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Current Site News

Caprica Casting Underway

The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that the roles of Joseph Adama and Amanda Graystone have been cast to genre actors Esai Morales of Jericho^[1] and Paula Malcomson of Deadwood^[2].Further, Eric Stoltz and Alessandra Toressani have been cast as Daniel Graystone and Zoe Graystone, respectively.^[3] Rounding this casting news is actress Polly Walker, who has been cast as Sister Clarice Willow. However, with this report comes some news worthy of concern, as the aforementioned Stoltz may be overbooked due to his commitments to one other TNT backdoor pilot by Dean Devlin (ID4, Stargate) called Blank Slate.

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Colonial Fleet News Service

Watch another video blog in which directors Michael Rymer, Michael Nankin and other cast and crew talk about the shooting of "Revelations".
"The Watcher" reports that that the series finale will likely run three hours long, making the last half of the season 11 instead of 10 episodes. Moreover, chances are good that at least one further movie will be produced. However, Ron Moore notes that the details about that are still being negotiated.
It was announced Monday, May 19 that actress Polly Walker has been cast as Sister Clarice Willow. With this report comes some news worthy of concern, as Eric Stoltz (Daniel Graystone) may be overbooked due to his commitments to one other backdoor pilot by Dean Devlin (ID4, Stargate) called Blank Slate.
This article states that a series of webisodes will connect the two halves of Season 4. Also, it has additional information on the BSG movies.
Some footage and interviews from Bear McCreary's recent live concert, including two whole songs, is available here, here and here.
An unofficial, but usually reliable source, The Doctor and Mrs. Who Galactica SitRep, is reporting that it is likely that Caprica will be greenlit as a series before the pilot is aired.

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Merchandise

DVDs

The Season 3 DVD (Region 1) is packed with extra features! It includes an extended version of "Unfinished Business" with over 25 minutes of extra content, in addition to deleted scenes, featurettes, and podcasts.^[4]^[5] Order it now via Amazon.com.
"Razor" is available on Amazon.com (Region 1 DVD) and Amazon UK (Region 2 DVD).
The complete Season 1 (including the Miniseries) was released on HD-DVD and is available on Amazon.com.
The Region 1 DVD box set for the complete Galactica 1980 series is available on Amazon.com.. The Region 2 DVD box set will be released on February 18, 2008 and can be pre-ordered on Amazon UK. The Region 4 DVD box set will be released on March 05, 2008 and can be pre-ordered on EzyDVD.

Soundtracks

The Season 3 Soundtrack is available from either Amazon.com (US and Canada) or from Amazon UK.

Other Merchandise

Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game will be released sometime in autumn of 2008.

Think Geek is now selling a "What the frak?" t-shirt and a hoodie, with a Battlestar Galactica logo behind the text.

Furthermore, a 'How to spot a Cylon' poster is available.

Quantum Mechanix released a set of five Battlestar Galactica Propaganda Posters for $29.95.

DST has announced that an action figure of Admiral Cain will be available in series two as a Wizard Entertainment exclusive. In addition, Minimates series 4 will include Kat and a Centurion with mortar pack as Previews exclusives.

Figures.com has an image of Diamond Select Toys' upcoming Kat, Starbuck, and Helo figures, along with a look at Minimates series 4 and DST's upcoming Viper Mark II statue.

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