Producer David Eick is headed back to the “Battlestar Galactica” universe. After taking the producer’s role on NBC’s mid-season series, “The Philanthropist,” Eick has been tapped to head back to his old stomping grounds of Cylons vs humans for the prequel series, “Caprica.”
New NBC head of scripted programming Angela Bromstad made the move according to the Hollywood Reporter. “Philantropist” creator Tom Fontana will return to the series as its producer. He was originally replaced by Eick last year by an NBC exec who is no longer with the company.
“The Philanthropist” is about a billionaire named Teddy Rist, played by James Purefoy, who becomes a vigilante philanthropist, who travels the world helping people.
It’s being produced by Universal Media Studios, Original Media and Levinson/Fontana Co.
Fontana first made his mark on television in the 1980s with “St. Elsewhere” before spending the 1990s with “Homicide: Life on the Street.”
He wrote 56 episodes of the hit HBO series “Oz,” where he also was an executive producer.
Eick had a hit with “Battlestar Galactica” on SciFi Channel, but marred his record a little bit with last year’s NBC flop “Bionic Woman.”
“The Philanthropist” will air in early 2009. “Caprica” is slated to premiere in 2010.
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