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The fans behind the recently updated series "Battlestar Galactica" won't have just "Caprica" to tide them over in the near future. Syfy has officially announced their plans for a new prequel series titled "Blood & Chrome", which will deal directly with the Cylon Wars. Check out the press release below and sound off with your thoughts on the next BSG adventure.
Syfy has given the greenlight to "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.
Without watching BSG you can easily follow Caprica. However, you need to watch it from episode one or you will get lost. Also, watching a DVD set or online will probably make the show better as it is more drama than action and people complained about the slow start.
With a planned two hour pilot in the pipeline, some casting news has surfaced about the new Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome series. Via Entertainment Weekly and confirmed by SyFy, Luke Pasqualino has been tapped to play the recently graduated cadet of William Adama, who we recently saw at the end of the series Caprica. Also added is that of Ben Cotton who will be playing the as of yet unnamed commanding officer that Adama serves under. Pasqualino is best known at this point for his role on the UK version of Skins while Cotton has credits such as Hellcats, Riese, Caprica, Stargate: Atlantis and Harper's Island.
SyFy has this to say about what the characters will be like:
Pasqualino will star as the young, talented fighter pilot William Adama, a recent Academy graduate who finds himself assigned to the newest Battlestar in the Colonial fleet: the Galactica. Full of ambition and in pursuit of the intense action that the Cylon war promises, Adama quickly finds himself at odds with Coker (Cotton), the battle-weary officer to whom he reports. With 45 days left in his tour of duty, Coker desires an end to battle just as much as Adama craves the start of it. Though they clash at first, the two men forge an unlikely bond when a routine mission turns dangerous and becomes a pivotal one for the desperate fleet.
Back when the plug was pulled on Battlestar Galactica prequel Caprica, there was the solace for BSG fans of a new series in development. This, too, would be set before the days of Battlestar Galactica, would be entitled Blood & Chrome, and would apparently be a bit more action-packed than Caprica. That’s, presumably, partly in response to the fact that one of the key criticisms of Caprica was that it was too dense, too concerned with backstory, and that not enough happened (as it turned out, not an entirely fair criticism).
Blood & Chrome was first announced as a web series, back in the summer of 2010. That was at a point when Caprica was still live and kicking. The original plan was to make nine or ten episodes, of ten minutes each in length, to premiere online. The focus of Blood & Chrome would be on a young William Adama, and his adventures during the first Cylon War.
Michael Taylor, co-executive producer on the remodelled Battlestar Galactica television series, was hired to write scripts for Blood & Chrome, and the idea was to shoot the episodes using virtual sets, based on the long-dismantled BSG sets that were digitally scanned before being taken apart. “We’re not going to be shying away from R-rated blood and guts and sex”, Taylor told the Chicago Tribune at the time.
Fast forward to October of 2010, and the news got better. Not only was Blood & Chrome pressing ahead, but Syfy had now ordered a full TV movie pilot off the back of the script work that Taylor had undertaken. There was a fairly strong hint, too, that a brand new spin-off television series might follow.
The announcement that Caprica was cancelled came in the same month, but that didn’t seem to dampen Syfy’s enthusiasm for Blood & Chrome. If anything, it might have contributed to the decision to upgrade it to TV. It’s hardly going out on a limb to suggest that Syfy would have liked Caprica to run for several years, and to replicate the success of BSG, but if that wasn’t going to happen, then perhaps Blood & Chrome would be a safer bet.
The pilot for Blood & Chrome, then, went before the cameras earlier this year. Filming began on the two-hour pilot in February 2011, and it’s fairly safe to assume that it was in the can a few weeks afterwards. Appreciating that there would be some sizeable post-production work, Blood & Chrome’s TV movie should, realistically, have been finished by now, or as near as dammit.
So where is it, and what’s happened? As it turns out, those are good questions.
The basics first. We’ve yet to hear that Syfy has scheduled Blood & Chrome for airing, nor have we caught word of preview screening reports. As things stand, we couldn’t tell you when to expect to see it.
However, back in August, AOL TV reported that Syfy, having viewed an early cut of the TV movie (albeit one without most of the visual effects in place), was now considering reverting the show back to a web series.
Unsurprisingly, this hasn’t been viewed as a good sign. Appreciating that the plan seemed to be to treat the TV movie as a pilot of sorts, that does of course mean that – as with many pilots – there’s no guarantee that it will be screened. But it’s discouraging that it appears to be giving Syfy cold feet.
The AOL report quotes Mark Stern, Syfy’s executive vice president of original programming, as saying that there was still the possibility that Blood & Chrome might be aired as a ‘backdoor pilot’, but conclusions drawn from the piece were not generally that positive.
Since then? Pretty much radio silence.
The most recent report came from Airlock Alpha last week, which itself commented on the fact that the show hadn’t appeared. Noting the official line that the show “has been hampered by post-production problems”, it casts doubt on that. So much so that it’s spoken to Doug Drexler, who is doing effects work on the show, and the site reports that the “special effects for Blood & Chrome are not only done, but they look amazing”.
And yet the show is still firmly off the radar.
The suspicion is that, for one reason or another, Syfy is reluctant to proceed. This may be down to quality or budget reasons, although given the criticisms aimed at the reality-slant of Syfy’s original programming mix, it may simply be that the show doesn’t fit the direction of the channel any more. That’s idle speculation on our part, certainly, but there’s little sign of Blood & Chrome seeing the light of day in the immediate future.
Perhaps we’ll hear more about it in 2012. But you have to wonder: are BSG’s days on the small screen numbered? At least until the Bryan Singer-directed movie presses ahead?
On March 21, 2012, the teaser trailer for Blood & Chrome was released on the web. It's not there anymore. Why?
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It seems the pilot for "Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome" is all that it will be, at least for the Syfy network. A day after the trailer---shown off at last weekend's WonderCon---made its way online, Deadline is reporting that the cable network has decided not to order a full series. It was originally conceived as a possible webseries so that's a route that producers may take with the program.
Here's what Syfy's Mark Stern had to say on the subject:
“We are actively pursuing it as was originally intended: a groundbreaking digital series that will launch to audiences beyond the scope of a television screen. The 90-minute pilot movie will air on Syfy in its entirety at a future date. Our enthusiasm for this ambitious project has not waned.”
So it won't air on the network but could live on in the digital webisode format.
The movie will star Luke Pasqualino, Ben Cotton, Lili Bordan, Jill Teed, Leo Li Chiang, Adrian Holmes, Carmen Moore, Mike Dopud and Karen LeBlanc. Producers Michael Taylor and David Eick ran the production and contributed on the first screenplay alongside fellow writer David Weddle while Jonas Pate sat in the director's chair.
Plot Concept: The story takes place in the 10th year of the first Cylon war. As the battle between humans and their creation, the sentient robotic Cylons, rages across the 12 colonial worlds, a young, talented fighter pilot, William Adama (Luke Pasqualino), finds himself assigned to one of the most powerful Battlestars in the Colonial fleet: the Galactica. Full of ambition and in pursuit of the intense action that the Cylon war promises, Adama quickly find himself at odds with Coker (Ben Cotton), the battle-weary officer to whom he reports. With 47 days left in his tour of duty, Coker desires an end to battle just as much as Adama craves the start of it. Though they clash at first, the two men forge an unlikely bond when a routine mission turns dangerous and becomes a pivotal one for the desperate fleet.
They aren't even putting my shows on the air before the cancel them now!!!
Awww... that's disappointing, I was looking forward to this show! How would webisodes actually work if the show isn't on TV? Would you have to pay to watch each episode as I'm guessing the money brought it through ad revenue is severely lower if you're not on TV? I know of several shows that had complimentary webisodes to go along with the main show that was on TV but I've never watched a show that was web exclusive before...
Usually webisodes are shorter than a TV show, but they usually put up an episode a week or so. You would just go on the site and watch it like you would say a YouTube video.
This week Machinima Prime will premiere Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome. In February of next year Universal Studios will release all 10 chapters on Blu-ray and DVD. Here is the official press release from Universal.
Press Release
From Universal Cable Productions and the award-winning producing team of the critically acclaimed series “Battlestar Galactica” comes the all-new Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome Unrated Edition. The new spin-off film is packed with spectacular visual effects and cutting edge CGI and stars Luke Pasqualino (“The Borgias”) as a young Captain William Adama in the hard-hitting tale of the first Cylon war. Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome will be available on Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD, On Demand and Digital Download on February 19, 2013. Fans will first be able to view Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome when it premieres exclusively on Machinima’s premium channel, Machinima Prime (http://www.youtube.com/MachinimaPrime), beginning November 9, 2012. It will be presented as 10 episode chapters set to run through February 2013 and be followed by a two-hour movie premiere on Syfy. A special never-before-seen unrated version of this explosive broadcast event will then be available on Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD and Digital Download. An all-new chapter in the “Battlestar Galactica” saga, Blood & Chrome takes place in the midst of the first Cylon war. As the battle between humans and their creation, the sentient robotic Cylons, rages across the 12 colonial worlds, a young, talented fighter pilot, William Adama, finds himself assigned to one of the most powerful battlestars in the Colonial fleet: the Galactica. Though Adama quickly finds himself at odds with his co-pilot, the battle weary officer Coker (Ben Cotton, “Alcatraz”), the two men must set their differences aside when a routine escort mission with an enigmatic passenger (Lili Bordán, “Silent Witness”) turns dangerous and becomes a pivotal one for the desperate fleet. The Blu-ray Combo Pack allows consumers to watch Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome Unrated Edition anytime, anywhere on the platform of their choice. It includes a Blu-ray disc, a DVD, a Digital Copy, and UltraViolet for the ultimate, complete viewing experience.
Blu-ray disc unleashes the power of your HDTV and is the best way to watch movies at home, featuring perfect hi-def picture and perfect hi-def sound. DVD offers the flexibility and convenience of playing the movie in more places, both at home and while away.
Digital Copy provides consumers with a choice of formats from a variety of partners, including options to watch on iPhone, iPad, Android, computers and more.
UltraViolet is the revolutionary way for consumers to collect their movies and TV shows in the cloud. UltraViolet lets consumers instantly stream and download to tablets, smartphones, computers and TVs. Now available in both the United States and Canada. Blu-ray Combo Pack Exclusive Features: Seven Additional Deleted Scenes
Blu-ray and DVD Features: Six Deleted Scenes and Behind the Scenes