Battlestar Galactica prequel Caprica Hits this Spring!
Universal Home Entertainment has just announced that the new prequel series to the acclaimed Battlestar Galactica series, Caprica, will have its world premiere on DVD April 21, 2009.
According to the press release from Universal Home Entertainment,
“In a groundbreaking move sure to delight fans of the long-running television phenomenon, the feature-length prequel will be available on DVD as a limited-edition uncut and unrated version before the series’ broadcast premiere on the SCI FI Channel in 2010.”
Caprica is executive produced by Ronald D. Moore and David Eick (Battlestar Galactica) and Remi Aubuchon (24).
The DVD plans to have all of the bonus features any Battlestar fan could want. Exclusive bonus features that take viewers behind the scenes of the creation of Caprica . The film will also be available at selected online destinations for digital download transactions - most likely Itunes but that is not confirmed as of yet.
Battlestar Galactica is currently wrapping up its final season on Sci-fi on March 20, 2009. Now with the new series, Caprica, fans begin a brand new saga that continues the thought-provoking storytelling and extraordinary characters that lovers of the series have grown to like.
The new series is set over 50 years before the events of Battlestar Galactica
“Caprica is a world at the peak of its power, grappling with new science and technologies and the issues they create.”
The series will star Eric Stoltz (Mask, Pulp Fiction), Esai Morales (Jericho, NYPD Blue), Paula Malcomson (Deadwood, ER) and the recent Golden Globe nominee Polly Walker (Cane, Rome) in a story laced with,”passion, intrigue and family conflict.“
“We are thrilled to take the groundbreaking step of offering the world-premiere of the Caprica feature-length extended pilot episode on DVD prior to the new series’ television debut,”
said Hilary Hoffman, Senior Vice President, Brand and Digital Marketing for Universal Studios Home Entertainment.
“This innovative distribution model will serve to satisfy ‘Battlestar Galactica’ fans’ appetites for a new content while building excitement for the franchise’s next great adventure.”
“Ever since fans first caught wind of the Battlestar Galactica prequel Caprica, they have been eagerly following its development,”
said Mark Stern, Executive Vice President, Original Programming for SCI FI & Co-Head Original Content, Universal Cable Productions.
“We wanted to give them a chance to see the pilot in its original form and experience the prequel to the BSG story while that series’ finale was still ringing in their ears. It also affords the creative team an unprecedented chance to get viewers feedback before production on the Caprica series begins this summer.”
“If Battlestar Galactica offered us a way to shatter the conventions of space opera, Caprica will be a show which will challenge the conventions of science fiction storytelling as a whole,”
said Ronald D. Moore, Executive Producer/Writer.
The series is said to be “Part sweeping soap, part meditation on the dangerous moral ramifications of artificial intelligence”and will be similar in depth but a lot different altogether than its predecessor. It seems almost like a futuristic noir film.
Universal Cable Productions will begin production on the Caprica series in the summer of 2009 in Vancouver for a 2010 television premiere on the SciFi Channel.
The DVD of Caprica is planned to be priced at $26.98
BONUS FEATURES:
· Feature Commentary with Director Jeffrey Reiner and Executive Producer/Writer Ronald D. Moore and Executive Producer David Eick
- · Deleted Scenes
- · Video Blogs
- · What the Frak is Caprica?
- · The Director’s Process
- · The V Club
- · The Birth of a Cylon
OFFICIAL SYNOPSIS:
Set 50 years before Battlestar Galactica, Caprica follows two rival families and their patriarchs - Daniel Graystone (Eric Stoltz) and Joseph Adama (Esai Morales) - as they 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 blending action with corporate conspiracy and sexual politics.
Source: Universal Home Entertainment
