That tradition for innovation will continue in this new iteration, and I hope to create additional new forms of storytelling that will further push the television medium to the edge of what’s possible. Most of all, for the first time, Babylon 5 introduced viewers accustomed to episodic television to the concept of a five-year arc with a pre-planned beginning, middle and end…creating a brand new paradigm for television storytelling that has subsequently become the norm. The original Babylon 5 was ridiculously innovative: the first to use CGI to create ships and characters, and among the very first to shoot widescreen with a vigorous 5.1 mix. How do you telling continuing story of our original Londo without the original Vir? Or G’Kar? How do you tell Sheridan’s story without Delenn? Or the story of B5 without Franklin? Garibaldi? Zack?
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To those asking why not just do a continuation, for a network series like this, it can’t be done because over half our cast are still stubbornly on the other side of the Rim. Better to go the way of Westworld or Battlestar Galactica where you take the original elements that are evergreens and put them in a blender with a ton of new, challenging ideas, to create something fresh yet familiar. So we will not be retelling the same story in the same way because of what Heraclitus said about the river.
How can it be used to reflect the world in which we live, and the questions we are asking and confronting every day? Fans regularly point out how prescient the show was and is of our current world it would be fun to take a shot at looking further down the road.
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Heraclitus wrote “You cannot step in the same river twice, for the river has changed, and you have changed.” In the years since B5, I’ve done a ton of other TV shows and movies, adding an equal number of tools to my toolbox, all of which I can bring to bear on one singular question: if I were creating Babylon 5 today, for the first time, knowing what I now know as a writer, what would it look like? How would it use all the storytelling tools and technological resources available in 2021 that were not on hand then? The network understands the uniqueness of Babylon 5 and is giving me a great deal of latitude with the storytelling.Īs noted in the announcement, this is a reboot from the ground up rather than a continuation, for several reasons. I’m hip deep into writing the pilot now, and will be running the series upon pickup. We have some serious fans over at the network, and they’re eager to see this show happen.
Rather than telling episodic stories and expanding the characters as seasonal renewals demanded, Straczynski conceived Babylon 5 as a "novel for television," planning out a five-season story before the show debuted.To answer all the questions, yes, it’s true, Babylon 5 is in active development as a series for the CW. Michael Straczynski November 17, 2020īabylon 5 was considered ahead of its time in terms of long-form television storytelling. The DVDs/digital until now were so washed out, after a while even I forgot how much vibrant color there was. For me the biggest difference is the color range. This appears to be a look at the "remastered" B5 eps on Itunes/Prime (for purchase). The series ran for five seasons, following the diplomatic drama of the diplomats and military personnel stationed on Babylon 5, meant to be a neutral meeting ground for rival factions who had just previously been embroiled in a long and costly war.
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Babylon 5 is a space opera series that began with the test pilot movie Babylon 5: The Gathering and then began airing in full on Warner Bros.' Prime Time Entertainment Network (PTEN) in January 1994.
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