Caprica

From io9: "When the Battlestar Galactica prequel Caprica hired Desperate Housewives veteran Kevin Murphy as a producer last month, we hoped for the best. But now Murphy is reportedly replacing BSG's Jane Espenson as Caprica's showrunner. Espenson tells io9: I'm still at Caprica. Running the room was very intensive and took a lot of time away from actually writing this amazing ambitious show. I missed the writing more than I expected and this was my decision to concentrate on that as we put together the big end of season one. Kevin is extremely smart and talented and brings fresh eyes and fresh energy to the project — we're so lucky to have him!" - Mark Trapp from Bookmarklet

From the Watcher: "The series will premiere with a two-hour pilot that is already available as a standalone DVD. Eight additional hours of "Caprica" will air through March. Then the show will take a break and the remaining nine hours of "Caprica's" first season will air some time in the second half of 2010. If you've done the math in the previous paragraph, you've realized that "Caprica's" episode order has been reduced by one hour. Syfy had originally commissioned a total of 20 hours for Season 1, but the show, which is currently in production on the last third of the season in Vancouver, will now consist of 19 hours." - Mark Trapp from Bookmarklet

"Stern said that the decision to reduce the episode order was made in consultation with the show's creative team and was driven purely by financial considerations. Quite simply, "Caprica" turned out to be more expensive than the network thought it would be, he said. The episode reduction was part of an effort to make those 19 hours as good as they could be without sacrificing the... more... - Mark Trapp

From James Hibberd's the Live Feed: ""Sexy" isn't the word that likely comes to mind when you think of Syfy's "Battlestar Galactica" prequel ... but this poster sure tries to fix that. Below is the just-released key art for the show." - Mark Trapp from Bookmarklet

From Gizmodo: "Giz reader Gary Katz has definitely fixed his iMac-o'-lantern error with this wonderful and even dorkierer iMac Cylon Mask. It uses an old lamp iMac base and Larson Scan Kit, like the one used in the Cylon Pumpkin." - Mark Trapp from Bookmarklet

The tinfoil hat for the elitist Apple fanboy. - ...

From io9: "Here's your exclusive first look at six draft posters for Caprica, Syfy's Battlestar Galactica prequel series. Syfy has been testing out these posters, to see if people are more excited about the show's soap-opera elements or its weird-science ones. A tipster (who fit into a key demographic that Syfy is looking for) took part in a survey in which he/she was asked about Syfy's programming — and because he/she expressed a lack of interest in paranormal reality shows, the questioning shifted onto Caprica, Syfy's big show premiering in 2010. The survey showed our source these six posters, and tried to suss out which of the posters resonated the most positively." - Mark Trapp

this reminds me that i really miss Karim... - edythe

I love Eric Stoltz so I may need to check this out. - Spidra Webster

Via TVByTheNumbers: "Syfy is launching the first phase of its innovative national marketing campaign behind the highly anticipated January 22, 2010, premiere of Caprica with screenings at the prestigious San Diego, Woodstock and Austin Film Festivals." - Mark Trapp from Bookmarklet

Caprica Film Festival Screenings: • San Diego Film Festival on Saturday, September 26. • At Woodstock Film Festival, celebrating its 10th anniversary, Friday, October 2, and Sunday, October 4. • Caprica Producer/Director Jeffrey Reiner and star Esai Morales will attend the Austin Film Festival Saturday, October 24 screening as well as participate on panels. - Mark Trapp

From io9: "Is the Battlestar Galactica spin-off Caprica in trouble? One site reported over the weekend that the show is shutting down production due to concerns about the scripts — similar to what happened to the V reboot. CinemaSpy asked whether Caprica was on the brink of cancellation, citing a "100 percent accurate" source: A trusted industry insider informed CinemaSpy on Saturday that production faces suspension on Caprica due to serious script problems/shortfalls, and that the future of the series may well be in jeopardy. From what we've been told, the producers haven't been altogether happy with the caliber of the stories." - Mark Trapp from Bookmarklet

I hope not - Ned Garcia-Mathews from iPod

From /Film: "The AV Club has a brilliant and rather long interview with Patton Oswalt this week, to celebrate the comic’s new CD/DVD My Weakness is Strong. (Which is worth celebrating; it’s a great set.) The interview is worth your time if you have any interest in Oswalt and the art of stand-up comedy in general, but it also has a good tidbit of info that expands what we know about his role on the Battlestar Galactica spin-off Caprica." - Mark Trapp from Bookmarklet

From Michael Ausiello: "Caprica exec producer Jane Espenson is using her powers as a charter member of the Whedonverse for good. Sources confirm to me exclusively that Buffy all-star James Marsters is joining the Battlestar Galactica prequel for a sizable arc. Marsters will play a dangerous terrorist leader by the name of Barnabus Greeley in a minimum of three episodes. Driven by desires both moralistic and carnal, Barnabus is as lethal as he is unpredictable. And no ones does lethal and unpredictable better than Marsters." - Mark Trapp from Bookmarklet

From io9: "Fan-turned-comedian Patton Oswalt is living the dream: He's joining the cast of Caprica as a Jon Stewart-esque late night host who puts Daniel Graystone (Eric Stoltz) and his wife Amanda (Paula Malcomson) under the lens. Oswalt is taking on the role of Baxter Sarno, a comic in the city of Caprica who also hosts his own, very popular talk show." - Mark Trapp from Bookmarklet

From /Film: "This morning Battlestar Galactica producers David Eick and Ronald D. Moore gathered with several cast members and writer Jane Espenson to discuss the upcoming BSG film, The Plan, and the new TV series Caprica. Edward James Olmos, who directed The Plan, was on hand, and he was also joined by Esai Morales and Grace Park. Unfortunately, we didn’t see much new footage (aside from a short teaser for The Plan). Still, it was nice to see just how much everyone involved continued to love working in the BSG universe. Since the Q&A was fairly disjointed, I’m just going to run down some of the juicier news bits:" - Mark Trapp from Bookmarklet

From io9: "Battlestar Galactica's prequel series, Caprica, may be about the origins of the Cylon killer robots, but a lot of its storylines will deal with battles between the twelve colonies... which may actually heat up into full-on interstellar combat. Spoilers below." - Mark Trapp from Bookmarklet

Caprica is so promising, I loved the pilot - mario ℒ maroi

From io9: "How thick will the stew of terrorists, gangsters and cyber-freaks get in the Battlestar Galactica prequel series Caprica? Judging from some new script pages, the pilot was just the beginning of the ethical quandaries and tangled alliances. Major spoilers below..." - Mark Trapp from Bookmarklet

From io9: "We're much closer than you think to the reality of a "mindclone" — a computer with the mental capacity of the human mind — says the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies' Martine Rothblatt. We're "close enough to feel the bits and bytes of cyberbreath on our cheeks." Ooh, spooky. Apart from the obvious question — what is cyberbreath, and don't they make a cyber-mouthwash for that? — I have to admit I'm a bit skeptical of Rothblatt's gung ho predictions. For one thing, she quotes Ray "Unlimited Rice Pudding" Kurzweil. For another, I'm not sure her understanding of Moore's law is quite rock solid." - Mark Trapp from Bookmarklet

.. yea and all news like that comes out after a Battlestar season finele... Terminator Salvation.. and so on .. however nice article :) - CantorJF

"Reading about that remark, I'm now dying to see Aubuchon's original pitch for Caprica, before the Adama family and the other BSG continuity baggage got shoe-horned in. If you watch the pilot, it's pretty obvious the Adama clan doesn't fit - the storyline makes a lot more sense if you take them out. In the pilot, Zoe Graystone dies in a terrorist bombing, but it turns out she found a way to scan her brain and create a virtual avatar with all her memories. And then her grieving dad strives to load that avatar into a robot body, inadvertently helping to create a super-weapon. It has a certain elegance, no? Until you shoehorn in the idea that Joseph Adama's daughter could also be restored to life, based on her Facebook page and whatever other info Google can dig up. Adding the BSG elements basically transforms this story into a giant "WTF"." - Mark Trapp from Bookmarklet

indeed - Amber, Random Time Lord

From Joystiq: "Battlestar Galactica and gaming culture seem to go together like carrots, celery and onion (what, mirepoix too fancy for ya?). And so it's with little shock that we bring you the screen you see above from the upcoming Battlestar Galactica spin-off series, Caprica, captured by a gracious Joystiq reader. Is that ... Cloud? Cloud Strife? It is! Well, sorta, kinda." - Mark Trapp

From /Film: "I honestly wasn’t expecting much from Caprica. All of the early information we’ve seen basically made it out to be a sci-fi-ish Dallas. And while that definition isn’t technically inaccurate, it’s also incredibly unfair. What’s most surprising about Caprica is how Ronald D. Moore, along with co-creator Remi Aubuchon, crafted a world that’s similar enough to BSG to appease fans, but is also something remarkably different. It gives me hope that any future projects in the BSG-verse could be similarly unique, and hopefully will help the franchise steer clear of any Star Trek-esque pitfalls. After viewing this pilot I can’t say that I’m in love with Caprica yet, but I am extremely interested to see where this story goes. " - Mark Trapp from Bookmarklet

Caprica is almost here, and the Battlestar Galactica prequel hinges not so much on the robot butler, as its troubled leading men Esai Morales and Eric Stolz. Watch as Esai portrays Joseph Adama waxing poetically. - Mark Trapp

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From io9: "You want to back up your brain and upload it to a cylon body, just the way they will in Battlestar Galactica spinoff Caprica. Luckily, brains in the Caprica universe are pretty small. Spoilers!" - Mark Trapp from Bookmarklet