Scifi Channel Gives Green Light To Galactica Prequel ‘Caprica’
December 2, 2008 by tcgames · Leave a Comment
SCI FI Channel has given a green light to Caprica, the much-anticipated prequel to its hit series Battlestar Galactica, Variety reported.
Caprica will star Eric Stoltz, Esai Morales, Paula Malcomson and Polly Walker and will be set 50 years prior to Battlestar’s attack on human civilization by the Cylons.
The family-drama-themed series will focus on the Earthlike planet of Caprica as two rival families deal with, among other topical issues, the broader implications of their society’s emerging artificial intelligence technology sector.
Caprica will be executive-produced by Battlestar’s Ronald D. Moore and David Eick, along with Remi Aubuchon (24). The pilot was co-written by Aubuchon and Moore and directed by Jeffrey Reiner.
SCI FI has already produced a two-hour backdoor pilot and is aiming to debut the show in early 2010, the trade paper reported.
Battlestar kicks off the second half of its fourth and final season at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Jan. 16, 2009, with the final 10 episodes culminating their run March 20. A two-hour movie adaptation, Battlestar Galactica: The Plan, is slated for early summer.
Source: Scifi Wire
Galactica Manga Coming In 2009 From Tokyopop
July 10, 2008 by tcgames · Leave a Comment
Tokyopop announced at Anime Expo that it will publish Battlestar Galactica: Echoes of New Caprica, in March of 2009. The OEL manga volume will be an anthology title with stories from a variety of writers and artists. Storylines will be built in close consultation with writers from the show, according to the announcement at the Tokyopop panel.
Dynamite has had the license for ongoing American-style Battlestar Galactica comic and trade paperback collections since 2005, which continue.
Source: icv2.com
Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game Due In October
June 17, 2008 by tcgames · Leave a Comment
Fantasy Flight Games has now pasted an October 2008 release date on Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game. Here’s a detailed description of the game from FFG:
After the Cylon attack on the Colonies, the battered remnants of the human race are on the run, constantly searching for the next signpost on the road to Earth. They face the threat of Cylon attack from without, and treachery and crisis from within. Humanity must work together if they are to have any hope of survival…but how can they, when any of them may, in fact, be a Cylon agent?
Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game is an exciting game of mistrust, intrigue, and the struggle for survival. Based on the epic and widely-acclaimed new Sci Fi Channel series, Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game puts players in the role of one of ten of their favorite characters from the show. Each playable character has their own abilities and weaknesses, and must all work together in order for humanity to have any hope of survival. However, one or more players in every game secretly side with the Cylons. Players must attempt to expose the traitor while fuel shortages, food contaminations, and political unrest threatens to tear the fleet apart.
The game includes 10 character cards, 32 highly-detailed plastic ships, high-quality card board tokens, hundreds of cards and a game board with resource counters. Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game is a semi- cooperative game for 3-6 players ages 10 and up that can be played in 2-3 hours.
This game, which retails for $39.95, has been added to Gone Cardboard.
