Now this is interesting: "Caprica"

[dianeduane]

How about this, then!

SciFi Channel announced the development of Caprica, a spinoff prequel of its hit Battlestar Galactica, in presentations to advertisers in New York on April 26. Caprica would come from Galactica executive producers Ronald D. Moore and David Eick, writer Remi Aubuchon (24) and NBC Universal Television Studio.

Caprica would take place more than half a century before the events that play out in Battlestar Galactica. The people of the Twelve Colonies are at peace and living in a society not unlike our own, but where high technology has changed the lives of virtually everyone for the better.

But a startling breakthrough in robotics is about to occur, one that will bring to life the age-old dream of marrying artificial intelligence with a mechanical body to create the first living robot: a Cylon. Following the lives of two families, the Graystones and the Adamas (the family of William Adama, who will one day become the commander of the Battlestar Galactica), Caprica will weave together corporate intrigue, techno-action and sexual politics into television's first science fiction family saga, the channel announced.

Going to be interesting to see how this unfolds...

Tags: Battlestar Galactica, Ronald D. Moore, David Eick, Cylon, Sci-Fi Channel, scifi

Comments

[cjmr.livejournal.com]

Great idea! I'd love to see it...

[starcat-jewel.livejournal.com]

"Television's first science fiction family saga"?

Sounds like someone is too young to remember Lost in Space!

[dewline.livejournal.com]

Indeed. And a few others from other parts of the world, I suspect.

[conuly]

Moore's a great guy, but he thinks altogether too highly of himself. This isn't the first time he's said he's the first to do something, and he's far from it.

Unless Moore isn't behind that statement, in which case... well, not his fault. This time.