By Gregg Kilday
Fri Apr 18, 12:40 PM ET
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Looking to develop its own homegrown franchises, Tom Cruise’s United Artists banner is embarking on a space odyssey with Ronald D. Moore, the man behind Sci Fi Channel’s “Battlestar Galactica.”
The studio has signed Moore to create and write an original sci-fi trilogy for the big screen.
Moore is an executive producer of “Battlestar Galactica,” whose April 4 season premiere attracted more than 2 million viewers — 40% more than the Season 3 finale.
His writing credits include the features “Star Trek: Generations” and “Star Trek: First Contact” as well as episodes of “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” “Roswell” and “Carnivale.” He also received a story credit on Cruise’s “Mission: Impossible II.”
Reuters/Hollywood Reporter (Source: Yahoo! News)
April 18th, 2008 at 11:59 pm
Great to hear some news on Tom. This new venture sounds very interesting. I still don’t know why Lions For Lambs bomed so bad at the box office. It was a great movie.!!!
April 19th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
I can’t wait to see Tom Cruise back on the
big screen. His talent is really missed.
Looking forward to good movies again.
April 19th, 2008 at 9:32 pm
Good to hear the good news for UA. There are a lot of sci-fi movie fans who will be glad to hear that.
I thought Lions For Lambs was pretty good. It made $57 mil worldwide although only made 15 mil domestically out of a budget of $ 35 mil.