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“Battlestar” boss to write sci-fi films for Cruise

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)

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April 18, 2008   //   Movie News   //   3 Comments   //  

3 Comments to ““Battlestar” boss to write sci-fi films for Cruise”

• April 18, 2008 at 11:59 pm
  Colleen Hippler says:

  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 19, 2008 at 4:55 pm
  Nancy says:

  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 19, 2008 at 9:32 pm
  sri says:

  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.