| Caprica | |
|---|---|
| Format | Science fiction, Drama |
| Created by | Remi Aubuchon, David Eick, Ronald D. Moore |
| Directed by | Jeffrey Reiner |
| Starring | Esai Morales, Eric Stoltz, Paula Malcolmson, Polly Walker |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Sci-Fi Channel |
| Original airing | Pre-production |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Battlestar Galactica |
| External links | |
| IMDb profile | |
Caprica is a proposed television series set in the fictional Battlestar Galactica universe. Drama is the specific mode of Fiction represented in Performance. Remi Aubuchon is an American Screenwriter. He is a respected theater director who trained under an American Film Institute Directors Fellowship but found himself David Eick (born 1968 is a producer best known as the producer of Battlestar Galactica (alongside Ronald D Ronald Dowl Moore (born 5 July 1964 in Chowchilla California) is a two-time Emmy Award -nominated American Screenwriter Esai Manuel Morales Morales began his pursuit of an acting career by attending the School of Performing Arts in Manhattan. Eric Cameron Stoltz (born September 30, 1961) is a Golden Globe-nominated American actor Paula Malcomson, is an Irish actress born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Polly Walker (born 19 May 1966 in Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK) The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Battlestar Galactica is an Emmy and Peabody Award -winning serial drama Television program created by Ronald D A television program (US television programme (UK or television show (U Battlestar Galactica is an Emmy and Peabody Award -winning serial drama Television program created by Ronald D
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Premise
Set on the fictional planet Caprica, approximately fifty to seventy years before the events depicted in the re-imagined series, Caprica is described as "television's first science fiction family saga. The Battlestar Galactica Science fiction franchise which began as a 1978 TV series, was "reimagined" in 2003 into a TV miniseries "[1]
Caprica shows the Twelve Colonies at peace and living in a society not unlike our own, when a startling breakthrough in robotics brings to life the age-old dream of marrying artificial intelligence with mechanical bodies. The Twelve Colonies of Man or Twelve Colonies of Kobol constitute the main human civilization in the original Battlestar Galactica Television series See also Robot Robotics is the science and technology of Robots and their design manufacture and application Joseph Adama – father of future Battlestar commander William Adama – a renowned civil liberties lawyer, becomes an opponent of the experiments undertaken by the Graystones, owners of the computer giant spearheading the development of these living robots: the Cylons. Military Personnel Zak Adama See also Zak Adama Played by Tobias Mehler, Clarke Hudson Battlestars are Capital ships from the Science fiction universe of Battlestar Galactica, depicted in the original Battlestar Admiral William "Bill" Adama is a fictional character portrayed by Edward James Olmos in the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica television series The Cylons are a fictional race of bio-mechanical beings appearing in the reimagined Battlestar Galactica television series
Plot Details
"The Graystones include father Daniel, a computer genius; mother Amanda, a brilliant surgeon and unfaithful wife; and their daughter, Zoe, who is martyred to her boyfriend's religious fanaticism – but not before she installs the rudimentary elements of her personality and DNA into a machine, creating a digital twin of herself, Zoe-A. After the human Zoe's death, Daniel uses these raw materials, some stolen technology and his own grief to cobble together 'a robotic version of his dead daughter. ' This robot version, known as Zoe-R, is a Cylonic Eve, the first of her kind. "[2]
According to Mark Stern, Sci-Fi Channel's Executive Vice President of Original Programming, the script for the two-hour pilot episode concluded with an explanation for how the name "Cylon" was coined. See also Pre-production Screenwriting A screenplay or script is a written plan authored by a Screenwriter, for a Film or Television A television pilot is a test episode of an intended Television series. [3] On September 20, 2007, Battlestar Galactica writer and producer Bradley Thompson revealed that Ron D. Events 451 - The Battle of Chalons takes place in North Eastern France. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Moore's script for Caprica has a character coin the term, saying, "A cybernetic life-form node, a Cylon. "[4]
Development
After a drawn-out pre-development cycle, on March 18, 2008, the Sci-Fi Channel announced that Caprica had been picked up as a two-hour backdoor pilot event, indicating a possible commitment to a series, contingent on ratings. A television pilot is a test episode of an intended Television series. [5][6]
NBC Universal Television Studio is developing the show, in conjunction with the executive producers of Battlestar Galactica (Ronald D. Moore and David Eick) and 24 writer Remi Aubuchon, who is writing the pilot, and is set to be the show runner. Universal Media Studios ( UMS, formerly NBC Universal Television Studio is the TV production arm of the NBC Universal Television Group. Ronald Dowl Moore (born 5 July 1964 in Chowchilla California) is a two-time Emmy Award -nominated American Screenwriter David Eick (born 1968 is a producer best known as the producer of Battlestar Galactica (alongside Ronald D 24 is an Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning American action Drama Television series. Remi Aubuchon is an American Screenwriter. He is a respected theater director who trained under an American Film Institute Directors Fellowship but found himself Show runner (alternatively showrunner) is a term used in the United States television industry referring to the person who is responsible for the day-to-day operation The pilot will be directed by Friday Night Lights veteran Jeffrey Reiner. Friday Night Lights is an Award-winning American serial Drama television series adapted by Peter Berg, Brian Grazer and
According to a statement by Ron Moore in the Season 3 Companion book, the proposed Caprica prequel series will have a story-arc-heavy format like its predecessor; a large reason why the network is reluctant to greenlight the series is because story-arc-heavy series notoriously have difficulty in picking up new viewers, as compared to a series composed of mostly standalone episodes.
This was already the cause of friction between Moore and the Sci-Fi Channel at Caprica's parent series — the first two seasons of Battlestar Galactica were arc-intensive, with detailed attention to internal continuity, but were not pulling in the Nielsen ratings that the network wanted, so the Sci-Fi Channel pressured Moore into retooling the third season of BSG to consist of largely standalone episodes. Nielsen Ratings are audience measurement systems developed by Nielsen Media Research to determine the Audience size and composition of television This measure actually backfired, as it resulted in negative criticism from both fans and critics, and Moore revealed in the Season 3 finale podcast that the network finally grudgingly admitted that standalone episodes simply do not work in the format of story he is trying to tell.
Cast
- Esai Morales as Joseph Adama
- Eric Stoltz as Daniel Graystone
- Paula Malcomson as Amanda Graystone
- Polly Walker as Sister Clarice Willow
- Alessandra Toressani as Zoe Graystone
- Avan Jogia as Ben Stark
References
- ^ GateWorld - Battlestar Galactica News: SCI FI announces Galactica spin-off!
- ^ Exclusive! Caprica Pilot Preview, Watch with Kristin, E! Online, Apr 1, 2008
- ^ Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article mentioning 'Caprica'
- ^ Battlestar Wiki:Official Communiques - Battlestar Wiki
- ^ The Hollywood Reporter
- ^ http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=2&id=50594
External links
- Caprica at the Internet Movie Database
- Interview - Executive Producer David Eick Talks Galactica Year Three – and Caprica - Now Playing magazine
- Battlestar Wiki: Caprica (series)
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