Via the Sci Fi Wire: SCI FI Announces Caprica

SCI FI Channel announced the development of Caprica, a spinoff prequel of its hit Battlestar Galactica, in presentations to advertisers in New York on April 26. Caprica would come from Galactica executive producers Ronald D. Moore and David Eick, writer Remi Aubuchon (24) and NBC Universal Television Studio.

Caprica would take place more than half a century before the events that play out in Battlestar Galactica.

Most intriguing.

Update: Unqualified Offerings has a few more details on Aubuchon. His reaction is similar to one that I had when reading the show’s description yesteday: “This could be good or it could suck” (although that is probably true of all new shows, although some have greater potential in both directions). On balance, however, my overriding view at the moment echoes that of Robert Farley at Lawyers, Guns and Money: “At this point, I think I would trust Ron Moore with just about anything.”