ens man : ▁War ▁of ▁the ▁Gal ax ies ▁ ▁Seven ▁issues , ▁written ▁by ▁Paul ▁O ' Con ner ▁and ▁drawn ▁and ▁in ks ▁by ▁Tim ▁E ld red . ▁▁ ▁L ens man : ▁Gal actic ▁Pat rol ▁Five ▁issues , ▁written ▁by ▁Tim ▁E ld red , ▁drawn ▁by ▁Tim ▁E ld red ▁and ▁in ks ▁by ▁Paul ▁Young ▁and ▁Ken ▁Branch . ▁ ▁Film ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁Ron ▁Howard ' s ▁Im agine ▁Entertainment ▁and ▁Universal ▁Pictures ▁began ▁negoti ations ▁with ▁the ▁author ' s ▁estate ▁for ▁rights ▁to ▁film ▁the ▁L ens man ▁series . ▁The ▁negoti ations ▁were ▁for ▁an ▁ 1 8 - month ▁renew able ▁option . ▁At ▁the ▁Wonder Con ▁convention ▁in ▁San ▁Francisco ▁in ▁February ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁J . ▁Michael ▁St rac z yn ski , ▁the ▁cre ator ▁of ▁Bab yl on ▁ 5 , ▁confirmed ▁that ▁Howard ▁had ▁acquired ▁the ▁rights ▁and ▁also ▁hint ed ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁involved ▁in ▁the ▁project . ▁On ▁ 1 7 ▁June ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁St rac z yn ski ▁wrote ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁begun ▁work ▁on ▁the ▁project . ▁On ▁ 2 ▁April ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁St rac z yn ski ▁wrote ▁that ▁Universal ▁had ▁scra pped ▁the ▁project , ▁cit ing ▁excess ive ▁cost ▁and ▁that ▁the ▁rights ▁had ▁revert ed ▁to ▁the ▁estate . ▁ ▁Games ▁The ▁series ▁has ▁been ▁adapted ▁into ▁the ▁board ▁w arg ames ▁L