Assassin’s Creed writer to serve as showrunner on Battlestar Galactica reboot

As the streaming wars continue, Peacock’s reboot of Battlestar Galactica has found its commander. Deadline reports that Michael Lesslie has been named showrunner for the still- gestating project.

Lesslie most recently served as showrunner and lead writer on AMC’s The Little Drummer Girl, along with penning the scripts for Assassin’s Creed and Macbeth. The Battlestar Galactica reboot will be executive produced by Mr. Robot creator Sam Esmail.

“I am beyond excited to be taking on this iconic and inspirational show,” Lesslie said. “As a lifelong devotee, I know that the possibilities of Battlestar Galactica’s world are infinite and that each iteration has raised the bar for epic and intelligent sci-fi storytelling. The teams at Esmail Corp, UCP and Peacock are second to none, and I already know that we are going to honour Glen A Larson and Ronald D Moore’s landmark series and break new boundaries with our own vision. It’s a dream come true – one I just can’t wait to share with fans, new and old alike. So say we all.”

Lesslie is referencing the fantastic Ronald D. Moore version of Battlestar Galactica that ran for four seasons on the Sci-Fi Channel starting in 2004, itself a reboot of the Glen A. Larson original, which ran for one season on ABC way back in 1978. All iterations of the series have focused on humanity’s war with the Cylons, robots who attack and decimates the Twelve Colonies. The survivors flee with an armada headed by the titular Battlestar Galactica, headed for a fabled thirteenth colony, Earth.

Where Lesslie might take the series remains to be seen, although with those core elements likely to remain, we should be in for quite the ride. So say we all.

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