‘Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome’ Not Moving Forward As TV Series On Syfy, May Become Digital Series
After lengthy deliberations, Syfy has decided not to go forward with the project, about the young years of William Adama, as a regular TV series. Blood & Chrome, initially envisioned as a Web series, was greenlighted as a two-hour TV pilot in October 2010. Because of intensive post-production, including special effects, the pilot was not delivered to Syfy until last November. As of January, Syfy president original programming Mark Stern was quoted as saying that he the network brass were “trying to figure out the economics right now” and that he hoped those would be figured out. Now, the network has passed on the project as a regular series but is looking to do it as a digital one, while airing the already produced pilot on the network as a movie. “Though the vision for “Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome” has evolved over the course of the past year, our enthusiasm for this ambitious project has not waned,” Stern said in a statement today. “We are actively pursuing it as was originally intended: a groundbreaking digital series that will launch to audiences beyond the scope of a television screen. The 90-minute pilot movie will air on Syfy in its entirety at a future date.”
Das war nach so langer Zeit zu erwarten. Mein Interesse an BSG ist aber auch nicht sonderlich groß. Die Serie wurde beendet und gerade die Auflösung macht ein Prequel irgendwie obsolet.
Caprica war da noch ein wenig anders, weil sich die Serie schnell in Richtung Mafia-Serie entwickelte, aber B&C wäre ja ziemlich sicher sehr ähnlich zum normalen BSG.
DirecTV Greenlights Original Drama Series ‘Rogue’, Thandie Newton In Talks To Star
After venturing into original scripted series with the pickups of two acclaimed dramas that had faced cancellation, Friday Night Lights and Damages, DirecTV is moving onto launching its own original drama series. I’ve learned that the satcaster has picked up Rogue, a 10-episode drama produced by Entertainment One. Thandie Newton is in talks to star in the project, written by British writer-director Matthew Parkhill (The Caller). It centers on an undercover cop (Newton) who takes on a gangster after her young son is killed in a drive-by shooting. The project was developed at Momentum Entertainment by head of scripted Nick Hamm who will serve as an executive producer. This would mark the first series regular role for Newton, who has been heavily pursued for pilots and series over the last few years, including this season. Her only previous series gig was an arc on ER.
Die Tagline klingt ganz nett, aber viel interessanter ist, dass DirecTV auch ins Original Progamming einsteigt. Mit Friday Night Lights und Damages haben sie jetzt schon geübt und wenn 'Rogue' qualitativ in die gleiche Richtung geht, wäre das natürlich besonders wünschenswert.
Wie immer freue ich mich über jeden Sender, der ins Serien-Bizz einsteigt, je weniger man auf die klassischen Networks angewiesen ist, umso besser.
Bild? Ich sehe keines.
. Vor allem war der Trend ein Friend, so dass sich das Bild bei Staffel 2 sicherlich noch gebessert hätte.
