Syfy have announced they will return to the Battlestar
Galactica universe for their next possible series, Battlestar
Galactica: Blood & Chrome. Set in the tenth year of the first
Cylon war, the prequel centers around hotshot rookie pilot William Adama [played by Edward James Olmos in the parent series].
Adama is assigned to the
newest battlestar in the Colonial fleet: the Galactica. The order is for a two hour pilot from a teleplay by
Michael Taylor, one of the key voices on Battlestar after season
three. David Eick will executive produce. The name of Ronald D.
Moore, the man who developed the Battlestar re-imagining with Eick, is
notably absent from the crew list. He is likely busy with Syfy’s other Battlestar
prequel Caprica. The Official press release:
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. 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 SyFy’s 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 Eick. Michael Taylor wrote the teleplay from
a story by Eick, Taylor and Bradley Thompson & David Weddle.
via:Collider.