Babylon 5 Is Getting Rebooted, With J. Michael Straczynski on the Helm

It’s time for one among probably the most beloved sci-fi classics of the ‘90s to come back—and the man behind it the first time around is back for more.

Variety reports that Warner Bros. has ordered a reboot of Babylon 5, produced and written by Straczynski as part of a deal between Warner Bros. TV and Straczynski’s Studio JMS. The collection is just not a continuation of the present, however a “from the ground up” reboot of the cult traditional 1993 collection, which ran throughout 5 seasons and 7 made-for-TV films till 1998. Set in a future the place humanity has gone into the celebs and located a plethora of alien civilizations to try to dwell in concord, Babylon 5 adopted Earthforce officer John Sheridan (Bruce Boxleitner) as he took command of the titular house station Babylon 5, a hub for diplomatic conferences, commerce negotiations, and ultimately a staging floor amongst renewed conflicts between the civilizations of the world and even humanity’s personal descent into totalitarianism.

The collection was beloved for its darkish sci-fi plots and its strategy to an enormous, intertwined narrative over the course of its seasons and films—and spinoffs just like the TNT collection Crusade—to inform a protracted kind story, fairly than plots-of-the-week, with iconic alien characters like Mira Furlan’s Delenn and Andreas Katsulas’ petty villain turned religious determine G’Kar. Although the collection got here to an finish in 1998, it impressed an entire universe of tie-in novels, and its affect may be felt in every single place from the likes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine to Straczynski’s personal work collaborating with the Wachowskis on Sense8.

We’ll carry you extra on the CW’s plans for Babylon 5 as and after we be taught them.

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