One of the popular science fiction series of the 90s will be back. However, it will not be a continuation or a spinoff, but a completely new approach to the brand.
The CW television station has announced that it intends to bring back the series Babylon 5 . J. Michael Straczynski, the creator of the original, is working on the production script, which will be a full reboot of the brand. The plot will focus on the character of John Sheridan, an Earthforce officer assigned to the title space station.
The new Babylon 5 will be developed at the Warner Bros. TV branch. similar to the version from nearly thirty years ago. The aforementioned J. Michael Straczynski, in addition to writing the script, will also act as executive producer. The project has not yet received an order for the full season.
Babylon 5 debuted in 1993 as a television movie with the subtitle Zjazd . The picture was received positively, which resulted in an order for the full season of the series. The production received five of them in total, and the last one aired in the West in 1998. However, this does not mean that the brand was abandoned after that. A few more spinoffs were shot and more TV movies set in the same world. Comics and books related to the universe were also created.