The ‘Babylon 5’ reboot will survive the sale of The CW | Engadget

Toward the top of final yr, it was revealed that seminal ‘90s sci-fi series Babylon 5 would be rebooted by creator J. Michael Straczynski for the CW. Not long after, however, and WarnerMedia put its youth-skewed channel up for sale, putting the show’s shot at a second life in jeopardy. Today, nevertheless, Straczynski has revealed on his Patreon that CW head Mark Pedowitz has personally assured the pilot’s survival.

Rather than being shot and produced in preparation for a late-2022 launch date, says Straczynski, it’ll now be prime of the pile for the 2023 slate. “The project is very much alive,” he added, even when “we will have to wait a little longer,” to see it hit the display. Given that Pedowitz is outwardly a giant fan of the present, hopefully the postponement can solely be seen as a optimistic regardless of the entire turmoil that surrounds the channel.

As somebody as soon as kinda mentioned, the Babylon 5 reboot is throughout us, ready in moments of transition, to be born in a second of revelation. No-one is aware of the form of the reboot, or if it’ll get a full five-year dedication, we all know solely that it’s all the time born within the ache of getting to attend one other yr to see it.

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