Battlestar Galacti-can! So say we all!

Peter Chattaway just posted these links at ArtsandFaith.com. Thanks, Peter! What great news to read before I call it a night!

Sounds like the strike might have helped Battlestar Galactica overall. Moore says he has a clearer vision for where the show is going.

It really is one of the greatest series — in film or television — ever made. I can’t wait to see where Adama and company take us next.

Sci Fi puts faith in ‘Believer’ comic

Sci Fi Channel has given the go-ahead to “Caprica,” a prequel of “Battlestar Galactica” in the form of a two-hour backdoor pilot, and has signed Rosario Dawson to develop “True Believer,” the pilot for a proposed series based on a comicbook she co-created. . . .

“Battlestar Galactica” is concluding its 3½-year run with 20 final episodes this year. Its “Caprica” prequel begins production in Vancouver in the spring. Ronald D. Moore and David Eick, the exec producers of “Galactica,” will join with Universal Media Studios to work on “Caprica.” Rene Aubuchon will co-write the “Caprica” pilot with Moore, and Jeff Reiner will direct it. Casting begins soon. . . .

Variety, March 18

Sci Fi unveils ‘Battlestar’ prequel

“Caprica,” which is set 50 years before the events in the departing “Battlestar,” will begin production in the spring. It hails from the “Battlestar” masterminds Ronald D. Moore and David Eick.
As for “Battlestar,” the series’ final-season premiere will debut online nine hours before it airs on TV. . . .
Hollywood Reporter, March 19

‘Battlestar’ to stick to the small screen

“Battlestar Galactica” isn’t headed the big-screen route as other sci-fi franchises have gone before.

“I think the series works best as an ensemble TV drama,” said Ronald D. Moore, an executive producer of the Sci Fi Channel hit that will end this year after four critically acclaimed seasons. “If it translated into a feature it would be a different animal.”

Moore said he’s been that route with “Star Trek” and found that the movies become focused on one or two characters with the rest of the show’s characters mostly fading into the background. . . .

Moore said that the remaining 20 episodes of “Battlestar” tie up most of the loose ends and a movie wouldn’t be required to further the storyline.

Although, he said, it wasn’t going to be all the loose ends. Moore said some would be ambiguous by design.

“Battlestar Galactica” was affected by the writers strike, shutting down production after the 11th episode. The writers had a working plan where the show would go, but Moore said plans changed following the strike. He said that, while walking the picket line, he started thinking about the show, and when the writers got back he guided them about a clearer vision for the show.

Hollywood Reporter, March 19