That’s right, people… we’re finally going to get Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome!!
LOS ANGELES -– November 5, 2012 -– Universal Cable Productions is going to launch Blood & Chrome using a three-tiered strategy that includes online, TV and home entertainment viewing options.
Fans will be able to view the exclusive premiere beginning November 9th on Machinima’s premium channel, Machinima Prime, and the series will be presented in 10 chapters, 7-12 minutes each, available exclusively on Machinima Prime until February 2013. At that time, it will premiere as a 2-hour movie on Syfy Channel, followed soon after by an unrated version released on Blu-ray and DVD, and available as a digital download, on PPV and VOD. The series will continue to air on Machinima through April 2013.
This highly anticipated chapter in the Battlestar Galactica saga takes place in the midst of the first Cylon war. As the battle between humans and their creation, the sentient robotic Cylons, rages across the 12 colonial worlds, gifted fighter pilot, William Adama (Luke Pasqualino, The Borgias), finds himself assigned to one of the most powerful battlestars in the Colonial fleet: the Galactica. Full of ambition and hungry for action, Adama quickly finds himself at odds with his co-pilot, the battle-weary officer Coker (Ben Cotton, Alcatraz). With only 47 days left in his tour of duty, Coker desires an end to battle as much as Adama craves its onset. Lili Bordán (Silent Witness) also stars.
Leveraging cutting edge CGI and virtual set technology, Blood & Chrome is produced by Universal Cable Productions, a division of NBCUniversal, and the award-winning producing team of Battlestar Galactica. David Eick (Battlestar Galactica, Caprica) is executive producer along with Michael Taylor (Battlestar Galactica, Caprica), who wrote the teleplay from a story by Eick, Bradley Thompson (Battlestar Galactica, Falling Skies) and David Weddle (Battlestar Galactica, Falling Skies). Blood & Chrome was directed by Jonas Pate (Prime Suspect, Caprica).
“With its top-notch storytelling, pulse-pounding action, and cutting-edge visual effects, Blood & Chrome is the perfect extension of the Battlestar Galactica universe,” said Mark Stern, President, Original Content, Syfy and Co-Head, Original Content, Universal Cable Productions. “We are thrilled to see this hotly-anticipated event premiere on Machinima, an online network that is unparalleled in its delivery of high-class digital content to millions of viewers.”
“The storied Battlestar Galactica franchise has a huge following and resonates perfectly with our audience,” said Allen DeBevoise, Chairman, Co-Founder, and CEO of Machinima, Inc. “We are thrilled to be the exclusive distributor for Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome. Series fans have been anticipating this chapter of the Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome story and we are proud to deliver it to them, as a whole new audience on Machinima, reinforcing Battlestar Galactica’s status as a pop culture icon.”
Link: Machinima
I’ve seen the first 5 installments, and I think it ROCKS!!! The casting is outstanding!!! I love the young actor playing Adama, and there is an intrigue going on which had me hooked from the beginning…
I can’t wait to see where this series goes!!!
Looks Great- Cannot wait until I can see the whole thing.