Syfy has confirmed that they have given the greenlight for Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome. With David Eick as Executive Producer, a two-hour pilot will be produced for the Syfy channel.
“The Galactica universe as re-imagined by Ron Moore and David Eick is rich with possibilities and backstory,” said Mark Stern. “We jumped at the chance to revisit the William Adama character and explore this exciting chapter in the BSG narrative which falls between the events of the original series and the prequel, Caprica, currently airing on Syfy.”
Michael Taylor wrote the teleplay from a story by Eick and others. Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome takes place in the tenth year of the first Cylon war, where the green Viper pilot Ensign William is assigned to the newly christened Battlestar Galactica, performing a secret mission that might bring about a turn in the war.
“While maintaining the themes of politics, social propaganda, and the timeless question: what does it mean to be human,” said Eick. “Blood & Chrome will also return us to the authentic, relentless depiction of combat and the agony and ecstasy of human-Cylon war, which was the hallmark of Battlestar Galactica‘s early seasons.”
