 On February 12, 2016, Universal signed Michael De Luca, Scott Stuber and Dylan Clark to produce the "Battlestar Galactica" film.On June 9, 2016, Lisa Joy was reportedly writing the film, and Francis Lawrence was in talks to direct.On December 18, 2018, it was reported that Jay Basu ("The Girl in the Spider's Web") had been hired to rewrite Joy's script.