BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: BLOOD & CHROME – Filming Commences on Prequel Pilot

So say we all! After the crushing cancellation of BSG series, Caprica, fans will be happy to know that that this is not the end of the BSG franchise. Filming has begun on the new BSG prequel series, Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome, featuring “a young William Adama during the tenth year of the first Cylon war.”

[Above: from left to right- Ben Cotton, Luke Pasqualino & Lili Bordan]

The two-hour pilot is being shot in Vancouver and will star Luke Pasqualino (Skins) as William Adama, Ben Cotton (Hellcats, Riese) as Coker Fasjovik, a “battle-weary officer to whom Adama reports,” and Lili Bordan (Silent Witness) as “Dr. Beka Kelly, a Ph.D. who worked for Graystone Industries that created the Cylon robots.”

Check out SyFy’s press release and concept art below:

SYFY’S BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: BLOOD & CHROME LAUNCHES

2-Hour Pilot Chronicles Young William Adama’s Adventures in First Cylon War

Lili Bordan Joins Luke Pasqualino and Ben Cotton in the Cast

Production has begun in Vancouver on Syfy’s highly anticipated 2-hour pilot, Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome, the all-new chapter in the Battlestar Galactica saga. Universal Cable Productions will produce the event with Syfy utilizing cutting edge CGI and virtual technology.

Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome takes place in the 10th year of the first Cylon war. As the battle between humans and their creation, the sentient robotic Cylons, rages across the 12 colonial worlds, a young, talented fighter pilot, William Adama (Luke Pasqualino), finds himself assigned to one of the most powerful Battlestars in the Colonial fleet: the Galactica. Full of ambition and in pursuit of the intense action that the Cylon war promises, Adama quickly find himself at odds with Coker (Ben Cotton), the battle-weary officer to whom he reports. With 47 days left in his tour of duty, Coker desires an end to battle just as much as Adama craves the start of it. Though they clash at first, the two men forge an unlikely bond when a routine mission turns dangerous and becomes a pivotal one for the desperate fleet.

Joining Pasqualino and Cotton in the cast is Lili Bordan, who will play Dr. Beka Kelly, a Ph.D. who worked for Graystone Industries that created the Cylon robots. Currently assigned to a secret military mission, Beka and Adama quickly establish a rapport.

From the award-winning producers of Battlestar Galactica, this new action-packed chapter of the BSG canon was written by Michael Taylor form a story by David Eick, Taylor and Bradley Thompson & David Weddle and directed by Jonas Pate. David Eick, Jonas Pate and Michael Taylor will serve as executive producers.