BSG News Updates
Season Four Shooting Again
Season four was going to be all shot at once to decrease production costs but the writers strike kind messed that up. They only got about half of it scripted and filmed. Well, shooting begins today for the second half of season four - which is great because that means that the show is getting its intended ending. Executive producer Ronald D. Moore has stated that the break in production allowed the writing team to reevaluate their intended ending story for the series and make some tweaks here and there to further improve the story and fix some story aspects that the writers felt didn't quite work. Unfortunately, the long hiatus in production means that we will probably see a very long break in the airing of the second half of the season and there are rumors that it might not air until 2009.
Caprica Gets the Green Light
The long rumored BSG prequel series, Caprica, is getting out of production hell with a two hour tele-movie which, if successful, will serve as a back door pilot for an ongoing series. Caprica will take place 50 years before the current show and feature the Adama family (and an 11 year old William Adama). The show will revolve around the technology that creates the Cylons and the family struggles of the Adama family. The show has been described as Battlestar Galactica meets Dallas. Personally, it doesn't sound like a great mix to me but since it is BSG related, I'll be watching it. The movie is expected to air this fall.
No Josh Whedon Directed Episode
The producers of BSG had asked Josh Whedon to direct an episode of BSG for the second half of the season. Whedon is a fan of the series and was reportedly very interested in directing an episode but had to back out do to the production delay of season four and his commitments to the upcoming Fox series "Dollhouse".
BSG Top Ten
The BSG actors are making the rounds on talk shows to promote the premier of season four in a week and a half. This included doing the Letterman Top Ten last Wednesday. Not all of the jokes were great (it seemed like the Letterman writers really didn't know much about BSG, to be honest) but there were a few standouts.
BSG Website to Get More Stuff (Webisodes?)
The BSG website has mostly been unaccessible lately (well, if you go there you get some promo for season four instead of all of the other stuff that used to be there). Apparently, it will "relaunch" at the start of season four and their have been reports of more webisodes coming in the future. Hopefully, they will be as good as the Razor webisodes that featured a younger William Adama.
BSG Season Three on DVD
Season three finally came out on DVD last week and it was worth the wait as it features over 15 hours of bonus features including the Resistance webisodes, David Eick's video blogs, deleted scenes and an exclusive extended cut of episode 9, "Unfinished Business" that features 25 minutes of never before seen footage.
Two BSG Specials Air This Friday
Two new BSG specials will air this friday on SciFi at 10:00 and 10:30 pm. The first will feature a story recap of the series up till the end of the season three. The second will talk about the phenomenon of the BSG fans and feature interviews with celebrity fans and their thoughts on the series. Celebrity guests include Josh Whedon, Joel Mchale, Seth Green, Jesse L. Martin and Scott Ian.
