B5 update:
The ‘Babylon 5’ reboot will survive the sale of The CW
"Toward the end of last year, it was revealed that seminal ‘90s sci-fi series Babylon 5
would be rebooted by creator J. Michael Straczynski for the CW. Not long after, however,
and WarnerMedia put its youth-skewed channel up for sale, putting the show’s shot at a
second life in jeopardy. Today, however, Straczynski has revealed on his Patreon that CW
head Mark Pedowitz has personally guaranteed the pilot’s survival.
Rather than being shot and produced in preparation for a late-2022 launch date, says
Straczynski, it’ll now be top of the pile for the 2023 slate. “The project is very much alive,”
he added, even if “we will have to wait a little longer,” to see it hit the screen. Given that
Pedowitz is apparently a big fan of the show, hopefully the postponement can only be
seen as a positive despite all of the turmoil that surrounds the channel."
See:
https://www.engadget.com/babylon-5-r...103501531.html