10 Mind-Blowing Battlestar Galactica Facts You Didn't Know
3. Bryan Singer Almost Revived The Show Before 9/11
Between 2000 and 2001, Bryan Singer was working on bringing Battlestar Galactica back. This was following in the footsteps of Richard Hatch, who had played Apollo in the original series and would of course return to play Tom Zarek in the re-imagined series, who had for years been trying to get the show back in some form.
Singer's version would have seen it as a continuation of the original, rather than the re-imagining that we finally received. However, and somewhat ironically, the mood in America post 9/11 effectively killed the show, as it was decided there just wasn't a place for it at that time.
Two years later however and the shadow of 9/11 hangs large over the re-imagined series, with strong themes of religious fundamentalism, torture, terror attacks and militarism running throughout.