Writes Deadline, "The series was based on the Japanese anime series Space Battleship Yamato. Both are described as "space opera," involving alien invasions, the near extinction of the human race, and a last dash journey through space to save the planet."
Skydance, which has used Legendary Pictures and its investments in various films as an example to follow, is involved with a number of projects for Paramount, among them Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocal, the rebooted Jack Ryan franchise with Star Trek's Chris Pine playing Ryan, My Mother's Curse and the Dark Horse comic scheduled to become a film, Strange case of Hyde, among others.