Caprica

Looks like a prequel to Battlestar Galactica is in the works:

Caprica is an upcoming television series described as "television's first science fiction family saga," based on the fictional universe of Battlestar Galactica and set on the fictional planet Caprica, around fifty years before the events depicted in the 2004 series.

It will tell the story of the Twelve Colonies at peace and living in a society not unlike our own. But high-technology and a startling breakthrough in robotics brings to life the age-old dream of marrying artificial intelligence with mechanical bodies to create the first living robots--the Cylons. They are researched and built, ultimately leading to the Cylon War.

The series will revolve around two families, the Adamas (the family of William Adama, who will one day become the Commander of the Battlestar Galactica) and the Graystones.

Read more after the link.

This is exciting news, indeed. If done right, this could be an incredible show.

See my previous posts on Battlestar Galactica:

• Battlestar Galactica Begins!
• Battlestar Galactica Videos
• The Economics of Robots
• Don’t blame me. I voted for Roslin.
• Battlestar Galactica!

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