Babylon 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski has taken to social media to reach out to the fans to help support the reboot that was announced last year. Straczynski is writing and executive producing the reboot under his Studio JMS banner. Warner Bros. Television is also back to produce the series, and as you know, all kinds of projects are being shut down at WB right now.
The fate of the reboot is going to be decided soon and in anticipation of that, Straczynski tweeted:
“It’s never been my way to ask B5 fans and followers for a solid on behalf of the show. Because I feel it’s my role, and the role of the show, to be in service to you, not the other way around. But tomorrow, for the first time in 22 years, I will ask.”
He then asked fans to show their support for the Babylon 5 reboot on social media by tweeting about it in an attempt to sway Warner Bros. TV’s final decision:
“The fate of the #Babylon5 pilot may be decided end of this month,Though much of @TheCW was bought by @NXSTMediaGroup the decision also rests heavily with @WarnerbrosTV. If fans want to show their support for B5 & let them know you want this to happen, now is the time #B5onCWin23.”
So, if you’re a fan of the original series and you are excited about the reboot, you can help Straczynski by showing your love for it on social media.
The new iteration of Babylon 5 is described as a “from-the-ground-up reboot.” In the series, “John Sheridan, an Earthforce officer with a mysterious background, is assigned to Babylon 5, a five-mile-long space station in neutral space, a port of call for travelers, smugglers, corporate explorers and alien diplomats at a time of uneasy peace and the constant threat of war. His arrival triggers a destiny beyond anything he could have imagined, as an exploratory Earth company accidentally triggers a conflict with a civilization a million years ahead of us, putting Sheridan and the rest of the B5 crew in the line of fire as the last, best hope for the survival of the human race.”
I love the original series, and I hope that this reboot happens! I’ve been looking forward to it. The original Babylon 5 is streaming now on HBO Max.
The fate of the #Babylon5 pilot may be decided end of this month. Though much of @TheCW was bought by @NXSTMediaGroup the decision also rests heavily with @WarnerbrosTV. If fans want to show their support for B5 & let them know you want this to happen, now is the time #B5onCWin23 pic.twitter.com/eDbz4sKtf5
— J. Michael Straczynski (@straczynski) September 19, 2022