Blood and Chrome
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| Created by | David Eick and Michael Taylor | ||
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| Theme music by | Bear McCreary | ||
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| Production company | NBC Universal | ||
| Number of seasons | 1 | ||
| Number of episodes | 1 episode consisting of 10 installments (list) | ||
| Debut channel | Sci Fi Channel | ||
| US first-run airdates |  2013
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| Executive producer(s) | David Eick Michael Taylor | ||
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Blood and Chrome (also known as Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome) is a webisode series produced in February 2011 that follows the exploits of a young William "Husker" Adama (Luke Pasqualino), Coker Fasjovik (Ben Cotton) and Dr. Beka Kelly (Lili Bordan) during the First Cylon War.
Blood and Chrome is a sequel to Caprica and a prequel to the Re-imagined Series.[1] On the condition that it performed to expectations, it would act as a "backdoor pilot" (much like the Miniseries) for a future series, to be aired either online or through the traditional television route.
The produced story is split up into 10 parts, each between 7 to 12 minutes in length, and aired on Machinima's YouTube channel, Machinima Prime starting Friday, 9 November 2012. Additional parts will be aired over the following 4 weeks.[2]
Unlike previous installments in the Re-imagined Series universe, Ron D. Moore was not involved in this production due to his development contract with Sony Pictures. However, many of the creative personnel who worked on Blood and Chrome have worked on both the Re-imagined Series and its prequel Caprica, including Michael Taylor, Doug Drexler, Glenne Campbell, David Eick, Bradley Thompson, David Weddle, and Jonas Pate.
Production History
According to the initial announcement[3] from Syfy Channel's executive vice president of programming Mark Stern and Blood and Chrome's co-producer Michael Taylor, the feature has been greenlit.[1]
The plan is for the series to have a two-hour backdoor pilot. [1] The pilot's director is Jonas Pate.[4]
Depending on the success of this endeavor, it may lead to a television series.
As of 10 February 2011, production had begun on the pilot.[5] Principal photography wrapped at the end of February, and the pilot was in extensive post-production until December 2011.
A 21 July 2011 article interviewing actress Lili Bordan has suggested that Blood and Chrome could be presented in 3-D[6]
As of 25 August 2011, there is uncertainty as to whether or not Blood and Chrome will air on SyFy or get an online distribution as originally intended for the series. There is some confusion as to what the issue is, as it has been reported that the screenplay for the pilot is "good". The project has reached rough cut stages, and has been screened for SyFy executives. It is also noted that the project has, for the most part, been filmed in front of a green screen.[7][8][9][10][11][12][13]
In December 2011, Doug Drexler reported that a decision was to probably have been made regarding the fate of Blood and Chrome around February 2012.[13]
On 21 March 2012, a teaser trailer for Blood and Chrome began appearing on youtube, with several sources revealing that the project will not be moving forward as a TV series on SyFy, but may still become a webseries. It has been said, however, that the produced pilot will likely air. [14][15][16]
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."[3]
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."[3]
Blood and Chrome was also meant to 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.[3] Given its status as a televised feature, it is possible that the "adult situations" may be retooled to make it appropriate for broadcast with an unrated version appearing on DVD. This was the case with The Plan, which featured nudity and near-explicit sexual situations.
Cast
- Luke Pasqualino as pilot William "Husker" Adama[17][5]
- Ben Cotton as Raptor ECO Coker Fasjovik[17][5]
- Mike Dopud as Viper pilot Captain Deke "Minute Man" Tornvald[18]
- Brian Markinson as Commander Silas Nash[19]
- Allison Warnyca as pilot Jaycie McGavin[19]
- Lili Bordán as computer scientist Dr. Beka Kelly[20][5]
- Zak Santiago as pilot Armin "High Top" Diaz[19]
- Carmen Moore as Raptor pilot/ECO Nina Leotie
- Karen LeBlanc as Raptor pilot Jenna
- Adrian Holmes as pilot Decklan Elias
- Ty Olsson as Unknown role
- John Pyper-Ferguson as Xander Toth[19]
- Sebastian Spence as Unknown role[19]
- Leo Li Chiang as Osiris Marine Sergeant[19]
- Tom Stevens as Marine Baris[19]
- Jordan Weller as Seamus Fahey[19]
- Jill Teed as Commander Ozar[19]
Crew
- Written by Michael Taylor
- Story by David Eick, Bradley Thompson and David Weddle
- Directed by Jonas Pate
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Syfy Greenlights "Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome", TV By the Numbers, October 22, 2010
- ↑ Hibberd, James (5 November 2012). 'Battlestar Galactica' prequel being released online Friday -- EXCLUSIVE (backup available on Archive.org) (in ). Retrieved on 5 November 2012.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 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.
- ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (22 November 2010). Deadline.com: Four Drama Pilots Land Director (backup available on Archive.org) (in ). Retrieved on 23 November 2010.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Blastr.com Article on Production Starting
- ↑ Airlock Alpha 3-D
- ↑ Cinema Spy article
- ↑ Cinema Blend
- ↑ Airlock Alpha
- ↑ IO9
- ↑ Movie Hole
- ↑ The Mary Sue
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Trek Web article
- ↑ Deadline article
- ↑ http://www.bleedingcool.com/2012/03/21/battlestar-galactica-blood-and-chrome-not-moving-ahead-as-a-tv-show/ Bleeding cool article]
- ↑ Eonline article
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Blastr.com Article on Adama Casting
- ↑ Mike Dopud's casting has been confirmed via his Twitter feed.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 19.4 19.5 19.6 19.7 19.8 This casting has not been confirmed by official channels, as yet.
- ↑ Hero Complex article