During the second season of "Battlestar Galactica", series developer Ronald D. Moore and production partner David Eick started speculating about the "Battlestar Galactica" universe prior to the Cylons. Unable to dedicate serious time to the notion, it remained in the concept stage of development until in early 2006, screenwriter Remi Aubuchon, unaware of the ideas about a "Battlestar Galactica" prequel, proposed a film about artificial intelligence to Universal Pictures. Though Universal Pictures turned down the project as a movie, Universal Television executives felt Moore and Eick might be interested in Aubuchon's take on the subject and arranged a meeting. Merging the existing thoughts for a "Battlestar Galactica" prequel with those Aubuchon brought to the table, a general outline for a series emerged.