Hosive

this is for harvey fine in celebration of his wedding. i believe in harvey fine.

rejoice! after the stunningly disappointing announcement that the second half of the final season would not air until january 2009…a full six months after the midseason cliffhanger!!!!…the sci fi channel tossed three bones for nerds everywhere!

first, there is a new battlestar series!:caprica…a prequel to the current series..with the premiere coming as early fall 2008! i’m stunned that there is going to be so much more new material from the battlestar folks. here’s the trailer.

second, grace park leaked ahead of time that another battlestar galactica movie ala razor had been greenlit. razor premiered on television first followed by an extended version released on dvd. it has since been confirmed and here are some of the details:

Sci Fi Channel today announced “an all-new Battlestar Galactica special event” (fancy talk for telemovie) that’s set to air in 2009 after the fourth and final season of BSG concludes. Like Razor, a previous Battlestar movie, it will be released on DVD shortly after it airs.

The two-hour flick will be written by Jane Espenson and directed by actor Edward James Olmos, who plays Bill Adama. However, Olmos may only be behind the camera; currently the only cast members announced for the film are Michael Trucco (Sam Anders), Aaron Douglas (Chief Galen Tyrol), and Dean Stockwell (Brother Cavil).

The “event” will take place just before the events of the miniseries that started everything off. According to Sci-Fi, the unnamed movie will show the aftermath of the destruction of Caprica and concentrate on two Cylon agents trying to clean up the mess after human spaceships manage to escape.

finally, sci fi.com has also announced a another set of webisodes that bridge us to the last 10 episodes. two sets of webisodes that bridged season 2 to 3 and season 3 to 4/razor had previously been aired on the website, once a week for 10 weeks. here’s the announcement: “A new series of ten Webisodes will air during the extended hiatus between Season 4.0 and Season 4.5. The two- to three-minute serialized chapters will be available on the official SciFi.com website in the fall of 2008.” and most importantly, note that the first episodes Airs: Wednesday October 1, 2008. the fall is almost here……