Archive for the 'Battlestar Galactica/Caprica' Category

Caprica Casts Joseph Adama

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

First they announced Paula Malcomson as the female lead on BSG prequel Caprica, and now Joseph Adama (father of Galactica admiral William Adama, and grandfather of Lee “Apollo” Adama) has a face.
According to SciFi Wire, Joseph Adama will be played by Esai Morales. His characer will be a:

“deeply passionate man with a strong sense […]

Caprica hires their lead

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

The Battlestar Galactica spin-off Caprica has announced their lead actress, according to io9:

Paula Malcomson, best known for her work as Trixie in Deadwood, will help bring the soap operatics to the “Dynasty in space” backdoor pilot.

Malcomson is playing a double agent, who is having an affair with her husband’s rival, and passes on secrets that […]

Ron Moore’s gets backdoor pilot, “Virtuality”

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

Ron Moore is a busy man. Not only with the final season of BSG wrapping up, and the coming spin-off “Caprica”, but now a new backdoor pilot for Fox. Hollywood Reporter has:

Fox has given the green light to “Virtuality,” a two-hour back-door pilot from “Battlestar Galactica” mastermind Ronald D. Moore.
The sci-fi project, […]

BSG’s Anders interview this Saturday

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

He came into the series as it hit big, but still made an impact himself. From athlete, to freedom fighter, to fighter pilot, to cylon. Actor Michael Trucco (Anders) will be interviewed on SliceOfSciFi this Saturday.

Michael Trucco, the man who stars as Samuel Anders — freedom/resistance fighter, reserve viper pilot, Starbuck’s husband and […]

Tricia Helfer’s career after Battlestar

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

Tricia Helfer is a integral part of the BSG success. She’s a talented actress who’s constantly given difficult situations to perform in. She’s now making plans for her post Galactica career as The Hollywood Reporter reports:

“Battlestar Galactica” co-star Tricia Helfer has inked a talent holding deal with Fox Broadcasting. Under the one-year […]

New Katee Sackhoff Interview

Sunday, April 6th, 2008

Fresh off a frak-tastic season premiere, Katee Sackhoff again sits down with Cort & Fatboy for an interview.
Download the interview here.
In the interview she discusses season 4, the finale and other experiences on BSG and “The Bionic Woman”. Much of it is experiences on set, and interactions with other cast members. Also, she […]

Tonight, the final BSG season begins

Friday, April 4th, 2008

As if you needed reminding, tonight SciFi begins the final season of “Battlestar Galactica”. I’m a huge fan of quitting while you are ahead, but it still feels that BSG is ending prematurely. Hopefully this season will eliminate that feeling and bring the series to a satisfactory close.
How will the fleet react to […]

Caprica casting info revealed

Friday, April 4th, 2008

With the final season of “Battlestar Gallactica” beginning tonight, we have information on the followup prequel, “Caprica”. TVSquad has exclusive information on casting for the show.

Anyone familiar with the details of the show knows that Caprica will center around two families, the Graystones and the Adamas, and the goings on leading up to the […]

Ted Mosby is the last Cylon?

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

Those who watched this weeks episode of “How I Met Your Mother” knows that Barney often uses his friend’s name, “Ted Mosby”, during his one night stands. On this past episode, one girl mentioned a website she created, TedMosbyIsAJerk.com. As usual, the site does really exist, and in the very long song that […]

BSG Week On Sci-Fi Channel

Monday, March 31st, 2008

Just a reminder that the “Battlestar Galactica” specials are re-airing this week on SciFi, along with most of the previous BSG episodes. All in preparation for this Friday, April 4th, final season premiere, “He That Beliveth In Me”. The TV Guide synopsis is:

Season 4 picks up where the third-season finale left off, with […]

Eick Brings Children of Men to TV

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

David Eick, writer/producer on Battlestar Galactica, and executive producer on the now defunct revival of Bionic Woman, has a new series in the works for SCI FI Channel - based on the P.D. James novel Children of Men.
Eick told SCI FI Wire that he’s got a pilot in the works based on the book that […]

BSG Hunk Joins Cast of Whedon’s Dollhouse

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

What could possibly be better than former Buffy castmembers on Joss Whedon’s new series, Dollhouse? Battlestar Galactica hunks being cast in key roles!
Breaking news from Michael Ausiello at TV Guide’s:

Whedon has tapped Galactica stud Tahmoh Penikett (aka Helo) to play Eliza Dushku’s “twisted romantic foil” in Dollhouse, a spokesperson for Twentieth Television confirms.
Penikett has […]

BSG Cast Makes Letterman Top 10

Friday, March 21st, 2008

With the final season of Battlestar Galactica looming on the horizon like a Cylon baseship, the cast of BSG made a recent appearance on Late Night With David Letterman.
Letterman’s Top Ten List for March 19th was titled the “Top Ten Reasons to Watch the New Season of Battlestar Galactica”. If you missed it, you […]

“Caprica” a go

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

There have been many rumors on the fate of the BSG prequel, “Caprica“. At the recent Sci Fi Channel upfronts, they announced the green-lighting of the project. MajorSpoilers has the info:

“Battlestar Galactica” is concluding its 3½-year run with 20 final episodes this year. Its “Caprica” prequel begins production in Vancouver in the spring. […]

What the Frak is Going On?

Friday, March 7th, 2008

It’s been a long time since regular season BSG was on the air. With the premiere in April upon us, you may want to catch up on the series before the final season starts. The Sci Fi Channel has an 8 minute video that lets us know “What the Frak is Going on“.
Click […]

BSG Will not be shortened

Friday, February 15th, 2008

The Writer’s Strike will not affect Battlestar Galactica, Chud reports:

The SciFi Channel has told Ron Moore that they want to complete the entire 22 episode season four order! The network will be giving Ron Moore, David Eick and their embarrassingly good writing staff a lot of hours to wrap up the show’s story without rushing […]

That Han Solo is one bad mother(Shut Yo Mouth!) OR Cussin in SF and comics.

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

Two interesting articles about the same thing (i.e. fake cussin’). On io9.com (aka “This was the shortest, cheapest URl we could get”) we get The Best Swear Words in SF.A big shout-out to the Browncoats, as Gorram does make the list as well as two pseudo “f words” from BSG and Farscape and Red Dwarf’s […]

Count them, 2 Galactica Specials in March

Friday, January 25th, 2008

Sci-Fi Channel is airing two Battlestar Galactica specials in March, throwing us a little bone while we wait for April. One is the standard recap episode, and the other is a look at fandom. BuddyTV has:

The two specials are entitled “Battlestar Galactica: Revisited” and “Battlestar Galactica: The Phenomenon.” The first will give […]

BSG Cylons Make Sexy Sci-fi List

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

Science fiction has never been hotter. In case you weren’t aware of, or in doubt of the sex appeal factor in sci-fi, a list of the sexiest extraterrestrials has been released.
In an EWeekly.com list entitled “Sexy Aliens: 17 Heavenly Bodies from Sci-Fi”, the Cylon ladies of Battlestar Galactica made the cut. EW writer […]

Season 4 Galactica Clips

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

As the new season gets closer, we inevitably get more and more information on what is coming up. IO9.com has some clips that were shown on Canadian TV show Hypaspace.
There are some spoilers in the videos, but not major. BSG has allot of pieces to pick up from the season 3 finale. […]