Babylon 5Is Getting Rebooted, With J. Michael Straczynski at the Helm

It ’s time for one ofthe most beloved sci - fi classics of the ‘ 90sto come back — and the human race behind it the first sentence around is back for more .

Variety reports that Warner Bros. has ordered a reboot of Babylon 5 , create andwritten by Straczynskias part of a deal between Warner Bros. TV and Straczynski ’s Studio JMS . The serial publication is not a continuation of the show , but a “ from the ground up ” reboot of the cult classical 1993 series , which ran acrossfive seasons and seven made - for - TV moviesuntil 1998 . mark in a future where humanity has go into the stars and line up a plethora of alien civilizations to attempt to live in musical harmony , Babylon 5 followed Earthforce officer John Sheridan ( Bruce Boxleitner ) as he took program line of the titular space station Babylon 5 , a hub for diplomatical confluence , craft negotiations , and finally a scaffolding ground among renewed conflict between the civilisation of the earth and even humanity ’s own decline into totalitarianism .

The series was beloved for its dark sci - fi plots and its glide path to a massive , enlace narrative over the course of instruction of its season and movies — and spinoffs like the TNT series Crusade — to tell a long form storey , rather than plots - of - the - calendar week , with iconic exotic characters likeMira Furlan ’s Delennand Andreas Katsulas ’ petty villain twist spiritual figure G’Kar . Although the series came to an end in 1998 , it inspired a whole universe of necktie - in novels , and its influence can be feel everywhere from the likes of Star Trek : Deep Space Nine to Straczynski ’s own work collaborating with the Wachowskis on Sense8 .

Same, Delenn, same.