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SCI FI Orders 20 Hours of Caprica
December 2, 2008
 Now that fans have had time
to digest the impending series end of Battlestar
Galactica, SCI FI has given a 20 episode order
to the BSG spin-off Caprica, which is slated
to hit the airwaves in 2010 with a two-hour
pilot. The Caprica storylines will take place
50 years before Battlestar Galactica, as the
Graystone and Adama families compete and live
within the 12 Colonies, which will be relatable
to today's current sociopolitical landscape.
What fans should be drawn to is the fact that
Caprica will be set at the very time when the
mechanically advanced, artificial Intelligent
driven Cylons were created.
Starring Esai Morales in the role of civil liberties lawyer Joseph Adama, father of renowned BSG commander William Adama - to be played by Sina Najafi - a protest movement arises within Caprica that pits the elder Adama against the Graystone family - headed by actor Eric Stoltz - which is backing the push to create the Cylons.
Although Battlestar Galactica is fading into the sunset, Caprica is heading back in time to educate fans on how everything came to be in the ongoing clash between humans and Cylons and the fight to save the human race.
Thanks to our friends at SCI FI, here's a look at the official SCI FI press release, with thoughts from SCI President David Howe and Mark Stern, Executive Vice President, Original Programming.
NEW YORK, NY - December 2, 2008 - SCI FI Channel
has greenlit production on the new original
series Caprica, ordering 20 hours of the drama
including the two-hour pilot, it was announced
today by Dave Howe, President, SCI FI. Caprica
is the prequel to SCI FI's hit original series
Battlestar Galactica and stars Eric Stoltz (Milk,
Chicago Hope), Esai Morales (Jericho, NYPD Blue),
Paula Malcomson (Deadwood, ER) and Golden Globe
nominee Polly Walker (Cane, Rome).
Set 50 years before Battlestar Galactica, Caprica
follows two rival families - the Graystones
and the Adamas - as they grow, compete, and
thrive in the vibrant world of the 12 Colonies,
a society recognizably close to our own. Enmeshed
in the burgeoning technology of artificial intelligence
and robotics that will eventually lead to the
creation of the Cylons, the two houses go toe-to-toe
blending action with corporate conspiracy and
sexual politics. Caprica will deliver all of
the passion, intrigue, political backbiting
and family conflict in television's first science
fiction family saga. Production on the series
is slated to begin summer '09 in Vancouver for
a 2010 premiere. Jeffrey Reiner (Friday Night
Lights) directed the pilot.
 "Caprica
will build on Battlestar Galactica's acclaimed
legacy of gripping drama and extraordinary characters,"
says Dave Howe in making the announcement. "It's
the beginning of a brand new epic saga that
will appeal to both new viewers, totally unfamiliar
with the Battlestar franchise, as well as existing
loyal and passionate Battlestar fans."
"Ron, David and Remi have created an amazing
series with thought-provoking storytelling that
deals with a world very similar to our own.
It's definitely not as dark as Battlestar, but
like that show, this series has smart, dimensional
characters who grapple with issues of love,
sex and politics from a world in transition,"
says Mark Stern, Executive Vice President, Original
Programming for SCI FI & Co-Head Original Content,
Universal Cable Productions.
As the series begins, a startling development
is about to occur - the creation of the first
cybernetic life-form node or "Cylon" - the ability
to marry artificial intelligence with mechanical
bodies. Joseph Adama (Esai Morales) - father
of future Battlestar commander William Adama
(Sina Najafi) - a renowned civil liberties lawyer,
becomes an opponent of the experiments undertaken
by the Graystones (Eric Stoltz), owners of a
large computer corporation that is spearheading
the development of these living robots: the
Cylons.
-- Larson Hill
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