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Caprica Casting Underway

The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that the roles of Joseph Adama and Amanda Graystone have been cast to genre actors Esai Morales of Jericho^[1] and Paula Malcomson of Deadwood^[2].

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Caprica two-hour pilot green-lit

After being in development hell for nearly two years, Caprica has been green-lit and will begin production in the spring. In addition, a new series of webisodes and a "social game" will be released around mid-April.^[3]

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• The podcast for "Escape Velocity" has been posted.
• The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that the roles of Joseph Adama and Amanda Graystone have been cast to genre actors Esai Morales of Jericho^[4] and Paula Malcomson of Deadwood^[5] for the Caprica two-hour TV movie.
• Ronald D. Moore discusses the theology of Battlestar Galactica in this interview.
• A live 10-minute preview of each week's new episode will be streamed at the top of each hour starting at 9:00AM (EDT) through 4:00PM (EDT) on each Friday from SciFi.com.
• A new video blog with cast and crew commenting on how the internet affects their work.
• Galacticruise, the 30th anniversary celebration for the original Battlestar Galactica, has added story editor and writer Terrence McDonnell on its guest list. Cabins and event tickets are still available. Sign ups and booking for the cruise end on July 1st, so sign up today! (Maybe those wonderful tax rebate checks will come in handy, eh?)

DVDs

• The Season 3 DVD (Region 1) is packed with extra features! It includes an extended version of "Unfinished Business" with over 25 minutes of extra content, in addition to deleted scenes, featurettes, and podcasts.^[6][7] Order it now via Amazon.com.
• "Razor" is available on Amazon.com (Region 1 DVD) and Amazon UK (Region 2 DVD).
• The complete Season 1 (including the Miniseries) was released on HD-DVD and is available on Amazon.com.
• The Region 1 DVD box set for the complete Galactica 1980 series is available on Amazon.com.. The Region 2 DVD box set will be released on February 18, 2008 and can be pre-ordered on Amazon UK. The Region 4 DVD box set will be released on March 05, 2008 and can be pre-ordered on EzyDVD.

Soundtracks

• The Season 3 Soundtrack is available from either Amazon.com (US and Canada) or from Amazon UK.

Other Merchandise

• Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game will be released sometime in autumn of 2008.

• Think Geek is now selling a "What the frak?" t-shirt and a hoodie, with a Battlestar Galactica logo behind the text.

• Furthermore, a 'How to spot a Cylon' poster is available.

• Quantum Mechanix released a set of five Battlestar Galactica Propaganda Posters for $29.95.

• DST has announced that an action figure of Admiral Cain will be available in series two as a Wizard Entertainment exclusive. In addition, Minimates series 4 will include Kat and a Centurion with mortar pack as Previews exclusives.

• Figures.com has an image of Diamond Select Toys' upcoming Kat, Starbuck, and Helo figures, along with a look at Minimates series 4 and DST's upcoming Viper Mark II statue.

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Faith - Friday, May 9th at 10PM

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Faith - Friday, May 9th at 10PM

UK

Faith - Tuesday, May 13th at 9PM

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