Caprica Gets Green Light!

SCI FI Channel has given a green light to Caprica, the much-anticipated prequel to its hit series Battlestar Galactica, Variety reported.

Caprica will star Eric Stoltz, Esai Morales, Paula Malcomson and Polly Walker and will be set 50 years prior to Battlestar's attack on human civilization by the Cylons. The family-drama-themed series will focus on the Earthlike planet of Caprica as two rival families deal with, among other topical issues, the broader implications of their society's emerging artificial intelligence technology sector.

Caprica will be executive-produced by Battlestar's Ronald D. Moore and David Eick, along with Remi Aubuchon (24). The pilot was co-written by Aubuchon and Moore and directed by Jeffrey Reiner. SCI FI has already produced a two-hour backdoor pilot and is aiming to debut the show in early 2010, the trade paper reported. Battlestar kicks off the second half of its fourth and final season at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Jan. 16, 2009, with the final 10 episodes culminating their run March 20. A two-hour movie adaptation, Battlestar Galactica: The Plan, is slated for early summer.

Source: Scifi.com