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X-Men feature 'Dark Phoenix' director Simon Kinberg will be writing and producing the feature adaptation of the sci-fi franchise 'Battlestar Galactica,' for Universal Pictures. Kinberg is joining producer Dylan Clark (“The Batman,” “War for the Planet of the Apes”), but will not be directing this project. A search for a director is underway. Kinberg will be writing the script from scratch as previous scripts were submitted but never made the cut. “‘Battlestar Galactica’ is one of the holy grails in science fiction, and I couldn’t be more excited about bringing something new to the franchise, while honoring what’s made it so iconic and enduring,” Kinberg said in a statement. “I’m so grateful that Dylan and my partners at Universal have trusted me with this incredible universe.” Battlestar Galactica first launched as a live-action TV series for ABC in 1978 and grew in popularity with basic cable reboot of the series in the 2000s, starring Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell and Katee Sackhoff. Both shows followed a fleet of human starships, let by the Galactica, as they flee a race of genocidal robots called the Cylons and seek to find a mythical planet called Earth. This feature film is not connected with any plans for a new Battlestar Galactica TV series currently in development for NBCUniversal’s streaming service Peacock by executive producer Sam Esmail (“Mr. Robot”). Source: Variety