint Eastwood's Dirty Harry in Magnum Force, CBS and Bellisario opted to re-title the show Magnum, P.I., since Selleck's title character worked as a private investigator. Although a minor change, Selleck thought Magnum, P.I. "was a shitty title" because he knew, from his brief time in Hawaii, that "P.

An unfulfilled guest star appearance by Katee Sackhoff on The Office would have been a perfect callback to Jim's iconic line mocking Dwight's Battlestar Galactica obsession. Rainn Wilson revealed that the show tried to get Sackhoff to appear on The Office either as herself or a character Dwight encounters, but it never worked out. Sackhoff's Star Wars role would have added another layer of significance if she'd guest-stared on the later seasons of The Office, as Dwight is also a fan of this franchise.

A specific actor's unfulfilled guest star appearance on The Office would have been the perfect callback to one of Jim Halpert's most iconic lines. While the ensemble cast of The Office was full of strong performers, some of the best characters were only around for a short while. Throughout its nine-season run, The Office (U.S.) featured plenty of memorable guest stars in a variety of roles.

After a short run in theaters, The Fall Guy is now available to purchase on Digital HD with a never-before-seen Extended Cut that features an addiitonal 20 minutes of action-packed new footage from the David Leitch-directed actioner, which stars 3x Academy Award-nominee Ryan Gosling (The Nice Guys; Blade Runner 2049; La La Land) and Academy Award-nominee Emily Blunt (Edge of Tomorrow; The Devil Wears Prada; The Adjustment Bureau) in the lead roles.

The Fall Guy was one of the best received movies of the year, boasting an 82% Certified Fresh rating and an 87% Audience Score on review aggregator RottenTomatoes. However, the warm word of mouth didn't exactly translate to box office success as, to date, it has only grossed over $127.4 million worldwide on its estimated $150 million production budget, likely resulting in Universal fast tracking the film's digital launch.

In addition to Gosling and Blunt, the impressive supporting cast features Aaron Taylor-Johnson,...

If you love entertainment, grand-scale action, charismatic leads, and films about making films then you shouldn’t miss The Fall Guy. Directed by David Leitch from a screenplay by Drew Pearce, the romantic action-comedy film is a throwback to blockbusters which had only one purpose, entertainment. Directed by a previous stunt performer turned director himself The Fall Guy is entirely dedicated to the men and women who “take it on the chin” for our entertainment.

Based on a 1980s series of the same name by Glen A. Larson, the action-comedy film follows the story of a Hollywood stunt performer Colt Seavers who cuts ties with everyone after an accident including the love of his life Jody, a camerawoman. Cut to, 18 months later Colt is called back to be the stunt performer for the biggest action star in the world Tom Ryder on an epic sci-fi which happens to be Jody...

“The Fall Guy" live-action ‘stuntman’ comedy feature, directed by David Leitch, adapting the 1980's TV series created by Glen A. Larson, stars Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt, available with 20 minutes of additional material, May 21, 2024 on all digital platforms:

"...'Colt', a battered and past-his-prime stuntman finds himself working on a movie set with the 'A-list' star for whom he doubled long ago.

"But when the star goes missing, and the film…

“…directed by Colt's ex-girlfriend, is in danger of being shut down…

“…he volunteers to investigate the disappearance and find the missing actor..."

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Celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2024, the Battlestar Galactica reboot marked one of television's first high-profile fusions of sociopolitical sci-fi with an HBO series' prestige drama sensationalism. Battlestar's bleak realism complete with a gray color palette, cinma vrit cinematography, and an apocalyptic scenario populated with fluidly flawed characters helped Ronald D. Moore and David Eick's reimagining of Glen A. Larson's 1978 series transcend genre barriers. It gathered accolades by the truckload, turned weekly space opera into watercooler material, and opened the floodgates for philosophically-minded projects like Foundation and Moore's own For All Mankind.

The Fall Guy created a stir on social media with the inclusion of a joke that made light of the relationship between former couple Johnny Depp and Amber Heard. Now, the writer of the film has weighed in, arguing that the whole point was that the joke was inappropriate, as this was in line for the character.

In The Fall Guy, Hannah Waddingham plays movie producer Gail Meyer. One scene in the film sees the antagonist walking into a disheveled trailer on a film set and joking, "It's like Amber and Johnny were just in here." This is a clear reference to the allegations of domestic violence that Depp and Heard had accused one another of, leading to a high-profile defamation trial. Speaking about the scene with THR, writer Drew Pearce agreed that "no decent human being" would ever joke about domestic violence, and that's why the line was said by the movie's villain,...

Fans of light-hearted and fun action movies are having their day in the sun with Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt‘s new action comedy film The Fall Guy. Loosely based on a 1980s TV series of the same name by Glen A. Larson and directed by Deadpool 2‘s David Leitch, the Universal Pictures film follows the story of Colt Seavers, a Hollywood stuntman who returns to work after taking a year-long break due to an injury. Colt’s latest gig is at a high-budget blockbuster sci-fi film directed by his ex-girlfriend who he still loves and when the main actor of her film disappears, Colt must find him and bring him back. If you loved all the death-defying stunts and Gosling and Blunt’s electric chemistry in The Fall Guy here are some similar movies you could watch next.

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The Fall Guy, starring Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt, is a classic action blockbuster with a twist on Hollywood conspiracy. Directed by David Leitch, known for John Wick, the movie pays homage to the original series with a fun mid-credit stunt montage. The film sets up potential for a franchise but strays from the original premise, leaving room for a sequel to explore.

The Fall Guy kicks off the summer movie season. Based on the 1980 television series of the same name, The Fall Guy stars Ryan Gosling as Colt Seavers, a Hollywood stunt performer who finds himself involved in a conspiracy surrounding the film's lead actor, Tom Ryder (Aaron Taylor Johnson). Meanwhile, the movie in production is the directorial debut of Colt's ex-girlfriend, Jody (Emily Blunt), whom he ghosted after he suffered an on-set accident. Colt needs to get to the bottom of the conspiracy while also repairing his relationship...