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'''''Blood and Chrome''''' is a webseries that is in development, following the exploits of a young [[William Adama]] during the [[Cylon War|First Cylon War]]. It is a sequel to ''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]'' and a prequel to the [[Re-imagined Series]].
'''''Blood and Chrome''''' is a television pilot that is in development, following the exploits of a young [[William Adama]] during the [[Cylon War|First Cylon War]]. It is a sequel to ''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]'' and a prequel to the [[Re-imagined Series]].<ref name=greenlit>[http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/10/22/syfy-greenlights-battlestar-galactica-blood-chrome/69283 Syfy Greenlights "Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome"], ''TV By the Numbers'', October 22, 2010</ref>


Other than the initial announcement<ref name="mo_ryan">{{cite_web|url=http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2010/07/battlestar-galactica.html|title=Exclusive: 'Battlestar Galactica' sets up a Young Adama spinoff|date=27 July 2010|accessdate=27 July 2010|last=Ryan|first=Maureen|format=|language=}}</ref> from [[Syfy Channel]]'s executive vice president of programming Mark Stern and ''Blood and Chrome'''s co-producer [[Michael Taylor]], no word has been given on if, or when, the series will be greenlit.  
Other than the initial announcement<ref name="mo_ryan">{{cite_web|url=http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2010/07/battlestar-galactica.html|title=Exclusive: 'Battlestar Galactica' sets up a Young Adama spinoff|date=27 July 2010|accessdate=27 July 2010|last=Ryan|first=Maureen|format=|language=}}</ref> from [[Syfy Channel]]'s executive vice president of programming Mark Stern and ''Blood and Chrome'''s co-producer [[Michael Taylor]], no word has been given on if, or when, the series will be greenlit.  


The plan is for the series to run in 9 or 10 installments, each installment being either 9 or 10 minutes in length.
The plan is for the series to have a two-hour pilot, which has recently been greenlighted by Syfy.<ref name=greenlit/>


Depending on the success of this webseries, other webseries in the Re-imagined Series universe may follow, or even lead to a backdoor pilot for a television series.
Depending on the success of this pilot, it may lead to a backdoor for a television series.


== Plot ==
== Plot ==

Revision as of 19:59, 23 October 2010

Blood and Chrome is a television pilot that is in development, following the exploits of a young William Adama during the First Cylon War. It is a sequel to Caprica and a prequel to the Re-imagined Series.[1]

Other than the initial announcement[2] from Syfy Channel's executive vice president of programming Mark Stern and Blood and Chrome's co-producer Michael Taylor, no word has been given on if, or when, the series will be greenlit.

The plan is for the series to have a two-hour pilot, which has recently been greenlighted by Syfy.[1]

Depending on the success of this pilot, it may lead to a backdoor for a television series.

Plot

According to Taylor, the series is "about a young man's [William Adama] initiation into war: both the realities of war as fought by soldiers on the ground (and in Battlestars and Vipers), and the somewhat less real version portrayed in the media."[2]

Further, Taylor points out that the scope of the series "isn't confined to Galactica. Far from it. It's a story that will take us to new corners of the Battlestar world (or worlds), and yet it aims to be a very contemporary war movie in a lot of ways. I would say I'm thinking as much of Afghanistan and Iraq--the reality of [The] Hurt Locker, Sebastian Junger's Restrepo, and similar movies--as I am about about the largely implied past of Battlestar."[2]

The series will also feature adult situations as, according to Taylor, the series will not "[shy] away from R-rated blood and guts and sex" due to it being initially meant for online consumption.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Syfy Greenlights "Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome", TV By the Numbers, October 22, 2010
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Ryan, Maureen (27 July 2010). Exclusive: 'Battlestar Galactica' sets up a Young Adama spinoff (backup available on Archive.org) (in ). Retrieved on 27 July 2010.