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Syfy is working on a new Battlestar Galactica series that will follow the exploits William “Husker” Adama during the Cylon War. According to the Chicago Tribune, the show is called “Blood and Chrome” and will be an online series with about 10 episodes, each around 9 minutes long.

According to Mark Stern, Syfy’s executive vice president of original programming and the co-head of original content for Universal Cable Productions, “Battlestar Galactica” and “Caprica” co-executive producer Michael Taylor will write the the script for the new venture.

“Blood & Chrome” is “about a young man’s initiation into war: both the realities of war as fought by soldiers on the ground (and in Battlestars and Vipers), and the somewhat less real version portrayed in the media,” according to Taylor.

“Blood & Chrome” would consist of nine or 10 episodes of nine or 10 minutes each, and it would make use of cutting-edge digital technology and special effects to depict the Cylon War. If it is greenlit to production, it will be filmed using green screens and virtual sets, not unlike Syfy’s “Sanctuary” or James Cameron’s “Avatar.” Before “Battlestar Galactica” ended, high-tech scans were made of all the show’s sets, so that the special-effects team will be able to re-create them (possibly even in 3D).

Taylor revealed some other details to the Tribune:

“I’ve seen the virtual, 3D version of CIC [‘Battlestar’s’ Combat Information Center] and it’s pretty damn cool,” Taylor said. “And yet the movie isn’t confined to Galactica. Far from it. It’s a story that will take us to new corners of the ‘Battlestar’ world (or worlds), and yet it aims to be a very contemporary war movie in a lot of ways. I would say I’m thinking as much of Afghanistan and Iraq–the reality of ‘Hurt Locker,’ Sebastian Junger’s ‘Restrepo,’ and similar movies–as I am about about the largely implied past of ‘Battlestar.'”

If the series is successful, more could follow.

This could either be really awesome, or totally blow. I’d love to see something set in the actual Cylon War but only if I get to see actual space combat and it’s not just grimdark crap like 84% of the TV show ended up being. Soooooo not enough actual Viper combat in it for me.

[massivebodybuilder]

This has more detailed info….

http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2010/07/battlestar-galactica.html

Those who’ve been hoping for a new chapter of the “Battlestar Galactica” story may get their wish.
An online series called “Blood & Chrome” is in the works, one that would follow the experiences of a young William “Husker” Adama in the first Cylon War.

According to Mark Stern, Syfy’s executive vice president of original programming and the co-head of original content for Universal Cable Productions, “Battlestar Galactica” and “Caprica” co-executive producer Michael Taylor will write the the script for the new venture.
battlestar galactica “Blood & Chrome” is “about a young man’s initiation into war: both the realities of war as fought by soldiers on the ground (and in Battlestars and Vipers), and the somewhat less real version portrayed in the media,” according to Taylor.

“Blood & Chrome” would consist of nine or 10 episodes of nine or 10 minutes each, and it would make use of cutting-edge digital technology and special effects to depict the Cylon War. If it is greenlit to production, it will be filmed using green screens and virtual sets, not unlike Syfy’s “Sanctuary” or James Cameron’s “Avatar.” Before “Battlestar Galactica” ended, high-tech scans were made of all the show’s sets, so that the special-effects team will be able to re-create them (possibly even in 3D).

“I’ve seen the virtual, 3D version of CIC [‘Battlestar’s’ Combat Information Center] and it’s pretty damn cool,” Taylor said. “And yet the movie isn’t confined to Galactica. Far from it. It’s a story that will take us to new corners of the ‘Battlestar’ world (or worlds), and yet it aims to be a very contemporary war movie in a lot of ways. I would say I’m thinking as much of Afghanistan and Iraq–the reality of ‘Hurt Locker,’ Sebastian Junger’s ‘Restrepo,’ and similar movies–as I am about about the largely implied past of ‘Battlestar.'”

Though Taylor said he’ll strive for the kind of emotional engagement that was the hallmark of “Battlestar,” which ended in 2009, expect lots of of cliffhangers and visceral suspense as well. “We’re not going to be shying away from R-rated blood and guts and sex,” Taylor noted. “Because this is initially meant to air online, we pretty much have no restrictions in that department.”
It’s not known yet if “Blood & Chrome” would star Nico Cortez, the actor cast as young Adama in “Razor,” a previous “Battlestar Galactica” movie. There may be one other character from “Razor” in the new online series, but it would feature a mostly new cast.

If “Blood & Chrome” is successful, it could be the first a series of similar projects, and if it’s judged very successful, it could even act as a backdoor pilot for a TV show set in that war-torn “BSG” era.

Speaking of the Cylon War, “Caprica,” a Syfy drama that depicts events leading up to that conflagration, visited Comic-Con over the weekend. Audio of the panel and a brief panel report are below.

Caprica Comic-Con panel

Judging by the Season 1.5 clip shown at the start of the show’s panel, when “Caprica” returns in January, it will have a lot more action, narrative tension and drive. The show, which was disappointingly uneven in its first set of episodes despite its strong cast, certainly needed all those things.
Now that “Caprica’s” world and characters have been established, the show’s challenge is to “create situations and dramatic milieu as intense and riveting as what we did on ‘Battlestar,'” executive producer David Eick said at the Comic-Con panel. That’s the goal for the second half of the first season and for the second season, if the show gets one.

In Season 1.5, James Marsters will return as terrorist Barnabus Greeley, Scott Porter will be back as polygamist Nestor Willow and John Pyper-Ferguson will return as Tomas Vergis, a business rival of tech titan Daniel Graystone.

Barnabus is “looking out on a society that’s eating itself alive as far as he’s concerned. …. He’s disgusted,” said Marsters, who was on the panel (and who, by the way, confirmed that he’ll reprise his role as Brainiac in the 200th episode of “Smallville”).

“Caprica” will also return to New Cap City, a virtual game that was effectively showcased in Season 1’s most compelling episode, “There Is Another Sky.” That hour found Tamara, a character who was dead in the real world, trapped in a videogame in which she found she had special powers.

Virtual worlds like New Cap City will be important as the show moves forward, as will the robots that Daniel Graystone created in the wake of his family’s personal trauma. Creating a slave class of robots will have serious consequences for Caprical going forward.

And in the second half of the season, viewers will see many more iterations of Zoe, the young woman who was instrumental in the creation of the Cylons. When it comes to what Zoe does in the second half of the season, “I don’t think you’re expecting what’s going to happen,” actress Alessandra Torresani said at the panel.
Will “Caprica” get a second season? Ronald D. Moore, “Caprica” co-creator and executive producer, said on the panel that he “firmly believes” it will. That decision will be made in coming weeks by Syfy executives.

One last tidbit related to the “Battlestar” world: Taylor is also developing a potential Syfy pilot for Scott Stuber’s Stuber Productions. It’s tentatively called “The Watchers,” and it deals in the kind of contemporary social and political issues that “Battlestar” frequently explored.

It’s set in the world of corporate espionage, and the characters at the center of the drama worry about the power they’ve been given to spy on the lives of ordinary citizens — yet having such power also allows them to do good as well.

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massivebodybuilder wrote:

This has more detailed info….

“Blood & Chrome” would consist of nine or 10 episodes of nine or 10 minutes each,….

Must be a Galactica series for the attention deficitly impared set. 😛

[Solarian, aka LordDaroth]

Frak no, stop it already!

BSG is over!

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When are you going to learn anything that makes a network money is never over until they’ve wrung every cent they can from a series while running it into the ground and destroying what made the show so great in the process? 😛

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We saw how the Battlestar Galactica saga ended, and now with Caprica, we’re seeing how it began. But what about that part in the middle, when Cmdr. William Adama was only a rookie Viper pilot during the first Cylon war? Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome, a new two-hour pilot from Syfy, is about to take us there.

Here’s Syfy’s official press release:

SYFY GREENLIGHTS BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: BLOOD & CHROME 2-Hour Pilot Chronicles Young William Adama’s Adventures in First Cylon War

New York, NY – October 22, 2010 – Syfy is readying an exciting all-new chapter in the Battlestar Galactica saga with a greenlight for Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome from Executive Producer David Eick, it was announced today by Mark Stern, Executive Vice President of Original Programming, Syfy and Co-Head of Content for Universal Cable Productions. Universal Cable Productions will produce the 2-hour pilot with Syfy utilizing cutting edge CGI and virtual technology.

Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome takes place in the 10th year of the first Cylon war. As the battle between humans and their creation, a sentient robotic race, rages across the 12 colonial worlds, a brash rookie viper pilot enters the fray. Ensign William Adama, barely in his 20’s and a recent Academy graduate, finds himself assigned to the newest battlestar in the Colonial fleet… the Galactica. The talented but hot-headed risk-taker soon finds himself leading a dangerous top secret mission that, if successful, will turn the tide of the decade long war in favor of the desperate fleet.

“The ‘Galactica’ universe as re-imagined by Ron Moore and David Eick is rich with possibilities and backstory,” said Mark Stern. “We jumped at the chance to revisit the William Adama character and explore this exciting chapter in the BSG narrative which falls between the events of the original series and the prequel, ‘Caprica,’ currently airing on Syfy.”

“While maintaining the themes of politics, social propaganda, and the timeless question: what does it mean to be human? – ‘Blood & Chrome’ will also return us to the authentic, relentless depiction of combat and the agony and ecstasy of human-Cylon war, which was the hallmark of ‘Battlestar Galactica’s’ early seasons,” said David Eick.

Michael Taylor wrote the teleplay from a story by Eick, Taylor and Bradley Thompson & David Weddle.

http://blastr.com/2010/10/battlestar-galactica-preq.php

[Solarian, aka LordDaroth]

FlakBait wrote:Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome, a new two-hour pilot from Syfy

For crying out loud, NO! In the name of everything saint, please NO!

Just let it Rest In Peace, for Gods dammit!

AAAAAAARGGHERHTGHGRGHGH

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i have the same thought also, just make it stop, please god please make it stop

Solarian, aka LordDaroth wrote:

FlakBait wrote:Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome, a new two-hour pilot from Syfy

For crying out loud, NO! In the name of everything saint, please NO!

Just let it Rest In Peace, for Gods dammit!

AAAAAAARGGHERHTGHGRGHGH

[BlackKusanagi]

Lmfao…it sounds like Spartacus : Blood and Sand. XD

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We’ve got an EXCLUSIVE look at the first four concept images from Syfy’s upcoming two-hour pilot movie for Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome. The movie focuses on the adventures of a young William Adama during the 10th year of the first Cylon war.

According to an earlier press release, here’s what we have to look forward to:

“Ensign William Adama, barely in his 20’s and a recent Academy graduate, finds himself assigned to the newest battlestar in the Colonial fleet … the Galactica. The talented but hot-headed risk-taker soon finds himself leading a dangerous top secret mission that, if successful, will turn the tide of the decade long war in favor of the desperate fleet.”

Remember—these are concept images, so the scenes they represent may or may not make it into the final cut of the movie, but they definitely show some interesting directions being considered for what executive producer David Eick calls an “authentic, relentless depiction of combat and the agony and ecstasy of human-Cylon war, which was the hallmark of Battlestar Galactica’s early seasons.”

We’re definitely hoping the Cylon snake (we’re told it’s called a “Cython”) makes the cut.

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