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Direct from the 2008 Television Critics Press Tour, theTVaddict.com is thrilled to offer up a first look at the the BATTLESTAR GALACTICA prequel CAPRICA.

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TCA 2008: CAPRICA Panel
TheTVaddict.com Has the Scoop on the CAPRICA Script

By: Kevin Kelly, Special TCA Correspondent

Set fifty years before the events of the first Cylon war, CAPRICA explores the rivalry between two different families, the Greystones and the Adamas, and sets them on a path that eventually results in the creation of the Cylons.

The clip reel they showed during Sunday’s Television Press Tour Panel had a real detective / film noir look to it. Men wear suits, fedoras, and live in a world where people smoke and drink. Plus, they also apparently go to strip clubs, as there was a pretty clear shot of some side boobage. CAPRICA looks to be trying to up the “hot” factor with this spinoff. According to Remi Aubuchon, writer and executive producer, they weren’t specifically trying to emulate the look of MAD MEN, but he said that that show and CAPRICA do a “good job of making the viewer realize immediatelty that you’re looking at a different era.”

Ron Moore said that the tension in the show will come from the fact that audiences who have been watching BATTLESTAR GALACTICA know what eventually happens to everyone on the planet. He compared it to making a good WWII movie, “You know that the Nazis are going to lose, but that doesn’t keep you from telling a compelling story.”

He also said that they were exploring the idea of a prequel right from the beginning, especially since “The way we end BATTLESTAR GALACTICA doesn’t hold itself open to another story. We end that pretty definitively with a sentence that has a period at the end of it.” They toyed with the idea of doing a show about another rogue Battlestar, but eventually decided that they wanted to pursue a story that wasn’t taking place in outer space. There’s commerce, relationships, and wars between the planets, but “that’s just not where the show lives” according to Moore. It’s a lot more like a contemporary drama.

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The TV Addict has a secret.

No contrary to popular belief, I’m not the final Cylon! Rather, I’ve been keeping quiet that for the past two weeks I’ve had in my possession the prequel script to CAPRICA, the highly anticipated spin-off of BATTLESTAR GALACTICA.

Yet, rather than risk the wrath of the Gods — and by ‘Gods’ I’m naturally referring to CAPRICA show-runners Remi Aubuchon and Ronald D. Moore — this TV thought he’d take a different approach. Because as much fun as it might be to play Michael Ausiello [ie. Spoiler King] for a day, I truly believe that television is far more entertaining when you don’t know what happens next.

But first things first, if you thought BATTLESTAR GALACTICA was a far cry from your father’s science fiction [ie. STAR TREK], you ain’t seen nothing yet. CAPRICA, set a mere fifty-one years prior to the planet’s destruction portrays a far seedier version of modern day earth, essentially reading like an episode of HBO’s THE WIRE. Like all Ronald D. Moore projects, the pilot is riddled with political intrigue, racial prejudice, religious zealots and a seriously cool take on Second Life courtesy of Graystone Industries million dollar idea, the Holodeck HoloBand.

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The TV Addict knows a good idea when he see it. Which is why I’m taking a page from the CW’s controversial GOSSIP GIRL ad campaign to present my very-own edition of THIS WEEK IN TV: OMFG Edition!

Teri Hatcher gets desperate for attention is exactly the type of catchy headline I’d use if it wasn’t for such a good cause. But since Hatcher headlining ‘Band From TV’ on Wednesday’s IDOL GIVES BACK benefited six incredibly worthy charities, I’ll just say this. Teri, don’t quit your day job.

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Think you have what it takes to play Lee Adama’s Grandfather? Or more importantly the inner strength and fortitude to travel to nerd SCI FI Conventions for the rest of your career? Find out for yourself by checking out this just released casting breakdown for BATTLESTAR GALACTICA’s highly anticipated prequel series/TV-movie CAPRICA.

Please note: By reading the following casting breakdown, you’re agreeing to fork over 10% of your earnings to theTVaddict.com as his much deserved ‘management’ fee. Remember, I made you and without this post you’d still be working at the Coffee Bean, or worse, California Pizza Kitchen!

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During yesterday’s Up Front in New York City, the SCI FI Network officially announced that Ronald D. Moore and David Eick had been given the greenlight to shoot CAPRICA, a two-hour backdoor pilot prequel. According to the official SCI FI press release:

Set 50 years before Battlestar Galactica, Caprica follows two rival families – the Greystones and the Adamas – as they grow, compete, and thrive in the vibrant world of the 12 Colonies.  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. Caprica will deliver all of the passion, intrigue, political backbiting, family conflict and hardcore action that always leaves Galactica fans begging for more.

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