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Posts with tag: battlestar-galactica | Return to FantasySFBlog.com Homepage Wild Rumor of the Day: Justin Timberlake Will Star in New Battlestar Galactica Movie  JustJared.com reports that Justin Timberlake just had lunch with Bryan Singer, who is going to direct and produce the film version of Battlestar Galactica. Jared thinks that Justin may get a part in the film, which is just mind-boggling. But hey, why stop there? How about Lady Gaga as a Cylon, Beyonce as Commander Adama (in a bit of gender bending) and Britney Spears as the new Starbuck? It's Hollywood. It could happen. (Photo: Screenshot from Justin Timberlake's new Givenchy fragrance ad) Posted on August 14, 2009 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | Variety reports that Bryan Singer will direct a feature film version of Battlestar Galactica. Battlestar_fleming Singer has long been intrigued with "Battlestar Galactica" and flirted with relaunching it into a TV series right after he directed the original "X-Men." Back in 2001 I wrote about his plan, which involved teaming with Tom DeSanto to exec produce the series. Singer planned to direct the pilot of the new version of a series that originally launched on ABC in 1978 and ran two seasons. Here is what he said at the time, comments that certainly proved prescient:So if the film is a "complete reimagination" does that mean that all the actors will be recast and the storyline will be completely different? Didn't we just finish watching the entire Battlestar Galactica story on Syfy? Why is there going to be a feature film so soon after the show ended, if it's totally different? It's all most puzzling. Variety says the film is on the fast track and that Singer is getting paid $10 million to do it. Posted on August 13, 2009 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | Caprica Sneak Peek Here's a sneak peek look at the upcoming Caprica series from the Sci Fi Channel. The Caprica series is a prequel to the current Battlestar Galactica series. It's set fifty year earlier than BSG and will explain how humans first created the Cyclons. Posted on March 3, 2009 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | 
 EW.com reports that the SciFi Channel is planning a Battlestar Galactica prequel series called Caprica that will debut in 2010. The events in Caprica take place fifty years before the events in BSG.
The show is set 50 years before BSG and follows the lives of two rival families--the Graystones and the Adamas. That's right. We'll be following along with Admiral Bill Adama's father, Joseph, a civil liberties lawyer played by Esai Morales. At the start of the series, New Adama's got a real problem with the experiments being run by the head of the Graystone family, played by Eric Stoltz. That would be the same family whose computer company is developing some living robots called Cylons. Ever heard of 'em?Watching the early-stage robots and AI develop into the toasters could be interesting. You can see a trailer here on SciFi.com. Posted on December 9, 2008 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | Katee Sackhoff Talks About Battlestar Galactica Final Episodes The last ten episodes of Battlestar Galactica will air in 2009. Katee Sackhoff talks about what fans can expect to see in the final chapter of the Battlestar saga. Katee Sackhoff says "it's a good solid ending." BuddyTV also has a post about what was revealed about the final episodes that will air in 2009 at Comic-Con. There are also details here about a Battlestar Galactica movie directed by Edward James Olmos that will air on Sci Fi after the tv series ends. Posted on August 7, 2008 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | 
Salon has an in-depth primer about Battlestar Galactica which is quite interesting. There is a complete summary of the show so far, character descriptions and a list of nagging questions. Here's an answer to our most nagging question: who is the final Cylon? Ronald Moore has promised he'll reveal the identity of the final Cylon before the end of the series. But here's what we know so far:How could the final Cylon not be a character that we know? Wouldn't that be sort of anti-climactic? In an interview Edward James Olmos joked that it was in his contract that he wouldn't be a Cylon. It can't be Adama, because that would just be ridiculous. Right??? Posted on April 7, 2008 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | Battlestar Galactica Premieres Early Online  Battlestar Galactica returns to television this Friday, April 4, 2008. But the producers are doing something a little different this time. Fans who just can't wait until the evening can watch the premiere online at SciFi.com starting at 12:00 p.m. Eastern time on Friday. Just tell your boss you have an important conference call to make from 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. on Friday and close the door. Oh, and you might want to use earphones so that the robust sounds of an intense space battle don't blast all over your office. (Oh, and for frak's sake please don't write in to tell us that there is no sound in space because of the vacuum. We know -- and we don't care.) Posted on April 2, 2008 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | Battlestar Galactica Top Ten Here are the Top Ten Reasons to watch the new season of Battlestar Galactica from The Late Show with David Letterman. Posted on March 22, 2008 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | Ten stars of Battlestar Galactica will descend upon the David Letterman show to present a Top Ten List on March 19th. They include Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell, Katee Sackhoff, Jamie Bamber, James Callis, Tricia Helfer, Grace Park, Michael Hogan, Aaron Douglas and Lucy Lawless. The show airs at 11:35 p.m. ET/PT.We can't wait to see how the writers wrap up the series, although we admit we are a bit wary of they "getting to Earth" storyline that's been hinted at. Who is the missing Fifth Cylon? What do the Final Five want? Ron Moore says that the Final Five are "fundamentally different" than other Cylons, which is not terribly helpful. Posted on March 13, 2008 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | Battlestar Galactica Fans Picket For WGA The filkers were out in force, providing peppy musical accompaniment at the Writers' Strike picket line. Battlestar Galactica fans who were in town for a convention also joined the writers. In this short video, we see BSG creator Ron Moore and SF legend Harlan Ellison talk about the strike. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! Posted on November 22, 2007 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | Ron Moore Talks Writers' Strike, Razor  Ron D. Moore, head writer/executive producer and creator of Battlestar Galactica has started a
blog in which he talks about the writers' strike issues.
A quick update on the strike: the BSG writing staff has been on the picket lines for two weeks now and morale is pretty high. We're at the Barham gate to Universal Studios on the morning shift M-F this week (6:00 am to 10:00 am) and we’re getting a lot of response from passing cars -- lotta honking, sorry those of you living at Oakwood apts.He also talks about the upcoming tv movie Razor: Instead of the customary podcast commentary for next week's showing of "Razor," there will be a recording I made of the original break session where the writers first pitched me the story. The podcast was recorded at my house with the entire writing staff, minus Mrs. Ron, who opted not to know anything about the story until it was completed. A separate commentary track will be available on the DVD version that Michael Taylor and I recorded in the studio. (Don't worry, I brought along the obligatory bottle of scotch.)Razor airs Saturday November 24th at 9 p.m. Eastern/8:00 p.m. Central time on the Sci-Fi Channel. We can't wait. Posted on November 16, 2007 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | The New Battlestar Galactica Teaser is Here Here is the teaser for the 2008 season of Battlestar Galactica. It looks fantastic and Katee Sackhoff is definitely back. And speaking of Katee, we just lover her on The Bionic Woman. In fact, we don't understand why she wasn't cast in the lead. She has more charisma than Michelle Ryan. Well, she does. Posted on October 18, 2007 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | Battlestar Galactica to Live On in Comics Battlestar Galactica will live on in comics after the upcoming final television season. Dynamite Entertainment's Battlestar Galactica Season Zero will be released this month. The six issue comic will rewind to two years before the Cylon attack on Caprica and fill in some of the details leading up to the fateful war.Battlestar Galactica returns for its fourth and final season in January, 2008. And the writers had better be up to the task -- what with Starbuck showing back up in the season finale and the odd assortment of characters that were revealed to be Cylons. It'll either be totally awesome or total jump the shark time. We hope it will be amazing. It's odd how much more likable the Cylons have become over time. Let's face it, the Cylons have the cooler ship, cooler technology and they are really quite interesting -- in a homicidal, sociopathic kind of way. And another thing: if the writers don't stop those endless "we're poor and out of food and medicine and/or the miners are revolting" storylines, we're going to need tranquilizers. Posted on August 22, 2007 Permalink | Subscribe | | | Comments (View) | |
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