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Eric Stoltz, Alessandra Torresani cast on Caprica

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Eric Stoltz will join Esai Morales as the other leading man on Caprica, the much anticipated Battlestar Galactica prequel. Stoltz has been cast as Daniel Graystone, a wealthy computer genius who creates the very first Cylon model, based on an online avatar of his daughter, Zoe. The role of Zoe Graystone has also been cast, writes Hollywood Reporter, and it has gone to 21-year-old Alessandra Torresani. Those who watched Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles will remember her as the girl who [Read more...]

Esai Morales and Paula Malcomson cast as leads on Caprica

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Jericho star Esai Morales is the leading man on the upcoming Caprica pilot, a prequel to the reimagined Battlestar Galactica series and hopefully a beginning of another successful sci fi saga. The pilot is scheduled to start filming in the summer. Morales has been cast as Joseph Adama, a successful and influential lawyer introduced in the Galactica series as father of Admiral William Adama (played by Edward James Olmos) and Apollo's grandfather. The early spoilers and script reviews of the [Read more...]

BAFTA Awards presented

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The BAFTA television awards were presented at the London Palladium on Sunday. Here is the list of all the winners: Actor Andrew Garfield, Boy A, Channel 4 Actress Eileen Atkins, Cranford, BBC1 Entertainment performance Harry Hill, Harry Hill's TV Burp, ITV1 Comedy performance James Corden, Gavin & Stacey, BBC3 Single drama The Mark of Cain, Channel 4 Drama series The Street, BBC1 Drama serial Britz, Channel 4 Continuing drama Holby City, [Read more...]

BAFTA Television Craft Nominations announced

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The nominees for the British Academy Television Craft Awards in 2008 have been announced. Here they are: BREAKTHROUGH TALENT JEZZA NEUMANN (director) – China’s Stolen Children – A Dispatches Special MARK O'ROWE (writer) – Boy A PATRICK REAMS (producer/director/writer) – A Very British Sex Scandal WRITING TEAM – Skins COSTUME DESIGN JENNY BEAVAN – Cranford AMY ROBERTS – Oliver Twist LUCINDA WRIGHT – Fanny Hill LUCINDA WRIGHT – Miss Marie Lloyd – Queen of the Music [Read more...]

2008 Hugo nominees announced – best of science fiction and fantasy

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The nominees for the Hugo Awards for the best works in the science fiction and fantasy genre were announced yesterday. There are two Hugo categories relevant to the film and television industry: Best Dramatic Presentation (Long Form) and Best Dramatic Presentation (Short Form). Here are the nominees: Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form Enchanted - written by Bill Kelly, directed by Kevin Lima The Golden Compass - written by Chris Weitz, based on the novel by Philip Pullman, [Read more...]