I have to admit, I’m really not looking forward to Ron Moore’s Battlestar Galatica prequel, Caprica. I just feel that it’s the same old stuff, rehashing what’s already been done, and one of the reasons why I just don’t like prequels in the first place. We’ve already seen what becomes of the characters, why would we want to see how they get there? It all just seems so anti-climactic to me when movies do it, and it’s the same when TV does it. Anyways, here’s your first look at Ron Moore’s Caprica TV prequel to Battlestar Galactica. Maybe you’ll like it better than I did.

Someone has gotten their hands on a copy of the pilot script for Ron Moore’s Battlestar Galactica prequel, Caprica, about the creation and evolution of the Cylons. His verdict: it gave him chills. Which I think means the script was good, and he’s looking forward to more.

The Sci Fi Channel’s Battlestar Galactica prequel series Caprica keeps on rolling, with more casting news. The latest addition to the show is Polly Walker, who has joined the show’s two-hour premiere as Sister Clarice Willow, whose character is described as “the gracious, eloquent and duplicitous high priestess and headmistress of the Athena Academy, a private religious school.” Yup, sounds like Ron Moore, alright.

Wow, remember Eric Stoltz (pictured, left)? The kid from “Mask”? Well, he’s all grown up, and he’s joining the cast of the Sci Fi Channel’s Battlestar Galactica prequel spin-off show, Caprica. Stoltz will be joining a cast that already includes Esai Morales, fresh from Jericho’s second cancellation, and Paula Malcomson. Stoltz won’t be the lone addition, he’ll be joined by actress Alessandra Torresani (also known as Alessandra Toreson, pictured below), whose character is impteus for the creation of the Cylons by Stoltz’ scharacter.

Fresh from the cancelled-yet-again Jericho, Esai Morales has joined the cast of Ron Moore’ Caprica, the Battlestar Galactica prequel TV series. The cast already consists of yesterday’s addition, Paula Malcomson, who was cast as a surgeon and double agent. According to reports, Morales, whose previous credits also include NYPD Blue among others, will be playing Bill Adama’s dad.

Two casting notices for fans of sci-fi TV today (not particularly promising sci-fi, alas), both for shows from the Sci Fi Channel. The first involves the two leads of the channel’s X-Files knock-off Warehouse 13, which has cast Eddie McClintock and Joanne Kelly as the Mulder and Scully, respectively, of the show. Meanwhile, Ron Moore’s Battlestar Galactica prequel, Caprica, has also landed its leading lady in Paula Malcomson.

So how did the Cylons come to be? That answer will be explored in the Sci Fi Channel’s TV show Caprica, the prequel to Battlestar Galactica, which ends is fourth season run later this year. After that, producer Ron Moore will be jumping onto Caprica, where we will discover the true history of the Cylons’ creation. The full details of how and why comes courtesy of E! Online, who broke the scoop. According to Kristin, the prequel wasn’t supposed to involve the ancestors of the current cast, but the producers changed their mind and put in the Adama family bloodline, perhaps as a way to anchor the prequel to the current BSG show. As you’d expect from Ron Moore, the sci-fi stuff is just an excuse to explore other ideas.

Wanna know more about what the Battlestar Galactica prequel TV series, Caprica? Well all you had to do was ask producers David Eick and Ronald D. Moore, who helmed BSG to the small screen and through its four-year run, and who will be concentrating on Caprica after BSG goes off the air after its fourth season. According to Eick, Caprica is like the movie “American Beauty”, while Moore went for the more soap opera-ish “Dallas”, which is no surprise since, well, isn’t pretty much everything about BSG incredibly soap opera-ish?

The Sci Fi Channel has officially announced that it has greenlit a two-hour pilot for a possible Battlestar Galactica prequel TV series, to be called Caprica. (I’m just guessing, but they’ll probably back on the BSG name somewhere in the title later.) Caprica will be introduced to the public as a two-hour TV movie, that will also act as a backdoor pilot. If you don’t know what a “backdoor pilot” is, it’s pretty simple: if the movie does well, a series will be commissioned. If not, then they’ll cut their losses with a two-hour movie, without the expense of hiring cast/crew for a series.