Caprica (TV series)

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Caprica City as depicted in the reimagined series of Battlestar Galactica

Caprica is an upcoming television series set in the fictional Battlestar Galactica universe. It is described as "television's first science fiction family saga," [1] and will be set on the fictional planet Caprica, around fifty years before the events depicted in the 2004 series. It will tell the story of the Twelve Colonies at peace and living in a society not unlike our own. But high-technology and a startling breakthrough in robotics brings to life the age-old dream of marrying artificial intelligence with mechanical bodies to create the first living robots--the Cylons. They are researched and built, ultimately leading to the Cylon War.

The series will revolve around two families: the Adamas and the Graystones. Joseph Adama, father of future battlestar commander William Adama, is a renowned civil liberties lawyer who becomes an opponent of the artificial intelligence/Cylon experiments wrought by the Graystones, owners of a large computer corporation that builds the first Cylons. Caprica will incorporate corporate intrigue, techno-action and sexual politics.

The series has yet to go into production and is to be aired on the U.S. Sci Fi Channel. NBC Universal Television Studio is developing the show, in conjunction with the executive producers of Battlestar Galactica (Ronald D. Moore and David Eick) and 24 writer Remi Aubuchon, who is writing the pilot and set to be the showrunner.