Battlestar Galactica News

Maybe now this guy will be able to get work.

I started to post this story yesterday, but I was waiting to hear it from the horse's mouth, Sci Fi Wire, which just mentioned it today:

SCI FI Announces Caprica

SCI FI Channel announced the development of Caprica, a spinoff prequel of its hit Battlestar Galactica, in presentations to advertisers in New York on April 26. Caprica would come from Galactica executive producers Ronald D. Moore and David Eick, writer Remi Aubuchon (24) and NBC Universal Television Studio.

Caprica would take place more than half a century before the events that play out in Battlestar Galactica. The people of the Twelve Colonies are at peace and living in a society not unlike our own, but where high-technology has changed the lives of virtually everyone for the better.

But a startling breakthrough in robotics is about to occur, one that will bring to life the age-old dream of marrying artificial intelligence with a mechanical body to create the first living robot: a Cylon. Following the lives of two families, the Graystones and the Adamas (the family of William Adama, who will one day become the commander of the Battlestar Galactica), Caprica will weave together corporate intrigue, techno-action and sexual politics into television's first science fiction family saga, the channel announced.

While we're on the topic of Battlestar Galactica -- arguably the best show on television -- I wanted to mention something that should be of particular interest to screenwriters. The podcasts on the official website, which are usually DVD-style commentary on episodes from producer Ron Moore, now include a 3-part series of recordings from the Battlestar Galactica writers meetings. This is your chance to be a fly on the wall in a Universal Studios conference room and listen in as the entire writing staff does story development for the second half of season 2. Frakkin' awesome.