▁reboot ▁of ▁the ▁icon ic ▁sci - fi ▁series . ▁J MS ▁said ▁that ▁he ▁plans ▁to ▁get ▁the ▁script ▁locked ▁down ▁by ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 5 ▁and ▁the ▁film ▁would ▁then ▁enter ▁production ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 6 . ▁However , ▁this ▁film ▁has ▁yet ▁to ▁be ▁produced . ▁ ▁Nov els ▁Un ique ▁to ▁the ▁Bab yl on ▁ 5 ▁universe ▁among ▁virt ually ▁all ▁other ▁shared ▁univers es ▁is ▁the ▁san ction ed ▁can onic ity ▁of ▁many ▁of ▁its ▁off sh oot ▁nov els ▁and ▁com ic ▁book ▁stories ; ▁nearly ▁all ▁of ▁the ▁Bab yl on ▁ 5 ▁nov els ▁and ▁novel izations ▁to ▁date ▁having ▁been ▁based ▁on ▁out lines ▁written ▁directly ▁by ▁J . ▁Michael ▁St rac z yn ski . ▁The ▁later ▁Del ▁Rey ▁books ▁are ▁considered ▁to ▁be ▁more ▁canonical ▁than ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁earlier ▁D ell ▁ones , ▁although ▁– ▁per ▁St rac z yn ski ' s ▁own ▁remarks ▁ ▁– ▁canonical ▁elements ▁exist ▁in ▁every ▁single ▁book ▁published ▁to ▁date ; ▁St rac z yn ski ' s ▁deeper ▁invol vement ▁in ▁the ▁novel - publish ing ▁program ▁from ▁ 1 9 9 6 ▁on ward ▁having ▁ens ured ▁a ▁greater ▁level ▁of ▁can onic ity ▁within ▁such ▁works . ▁ ▁The ▁sevent h ▁D ell ▁novel ▁has ▁been ▁described ▁as ▁ 9 0 % ▁canonical , ▁and ▁the ▁nin th ▁novel ▁is ▁considered ▁fully ▁canonical ▁by ▁J . ▁Michael ▁St rac z yn ski ,