'Pushing Daisies' was honored with an award from the Casting Society of America, winning an Artios Awards, the Hollywood Reporter says || James Cromwell, who played Zefram Cochrane in 1996's 'Star Trek: First Contact,' broke his collarbone in a fall off his bicycle last weekend, Yahoo! News reports. He's expected to fully recover. || ABC's 'Lost' will return to Wednesday nights starting Jan. 21. A clip show will run at 8 followed by a two-hour premiere. || All of the Star Trek movies could be coming to Blu-Ray as early as next year, Digital Bits says. Paramount had supported HD-DVD, but has conceded defeat to Blu-Ray, and is now moving to the format || SciFi Channel's 'Warehouse 13' has completed its creative staff with the likes of Jack Kenny, David Simkins, Drew Greenberg, Stephen Scaia, and others || 'Pushing Daisies' was honored with an award from the Casting Society of America, winning an Artios Awards, the Hollywood Reporter says || James Cromwell, who played Zefram Cochrane in 1996's 'Star Trek: First Contact,' broke his collarbone in a fall off his bicycle last weekend, Yahoo! News reports. He's expected to fully recover. || ABC's 'Lost' will return to Wednesday nights starting Jan. 21. A clip show will run at 8 followed by a two-hour premiere. || All of the Star Trek movies could be coming to Blu-Ray as early as next year, Digital Bits says. Paramount had supported HD-DVD, but has conceded defeat to Blu-Ray, and is now moving to the format || SciFi Channel's 'Warehouse 13' has completed its creative staff with the likes of Jack Kenny, David Simkins, Drew Greenberg, Stephen Scaia, and others ||

SciFi Channel Orders 'Caprica' Scripts

By MICHAEL HINMAN
Source: Chicago Tribune
Jul-14-2008

It's not exactly a series pickup, but things are looking good for the upcoming "Battlestar Galactica" prequel "Caprica."

The SciFi Channel has ordered two more scripts on top of the pilot, according to Maureen Ryan of The Chicago Tribune. The scripts are being written by Michael Angeli and Mark Verheiden, both former writers on BSG, as well as former writers assistant Ryan Mottesheard.

Some sources close to the show have told SyFy Portal in the past that they feel "Caprica" should actually launch as a series instead of a backdoor pilot, simply because the pilot -- which was written by executive producer Ronald D. Moore and Remi Aubuchon -- serves more as a setup for a series instead of being a standalone story that could lead to further episodes as successful backdoor pilots have done in the past.

The pilot has already completed filming, and is believed to be taking on a more 1950s feel with high technology, sort of what the movie "Gattaca" did back in the late 1990s.

Ryan did hint that there may be a chance that SciFi Channel could be announcing a series order of "Caprica" during next week's Television Critics Association press tour.

Of course, none of this has been confirmed by SciFi Channel, so until it is, it should be treated as any rumor would.

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