The screenwriter worked very closely with Emmerich in creating the script for their Shakespearean drama, and Singer frequently works closely with writers in constructing his film's stories, as was the case on X2 and Superman Returns, on which he earned "Story By" credits.  Orloff is about to begin working in concert with Singer, just as he did with Emmerich, saying, "Yes, they work very similarly. So that process is about to start."

An immediate question that arises regarding this new iteration of the television franchise is just what it's relationship to both the original and newer series will be.  Is it a continuation of one or the other?  A reboot that takes the core elements and rearranges them in a new context?  A prequel or some form of spin-off?

For his part, Orloff is dutifully keeping a lid on the exact nature of the project.  "I’m not going to tell you," he said.  "My lips are sealed. I’m a huge fan of both series. When I was a kid I loved the original, as an adult I love Ron Moore’s. I can’t wait to be a part of that universe and get my head all into it and hopefully make a really kick ass cool Battlestar movie."

Singer, who is currently in post-production on the 3D fantasy action film Jack the Giant Killer, has been actively attempting to make a Battlestar Galactica film for the better part of a decade.  Before the new Sci-Fi series got running in 2003, Singer was developing a theatrical version that was then waylaid by the show and his other feature commitments.  The director's blockbuster resume displays an affinity for superheroics, but Singer is actually an avowed science fiction fan, and has wanted to create a large-scale science fiction film set on a space colony since his earliest dreams of making movies.

For years, Singer was developing a remake of Logan's Run for Warner Bros, and according to screenwriter Christopher McQuarrie, the story was set not in bubble-city on Earth, but in a colony on a ginormous centrifuge in space.  Speaking on the Creative Screenwriting Podcast, he described it as, "A massive, massive movie in a colony in outer space that was a low budget Cold War spy-movie.  It was like The Spy Who Came in from the Cold."

Given certain thematic similarities to Battlestar, there was some thought from fans that Singer's Battlestar Galactica might incorporate elements of that abandoned take on Logan's Run, but John Orloff quickly and simply dispelled any such notions.  "It’s completely separate.," he explained.  "I haven’t read that project and I know nothing about it."

So there you have it.  Stay tuned for Jami's complete interview with John Orloff regarding Anonymous, which opens in limited release on October 28th.