'Galactica' Prequel On Tap

[MFFL]

'Caprica' in Development
April 28, 2006

The Sci Fi Channel has announced the development of Caprica, a spin-off prequel of the popular new Battlestar Galactica TV series. NBC Universal is producing the new series in conjunction with BSG executive producers Ronald D. Moore and David Eick. Remi Aubuchon, a writer on the Fox series 24, is scripting the new series, which is set more than fifty years prior to the events chronicled in the current BSG series. In Caprica, the people of the Twelve Colonies are at peace and living in a high tech consumer society, which is about to be changed forever by a major breakthrough in robotics -- the creation of the first living robot, a Cylon. The plot of the new series will follow the fortunes of two families, the Graystones and the Adamas, weaving together corporate intrigue, techno-action and sexual politics to create TV's first science fiction family saga.

[Drbio]

Interesting. Does anyone else fear this may be a monumental flop though?