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Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome Concept Art

Rob Keyes — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 02:47:10 +0000

Back in March we found out that Syfy was looking to find more ways of extending the life of its Battlestar Galactica franchise, seemingly knowing that Caprica wouldn’t be lasting very long. Come October and it’s confirmed that the network is producing a 2-hour TV pilot for a new BSG spin-off, titled Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome. Caprica of course, was canceled two days later.

While we’ve seen little about the upcoming Battlestar TV movie – and hopeful new series – we know that it’s another prequel that takes place between the events of Caprica and BSG, this time following Bill Adama as a young ace pilot in the Colonial Fleet during the first Cylon War. We had the synopsis from the outset, but now we have our first visual ...

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Canceled Or Renewed: 2010 TV Status Update Guide

Anthony Ocasio — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 19:00:08 +0000

(11/16) Update: Rubicon and Running Wilde

Each fall, over 50 new and returning television series hit the air on network television alone. Unfortunately, the addition of new series, combined with old favorites, puts the television viewing audience in an interesting predicament.

Should viewers continue to tune into shows they’ve become accustomed to watching or replace it with a new series that might not last the season?

Because of that reoccurring rhetorical question, many shows beginning their freshman year, along with a few returning series, aren’t able to deliver respectable audience numbers. While each network has their own sliding scale regarding what exactly respectable numbers represent, the outcome is still the same. Series that are unable to garner a large enough audience for the networks (to justify their respective production budgets and time slots) are cut. While ...

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Caprica Season 1 DVD Giveaway – Winner!

Vic Holtreman — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 01:54:00 +0000

Here’s the winner of our latest contest:

Elizabeth Kitchin – Washington, DC

Thanks to everyone who entered – we’ll have another cool contest soon!

The Battlestar Galactica spin-off Caprica debuts tonight on SyFy, so we’ve got a contest for you to go with the season premiere. We’re giving away the Caprica season 1 DVD along with a cool T-shirt to one winner.

Here’s the official description of Caprica Season 1:

The Battlestar Galactica phenomenon continues with this undeniably compelling look at where the real conflict between humans and the Cylons began…in a vibrant world remarkably like our own: Caprica. Fifty-eight years before Battlestar takes off, two powerful families – the Graystones and the Adamas – find their destinies irrevocably intertwined after a devastating explosion. As both houses struggle with the line where humanity ends and artificial intelligence – the ...

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SyFy Digital Press Tour 2010: LIVE!

Anthony Ocasio — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 19:36:46 +0000

This Sunday and Monday, SyFy will be holding their annual Digital Press Tour in beautiful Orlando, Florida. During which, the network will discuss some of their new and returning series with the help of the show’s casts, hosts and executive producers. Fortunately, Screen Rant will not only be in attendance, but we’ll also be providing live coverage of the entire event.

Of the many series in SyFy’s television line-up, Caprica, Being Human, Desination Truth, Eureka, Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files, Hollywood Treasure, Sanctuary, Warehouse 13 and WWE Friday Night Smackdown will be represented. In addition to those new and returning series, there will also be a discussion about SyFy’s future programming ventures. Hopefully, that will include Michael Rosenbaum’s new series Three Inches as there hasn’t been much information released about ...

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SyFy Channel Episode Previews: ‘Stargate Universe’ ‘Caprica’ & ‘Ghost Hunters’

Kofi Outlaw — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 22:33:11 +0000

The SyFy channel is a source of entertainment for many of you sci-fi fans out there who also happen to favor our site, Screen Rant. So, in honor of you guys we thought we’d offer you a look at the next episodes of some of your favorite SyFy channel shows, namely Stargate Universe, Caprica and Ghost Hunters.

The clips are about two minutes each, and each clip tries its best to hook you into what this latest episode is going to be about.

I’ll be the first to confess that I don’t actually watch any of the three shows featured below, but since we had access to these preview clips (and I was the only one around to write them up ) I just didn’t think it right to deny you ...

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Comic-Con 2010 Friday Schedule: Our TV Panel Picks

Anthony Ocasio — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 23:53:35 +0000

A new day means Comic-Con is that much closer and, as promised, Friday’s schedule has been released. Much like Thursday’s schedule, it doesn’t disappoint. With over 100 panels being announced, there’s no lack of entertainment. Obviously, you may not be interested in the “Dragons Are Better Than Unicorns” panel (perhaps the best made-up panel – ever!), but I guarantee that more than one will piqué your interest.

Included in Friday’s events are panels for True Blood, Big Bang Theory and Bones. These are going to be the most sought after panels of the day. So, if you want to attend, make sure to get in line early. Of course, if you’re not one for fighting massive crowds, you’ve also got SyFy’s screenings of Eureka and Haven as well as the ...

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Comic-Con 2010 Thursday Schedule: Our TV Panel Picks

Anthony Ocasio — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 19:28:13 +0000

Clean your glasses, dust off your ill-fitting Wolverine costume and stock up on deodorant (please, stock up on deodorant) because Comic-Con 2010 is less than two weeks away. With the geek event of the year soon approaching, the official schedule for Thursday’s panels has just been released.

With over 120 panels being announced, scheduling your day might be a bit hectic – even for the most dedicated geek. Luckily, we helped you out by weeding through schedule, taking out all the nonsense and creating a list of all the must-see television panels.

Included in the opening day festivities are panels for Caprica, Dexter, Burn Notice, Psych and White Collar. Not to mention a nice little sit down with J.J Abrams and Joss Whedon dubbed “The Visionaries” panel where they’ll discuss the future of television and entertainment (hopefully, we’ll ...

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Frak! Another Battlestar Galactica Spin-Off?

Ben Kendrick — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:07:47 +0000

Syfy is in the middle of a big push for new programming. In addition to the superhero pilot Three Inches we covered earlier today, it appears that the cable channel is also seeking to extend the Battlestar Galactica franchise with another spin-off.

You might think talk of a spin-off Battlestar series would be the symbolic sayonara to Syfy’s Battlestar prequel series, Caprica, which has seen mostly uninspired ratings so far.

Mark Stern, SyFy’s executive vice president of development, was quick to defend Caprica:

“We have a lot of hope for that show. The (DVR data) has been very promising and growing week after week. The ratings don’t reflect the potential audience.”

Maybe so, but developing a new Battlestar property certainly does seem to indicate that a large portion of the Galactica audience never made the jump to Caprica – and ...

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Caprica on Syfy Is Floundering In The Ratings

Bruce Simmons — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 12:55:28 +0000

When Caprica premiered on the Syfy Channel, it premiered to 1.6 million sets of eyeballs. The number wasn’t as phenomenal as many would have thought that this Battlestar Galactica (BSG) prequel would have brought in. But heck, they previewed the heck out the Caprica pilot in the year prior to when it aired.

I presumed the ratings of the premiere were low due to the over-saturation of the pilot. But friends were saying how dull the show was and the ratings would seem to back that, as the 2nd episode brought in 1.4 million viewers & the 3rd episode, 1.1 million. (It was beat out by Swamp Loggers on Discovery. Ouch!)

For me, I like the show because everything that happens are precursors to the end game of BSG. That’s how I get past that damn mournful dirge of a ...

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Caprica Finally Premiered – What’s Next For the Series?

Bruce Simmons — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:57:12 +0000

In March of 2008 we told you about the Battlestar Galactica (BSG) prequel, Caprica, being approved. The Syfy Network then went on to pitch the prequel to the world. They released the DVD a year ahead of the television premiere date then in October of 2009 they brought it to the Woodstock and Austin Film Festivals to drum up the hype.

In April of ’09, we reviewed the 2-hour Caprica movie premiere for you right here on Screen Rant, where I felt the show kept the BSG aura and still ventured down its own path.

Watching the premiere with BSG still fresh in my mind, it was compelling. But many folks have had to wait a very long time since the series finale of BSG to get back into the world that ...

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NBC’s Spin on Stargate Universe Ratings Falls Short

Bruce Simmons — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:51:49 +0000

All we ever hear from NBC when it pitches Stargate Universe is how it beat Stargate Atlantis in some fashion. They keep trying to equate Stargate Universe ratings to something spectacular. Sure, the way they spin it, the numbers are great. But let’s take a closer look at a few items from both shows.

When Stargate Universe (SGU) premiered on October 2nd of 2009, Syfy announced its excitement about the viewer numbers. The 2-part SGU premiere produced 2.3 million viewers, which for Syfy on a Friday night, were decent numbers.

The show averaged almost 2.9 million viewers through October and Syfy noted with a press release that 2.9 million viewers was better than the last season of Stargate Atlantis. Or 36% more viewers.

The First 8 Episodes of SGU

More recently, (January 2010) Syfy was getting even more ...

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Complete List Of Winter Premiere & Return Dates

Anthony Ocasio — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:57:18 +0000

As we all know holidays can be hectic and the last thing you want to worry about is when your favorite TV show is coming back on the air. So, to make sure you’re not left in the dark (like with Fringe and the World Series), we’ve broke it down – geek style – and put together a handy list of Winter premiere and return dates.

The list is organized by network, so all you have to know is where you’ve seen your favorite shows before and you should be able to find them again pretty easily (we made it nice and alphabetical for ya!)

ABC
Better Off Ted (ABC), 9:30 p.m. – Tuesday, Dec. 8
Grey’s Anatomy returns (ABC), 9 p.m. – Thursday, Jan. 14
Lost (ABC), 9 p.m. – Tuesday, Feb. 2
Private Practice returns ...

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Poster Friday: Avatar, Kick-Ass, Lost, Salt & More!

Rob Keyes — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:59:09 +0000

Happy Friday everyone!

We missed last week due to the launch of our sister site, GameRant.com and the fact that there was quite a few less one-sheets than normal so instead, I’ve combined them all from the last two weeks into this edition of Poster Friday.

Screen Rant’s wall this week now includes new one-sheets for Avatar, Precious, Crazy on the Outside, Daybreakers, Lost, Salt, Alice in Wonderland, Crazy Heart, Kick-Ass, The Yellow Handkerchief, Caprica, All About Evil, The Wolfman, Ong Bak 3, The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus, From Paris with Love and Wonderful World.

In addition to that we have some neat stylistic posters for some popular television shows.

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Poster Friday: New Moon, Caprica, The Crazies & More!

Rob Keyes — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 07:07:42 +0000

Happy Friday everyone! For our first Friday of October 2009, we’ve again gathered the latest posters to come out for this week’s poster round-up.

Screen Rant’s wall this week now includes new one-sheets for The Princess and the Frog, Caprica, The Crazies, The Mechanic, Stone, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, Saw VI, The Twilight Saga’s New Moon and Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant.

In addition to that we have two bonus posters from two major upcoming films that you need to check out! Also, there’s some very creative road sign parody posters of classic films, as well as some older and strange looking posters from Ghana.

Let’s get to it.

To start, here’s another new poster for The Princess and the Frog that looks nearly ...

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The Caprica Marketing Never Stops

Bruce Simmons — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:29:32 +0000

With Caprica due out on the Syfy Channel in early 2010, they’ve already generated interest in it by releasing screeners of the premiere episode to industry critics and selling the DVD.

Now they’re taking it a step farther and taking the Battlestar Galactica prequel to film festivals.

The film festivals they’re scheduled to appear at are the upcoming Woodstock Film Festival on October 2nd and 4th and the Austin Film Festival on October 24th

As much as I’m looking forward to the series because I was won over by the pilot, I feel this is starting to border on marketing overkill.

I have to admit that since the network has changed its name to Syfy, the advertising schema has changed a bit – they’ve gotten more aggressive and pervasive on their own and other networks.

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What’s Up With The Caprica Production Rumors?

Bruce Simmons — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:44:21 +0000

So, when you say that a trusted industry insider told you that production on Caprica faces suspension due to script issues, you had better be ready for the storm that brews from that kind of news. According to CinemaSpy, they’ve had no reason to doubt their source.

But that report prompted Michael Hinman of Airlock Alpha to get to the bottom of the matter, and he did so with a fairly reliable source, Jane Espenson, the executive producer of Caprica.

She said that she’s thrilled with the product her writers have put out. She also added that there will be a possibility of a production shut down up in their location of Vancouver… but that would be due to the mass of athletes showing up for the ...

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TV News & Notes: Fringe, True Blood, Alien Nation & More

Kofi Outlaw — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:32:31 +0000

It’s a new week and today your TV news includes a look at Fringe‘s second season; Superman will be teaming with Chuck; The Alien Nation is rising again; True Blood takes a big bit of DVD sales; Patton Oswalt talks life on Caprica; and could Supernatural rise from the grave?

Let’s get to it:

FRINGE

Got a few pics from Fringe‘s upcoming second season. The pics include The Bishops (Joshua Jackson, John Noble) and Astrid (Jasika Nicole) up to their usual hijinks in the lab, as well as guest star Meghan Markle, who will play junior FBI agent Amy Jessup – I’m guessing while Sr. Agent Olivia Dunham (Anna Torv) is hanging out with Leonard Nimoy in alternate dimensions.

If you haven’t caught up on Fringe, you really need to. Here are the pics:

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TV News & Notes: Caprica, Smallville & More

Bruce Simmons — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:36:22 +0000

Today we have some info about the ongoing cast additions to Caprica, some scary character add-ons to Smallville, A little tidbit about NBC. I also point something out about that tiny little paltry convention called Comic-Con. LOL. You’ll see what I mean.

Caprica

First up, some interesting Caprica casting tidbits. The last two roles I saw James Marsters in was Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Smallville.

Now, we will be able to add Caprica to my list.

James Marsters will portray a terrorist named Barnabus Greeley, who is driven by moralistic and carnal focuses.

The comedian Patton Oswalt has also been added to the cast list as a guest star, playing the role of Baxter Sarno, a Caprican comedian. Sarno has a talk show that Daniel & Amanda Graystone (Eric Stoltz & Paula Malcomson) eventually appear ...

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Bryan Singer to Make Battlestar Galactica Movie [Updated]

Rob Keyes — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:11:40 +0000

[Update: It's confirmed that Bryan Singer WILL helm the Battlestar Galactica movie. See Bottom of the post.]

Drew McWeeny at HitFix has the exclusive on some very interesting developments on the Universal Pictures feature film adaptation of Battlestar Galactica.

The amazing television series brought to us by Ron Moore and David Eick gave fans new and old, a more realistic take on the classic series from the late seventies. Their show stood strong to complete its story on their own schedule, and after four full seasons, they’re now in the midst of launching the spinoff series, Caprica, that has already had its pilot released on DVD.

According to Drew, his sources have informed him that Bryan Singer (X-Men, Superman Returns, The Usual Suspects) is being brought in by Universal ...

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Caprica / BSG: The Plan – San Diego Comic-Con Panel

Bruce Simmons — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 18:57:42 +0000

Faith Salie moderated this panel and she did well. She took control and was very proactive on the questions, getting straight to the point. Exec producers Ronald Moore & David Eick, writer Jane Espenson were present as well as Esai Morales & actor/director of Battlestar Galactica: The Plan: Edward James Olmos,

Faith noted that right here on stage was father and son, at the same time. (Morales plays Joseph Adama, the father of William Adama.)

They played a preview for The Plan and we were reminded that it’s coming out on Blu-ray and DVD on October 27th. Then we were shown a preview of Caprica which is coming out in 2010.

Caprica is set 58 years before the attack on the colonies and we watched the Adama and Graystone families ...

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