Science Fiction World | Friday, 3rd September 2010  | Subscribe: Subscribe to our news feed  Facebook page Our YouTube channel  Follow on Twitter

Full-scale alien invasion in Skyline: official trailer and plot summary
By John Howell   Wednesday, 25 August 2010  
Alien invasion is a science fiction theme frequently explored. From the... More >>
All six Star Wars movies on blu-ray 2011
By John Howell   Monday, 16 August 2010  
George Lucas has been busy. After revealing that the live action Star Wars TV show was on hold and that... More >>
Science Fiction World

Yet another Battlestar movie

deanWhile we recently told you about the upcoming Battlestar Galactica movie from Universal, based on the original cheesy Battlestar Galactica TV show from the 70s, it appears there’s another movie in the works from the Sci Fi Channel. SFX reports that the new movie, The Plan, will be a Cylon-centric TV movie that goes back to the time the Cylons decided that wiping out humanity would be a good idea.

“It’s a story that will explore the beginnings of the conflict between the Cylons and the ragtag fleet,” said co-executive producer Mark Verheiden. “It’s not unlike what we did with Razor in that we go back and explore sort of an unseen moment from the history of Battlestar, that we’ve seen from one point of view.”

“I think the impetus for it was to go back and look at it from the Cylon point of view, and see how they were diving into the story, what prompted them to do what they did, and what are their conflicting emotions. Because they are not emotionless robots. They are very feeling and compassionate.”

IGN reports that the story will focus on familiar Battlestar characters, including the Cylon Number One (Dean Stockwell), Resistance Leader Sam T. Anders (Michael Trucco) and Chief Galen Tyrol (Aaron Douglas). The Cylons "plan" was to wipe out the human race, but they didn't expect survivors. After the destruction, two Cylon agents struggle in working out how to deal with the human ships that got away, and the resistance fighters left behind.

So while the fourth and final season is over, we still have the prequel series Caprica to watch in 2010 (the pilot is now available on DVD), a movie from Universal, and a new TV movie from the Sci Fi Channel too. There’s enough Battlestar on the way to appease any hardcore fan.

The Battlestar Galactica TV movie The Plan was originally supposed to be broadcast directly after the Battlestar season 4 finale, but will now be broadcast sometime in November 2009. You can watch an ad for the movie below.



 
Science Fiction World
Send us a story we've missed | Email
Editors
Both Editors | Email
John Howell | Email | Blog
Gerard Wood | Email | Blog

Advertising | Email

Report a bug | Email

RSS Feed | Subscribe

Find us here too
Science Fiction World Follow on Twitter

Science Fiction World More about SFW
Valid XHTML 1.0 Transitional

New Caprica trailers, websites and widget
Saturday, 11 April 2009 
Universal Home Entertainment has pointed us to some excellent new...
Seven clips from Battlestar prequel Caprica
Tuesday, 24 March 2009 
Seven clips from the upcoming Battlestar Galactica prequel series...
New Battlestar Galactica movie from Universal
Monday, 23 February 2009 
This is bizarre news. Universal is working on a big screen movie...
Battlestar's Caprica goes to DVD first 21 April 2009
Friday, 20 February 2009 
If you've been hanging out for Caprica, the prequel to the SCI FI...
We're all Cylons: Battlestar Galactica’s last days
Monday, 19 January 2009 
If your country was invaded and occupied by a foreign power, would...
Battlestar prequel Caprica: 20 hours greenlit and video released
Tuesday, 06 January 2009 
Now that the SciFi Channel has picked up the Battlestar Galactica...
Watch Battlestar Season 4 web episodes 12 December
Thursday, 11 December 2008 
While you wait for the final half of Battlestar Galactica's season 4,...
No more fraking Battlestar Galactica until 2009!
Friday, 20 June 2008 
Bad news for fans of Battlestar Galactica: the rest of Season 4 will...