'Battlestar's' final season expands by 2 hours; TV movie looking good

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Follow up on news and rumors
Published 6/13/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (ProgGrrl) at GALACTICA SITREP
Two of our favorite Professional Fangrrls, Maureen Ryan at The Chicago Tribune and Jennifer Godwin at E!Online, have taken things a tad further in the news department this week by prodding their own sources. From Ryan: According to well-informed sources, it’s almost certain that at least one “Battlestar Galactica” TV movie will be made this year. Here’s even better news: Two hours are going to be added to “Battlestar’s” final run of episodes... Regarding the “Battlestar” TV movie, it may actually be released on DVD first, and then aired on Sci ...

Frak ME!! We’re Getting Maybe 12 Hours Of 2009 GALACTICA Instead Of 10?? 14 Even??
Published 6/13/2008 by Hercules at Ain't It Cool News - The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news.
... [image] Why is it taking so long to shoot that “Battlestar Galactica” series finale up in Canada? Because the number of hours SciFi is airing next year has been upped from 10 to 12. And word is the not-“Caprica” TV-movie prequel is a 90-percent certainty. Mo Ryan at the Chicago Tribune has the scoop here !! [image] ...

Quotes of the Day
Published 6/13/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (JA) at my new plaid pants
... I wasn't expecting to see more BSG news before tonight's episode that I could pay attention to - afraid of spoilers, I am! - but lo and behold via here ( ...

Extra Hours Of BSG And At Least One TV Movie [Battlestar Galactica]
Published 6/13/2008 by Meredith Woerner at io9
... Helo, or only a small role for him, because actor Tahmoh Penikett is currently filming for Joss Whedon's new show Dollhouse and would probably miss the shooting for the BSG TV movie. We're guessing that means that the TV movie could take place during season one, when Helo was stuck on Caprica. Galactica Sitrep also confirms that the writers and producers of the TV movies have recieved contracts allowing the studio to greenlight as many movies as it sees fit. [The Watcher and Galactica Siterep] ...

TV Spoilers!
Published 6/17/2008 at OH NO!!
... , but long story short: Sci Fi already signed the writers to do at least one movie, and the other two will follow along in due course, assuming the first goes as well as everybody hopes. Meanwhile, in other happy BSG news, Maureen Ryan of the Chicago Tribune reports that the series finale of BSG will be 11 hours long, meaning we're getting a whole extra hour that no one expected. Whee! ...

The More You Know: Long frakkin’ finale
Published 6/17/2008 by John at TiFaux
Battlestar finale will be 3 hours long William Hurt joins the cast of Damages Dwight’s Xterra is back up for sale on eBay What we’re watching: 1.1 million watch Bravo A-List Awards Union issues might screw over the new animated show from the creators of Arrested Development Hulu is becoming one of the top sites on the net The same dude has been playing Big Bird for almost 4 decades Weeds is getting a Hills-like spinoff? Hungary is ...

Ask The Addict
Published 6/18/2008 by theTVaddict at the TV addict
... I’m more than happy to go out on a limb and share with you. THE IT CROWD was purposely shelved because the Peacock Network is hard at work quietly developing a spin-off to THE OFFICE that just so happens to revolve around, you guessed it, an IT crowd. Anyone else going to join me on that limb? Is SCI FI really going to make us wait until 2009 for the second half of BATTLESTAR GALACTICA’s final season? — SimplyKimberly Yes. But if it makes you feel better, there’s a silver—lining. Maureen Ryan at the Chicago Tribute recently broke the news that the second half of the final ...