Battlestar Galactica Prequel Caprica is a Go for Series

So you really, really wanna know how those rascally Cylons were created in the first place, and how they became the human hunting machines they currently are right now in Battlestar Galactica? Well guess what, you’re gonna find out, because the Sci Fi Channel has just given Ron Moore and company the greenlight for 20 hours of their BSG prequel show, Caprica. In industry parlance, the show has “gone to series”, which means the network liked enough of what they saw in the 2-hour pilot that Moore shot to go ahead with a full year’s worth of show.

That’s one reason, another could be that the Sci Fi Channel just doesn’t want to lose their prestige show, which BSG has become with mainstream critics falling all over themselves to heap praise on everything the show does. Why give that up? Look, I’m not saying the show doesn’t deserve some props, but the insane amount of praise it’s gotten borders on the obscene. Anyways…

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Set 50 years before the events in Battlestar Galactica, Caprica follows two rival families–the Graystones and the Adamas–as they grow, compete and thrive in the vibrant world of the 12 Colonies, a society recognizably close to our own.

Enmeshed in the burgeoning technology of artificial intelligence and robotics that will eventually lead to the creation of the Cylons, the two houses go toe to toe in a series that blends action with corporate conspiracy and sexual politics.

As the series begins, a startling development is about to occur–the creation of the first cybernetic lifeform node, or “Cylon”–the ability to marry artificial intelligence with mechanical bodies.

Joseph Adama (Esai Morales)–father of future Galactica commander William Adama (Sina Najafi)–is a renowned civil liberties lawyer and becomes an opponent of the experiments undertaken by the Graystones, led by a patriarch played by Eric Stoltz, who are owners of a large computer corporation that is spearheading the development of the Cylons.

The show will open with a two-hour pilot starring Eric Stoltz, Esai Morales, Paula Malcomson and Polly Walker, with Jeffrey Reiner directing. After that, the show will premiere in 2010, with a 2009 start date for production in Vancouver, Canada.

Below: “So, er, we’re in this show, too, right? We got our blaster and everything.”