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David Eick is the Executive Producer for the Re-imagined Series and its prequels, Caprica and Blood and Chrome.
David Eick was signed to a multi-year development deal with Studios USA in September 2000 to develop and produce programming with the studio's roster of producers, including Shaun Cassidy, with whom he produced the signature USA series Cover Me, as well as the 2001 drama pilot, Wilder.
Prior to his production deal, Eick spent over two years as Senior Vice President of Original Series Development for USA Cable, where he was responsible for overseeing the development and production of all original series for USA Network and the Sci Fi Channel. Series produced during his tenure included the USA dramas Cover Me, and The Huntress, as well as the critically acclaimed comedy Manhattan, Arizona. On the Sci Fi Channel, he launched the network's first internally produced hit, The Invisible Man.
Before joining USA Cable, Eick was at Renaissance Pictures for six years. There he held a variety of positions, including Director of Development, Vice President of Television and President of Television. At Renaissance, he produced the hugely successful syndicated series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys.
Eick also co-developed and launched its successful spin-off, Xena: Warrior Princess. Eick served as producer of the critically acclaimed CBS series American Gothic; co-produced five Hercules movies for first-run syndication; produced two direct-to-video sequels of the big-screen feature Darkman; and produced the two-hour pilot for the Fox series M.A.N.T.I.S.
During the second half of 2007, concurrent with the start of production of Season 4 of Battlestar Galactica, Eick also produced a short-lived remake of Bionic Woman for NBC; that show included several appearances by Katee Sackhoff as a villain, along with other Galactica alumni in guest roles.
Eick is known for his tongue-in-cheek video blogs relating to Galactica which have also been released on DVD. These blogs often take a tongue-in-cheek approach to the subject matter, often featuring Galactica actors improvising jokes at Eick's expense. For the Caprica pilot, he was instrumental in shaping the show's provocative opening, pushing for the V-Club sequence to immediately set the series apart from Battlestar Galactica.[1]
Eick graduated from the University of the Redlands in California with a B.A. in Political Science. He resides in Los Angeles with his wife, Jennifer Birchfield-Eick, and baby son.
Battlestar Galactica Development and Philosophy
As executive producer, Eick was a driving force behind the creation and direction of the Re-imagined Series from its inception.
- Eick spearheaded the revival of the franchise in December 2001. From the very beginning, he was determined not to create a continuation or a simple remake, but rather an innovative and distinctive new take on the material. His goal was to make something "as different from the original show, the various Star Trek shows and all the other contemporary science fiction series as we could possibly make it."[Book 1]
- He was responsible for bringing Ronald D. Moore onto the project, believing that Moore's deep familiarity with Star Trek would ensure that Battlestar Galactica would go in a "completely different direction."[Book 2]
- Eick was instrumental in key story decisions. It was his idea to make Sharon Valerii a Cylon, a twist revealed at the end of the Miniseries. He wanted a "tantalizing hanging thread" that would motivate the network to order a full series.[Book 3]
- In his afterword to The Official Companion, Eick reflects on the show's success, stating that the goal was always to create "an epic, compelling, deeply emotional drama that just happened to take place in a science fiction realm." He credits the show's ability to overcome its "quaint title" and achieve critical acclaim to the entire creative team and the open-mindedness of the audience.[Book 4]
Story credits for "Battlestar Galactica"
See also: Episodes with story by David Eick
Writer credits for Battlestar Galactica
See also: Episodes written by David Eick
Notes
- The character of Eick in the Miniseries is named after David Eick.
- His wife, Jennifer Birchfield-Eick, was initially used in a photo of Ellen Tigh in the Miniseries. After actress Kate Vernon appeared as Ellen Tigh, the scene was recreated for the episode "Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down," where Vernon's likeness is shown in the photo.
- Eick himself portrayed Richard Adar in a photo in Gaius Baltar's home in the Miniseries. Later, Colm Feore portrayed Adar in "Epiphanies".
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David Kaye (born October 14, 1964) is a Canadian voice actor who portrayed James McManus in the Re-imagined Series.
An experienced voice actor with over 25 years in the industry, he has done various radio and television commercials for numerous companies, including Burger King, Wal-Mart, and Coca Cola.[1]
In the late 1980s, he began his career as a voice actor for cartoons with the role of G.I. Joe's General Hawk[1], which branched out into various anime series, and video games, such as the Xbox and PC game Doom 3 and, more recently, Playstation 3's Resistance: Fall of Man.
In addition to voice work, he has appeared in genre series such as The X-Files, Showtime's The Outer Limits, Dead Like Me and in the forthcoming Stargate: Continuum DVD movie.
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David Morton, also credited as David R. Morton and Dave Morton, is a computer graphics artist who has worked on the Re-imagined Series' prequels, Caprica and Blood and Chrome.
Among his works are concepts for the Cylon SAM and the U-90 combat units for Blood and Chrome.
His other genre works include Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles as CG director, with various roles on both Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Enterprise, in addition to works on Serenity and Alias.
Following his work on Blood and Chrome, he has contributed a plethora of CG content to various genre-inspired knockoff films circa 2021 and 2022, including Planet Dune, Thor: God of Thunder (no relation to the MARVEL property), and Battle for Pandora.
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David Neale (born 11 March 1961) is a Canadian actor who portayed Nelson Page in the Re-imagined Series.
Born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Neale has worked in other genre productions including The X-Files, Millennium, Stargate Atlantis, and The Outer Limits.
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David Richmond-Peck is the Canadian actor who portrays Naylin Stans in "Epiphanies," an episode of the Re-imagined Series.
Peck was born and raised in Oakville, Ontario and trained at Langara College's highly regarded Studio 58. Peck won the Leo Award, for Best Supporting Performance by a Male in a Feature Length Drama, in Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Mork & Mindy'.
As a family tradition, Peck is also an accomplished sailor. His hobbies include kite-boarding, snowboarding, playing squash, and CAT skiing.
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David Weddle is a TV writer and producer who, before working on BSG, was best known for his work on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. He is a supervising producer for the Re-imagined Series as of the fourth season.
Weddle is the son of a former Marine who fought in some of the bloodiest Pacific battles of World War II, such as Guadalcanal and Peleliu. [1]
While Weddle was growing up, his family was close to several members of the renown film director Sam Peckinpah's family, including his sister, Fern Lea (Peckinpah) Peter and her husband, and the director's son, Mathew Peckinpah. Later, through the son, Weddle met the famous father and watched him direct some of his last movie, The Osterman Weekend.
After Sam Peckinpah's death, Weddle used the director's thousands of production files and personal correspondence in possession of the Motion Picture Academy Library, as well as his contacts with family and friends, to write a major biography of the director.
After the book was published, Ira Steven Behr, the head writer and executive producer of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine—and a major Peckinpah fan—invited Weddle to lunch at Paramount and a tour the DS9 sets. The two became friends, and eventually Weddle asked Behr if he and his writing partner Bradley Thompson could pitch story ideas for the show.
Weddle had met Thompson in an acting class, where they discovered both attended the USC School of Cinema. Years later, Thompson asked Weddle if he could adapt Weddle's play "Memoirs of an Awkward Lover" into a screenplay. Weddle agreed, and the two ended up collaborating on the project together. But ultimately. nothing came of the adaptation.
Weddle and Thompson's first credited story for the series was was the fourth season episode "Rules of Engagement". The teleplay was written by Ronald D. Moore. Their first credited teleplay for Deep Space Nine was the fifth season episode "The Assignment".
The two continued to write for Deep Space Nine through its final season, writing two episodes from the final tightly-plotted nine-episode arc of the series.
Weddle has stated that his and Thompson's best script for DS9 was "Inquisition," which introduced an uncommonly dark element into the world of the generally utopian Star Trek—namely, a covert black ops group known as "Section 31" which protects the Federation's interests using tactics that run counter to the noble philosophy and ideals of the organization.
Weddle also claims there are many references to Peckinpah and his films in their episodes for Battlestar Galactica.
Thompson and Weddle initially served as story editors on the first season of Battlestar Galactica. They became co-producers as of the second season. They were given more responsibility as producers for the third season. They became supervising producers for the fourth season.
While initially slated to write the "movie of the week" (later entitled "The Plan") with Thompson, the two had to subsequently withdraw from this assignment due to being hired as writers and supervising producers for CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, the popular, long-running CBS series.[2]
Weddle made an uncredited appearance as a patron of Joe's bar in the episode "Someone to Watch Over Me".
Writer credits for "Battlestar Galactica"
See also: Episodes written by David Weddle
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