'Battlestar Galactica' news: The show will premiere in early April, Ron Moore will direct an episode
Ronald D. Moore, the executive producer who runs "Battlestar Galactica," is gearing up for the long goodbye by taking on a new task. He will step into the director’s chair for the first time next season as his dramatic reinvention of the hokey 1970s’ space opera treks toward the end. The final 20-episode run will kick off in — you read it here first — early April.
Moore’s work on the show as a writer-producer landed "Battlestar" its first Emmy nomination in the drama writing category, where he faced off against the writers of "The Sopranos" and "Lost." A veteran of the "Star Trek" series "The Next Generation," "Deep Space Nine" and "Voyager," Moore is also juggling writing duties for the upcoming feature films "The Thing" and the sequel to "I, Robot."
About his directing debut, Moore said, "It’s the perfect opportunity to try and do it here with my family — the cast and crew of the show — who have been working together for years now.
"For all I know, I’ll hate directing, but right now I’m hungry for it."
seLast season ended with a stunning revelation: Four of the characters aboard Galactica that have been helping lead the resistance discovered themselves to be Cylons, the robotic race apparently set on destroying humans. Moore said he’s directing an episode set deep in the Cylon world, as well as aboard Galactica. “On Galactica, things have really begun to fall apart ... and the relationship between President Laura Roslin [Mary McDonnell] and Adm. William Adama [Edward James Olmos] is going to get pretty interesting.”
Moore’s episode, however, won’t air until after the show takes a midseason break and will kick off the remaining episodes in “Battlestar’s” four-season run. Sci Fi Channel executives have not yet determined whether the final season will all air next year or be spread over 2008 and 2009.
“I’d probably prefer to see the entire thing air next year to maintain the momentum, to build excitement as it pushes to the end,” Moore said, “not to mention it means less chance of spoilers getting out.”
Lucy Lawless will be plugged back in as D’Anna, the rogue Cylon that was deactivated last season. She’ll be back early on for three episodes, which Moore said will serve as a catalyst for the rest of the season.
And as for that fifth “chosen” Cylon? “It’s definitely been decided who that one is,” Moore said, but it won’t be revealed early. “I can’t say when, but we’re certainly not waiting until the last episode to tell you who it is.”
In the meantime, the series’ fans can get their fix from “Razor,” an original two-hour episode that serves as something of a prequel to the existing “Battlestar” mythology. It premieres Nov. 24 on Sci Fi.
-- Denise Martin
(Photo courtesy NBC Universal)
Well... ya know that BSG is an SCI-FI original show... check the website, they say the last season is gonna come out in March ;) (if not sooner, in January on Sky One as our friend Sam Reynolds said)
Posted by: Real Neo | December 11, 2007 at 05:08 AM
No problem. I'm old, I have forgotten how season three ends. I can't buy it on DVD until after season 4 starts? I need it a month before to refresh my memory, or there is no use in watching season 4. I guess all these games the SCI FI channel is playing -- for what reason I cannot imagine -- has consequences perhaps they have not thought of:
1) I will not be watching season 4
2) I will not purchase season 3 DVD
3) I will not purchase Razor
4) I will not purchase season 4 DVD
5) I will be VERY leary of getting into ANY series SCI FI offers in the future
They probably have not thought this out well and are too stupid to realize that the combination of LONG breaks between seasons and the unavailability of the previous season on DVD prior to the new season will cause a lot of people to simply loose interest.
Posted by: Eric | December 29, 2007 at 07:25 PM
yeh yeh yeh we all bitch and moan but for most of us LOYALS I'll be waiting for the premier of the my ultimate favorite series BSG. I mean really with all the writers strikes does it really matter if we wait to view BSG at least we may see the whole season instead of 8 episoide of NBC's long awaited come back of great shows just so they can screw themselves and go on some sort of strike so I don't care about what you think but I will be in the front seat waiting to continue the most bad ass (BSG) shows' return march/april 2008 and I am sure I will see most of you there.
Posted by: Jenni | January 16, 2008 at 02:10 PM
What a bunch of whiney babies. Best series in years and you cant wait a few months. Here's some advice guys....get out and get a life. By the way...it's now february, so only a few weeks to go...
Posted by: Alan | February 07, 2008 at 11:09 AM
Whine, whine, bitch, bitch. What a bunch of wimps. In case no one noticed, there has been a freeze on pretty much ALL production for US based series due to this little thing called the writer's strike?
Suck it up, it will be worth waiting for. Slackers and half-hearts whine at the end of every season; the real fans just bring in the cat and listen to the rain.
Posted by: Kevin Dole | February 15, 2008 at 09:09 PM
OK - so its the last season -- they want us to tune in for 10 episodes and then wait ANOTHER year to see the final 10? ..... Stop milking the fans, already --- I'll wait for the DVDs or get them in full from the UK!
Geesh- the Sopranos this ain't :)
Posted by: Paul | February 22, 2008 at 08:57 AM
jees I'm an SG1 fan and I wait eternities tor more fix in the form of straight to dvd movies - surely waiting a few months is easy? and it's worth the wait so far, AND at least they have time to tail the show's storyline off properly, and not just leave everything hanging like with stargate
Posted by: Mike | May 29, 2008 at 06:57 PM