 In 2000, the director and an executive producer of the "X-Men" movie, Bryan Singer and Tom DeSanto, began developing a "Battlestar Galactica" TV miniseries under the auspices of Studios USA for the Fox TV network.A continuation of the original series but set 25 years later, Singer and DeSanto's version included several members of the original cast reprising their original roles and the introduction of newer characters.It was intended to be telecast as a backdoor pilot in May 2002, and pre-production commenced and sets had even been partially constructed with a view to filming starting in November 2001.