Battlestar Galactica: The Second Coming
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| Battlestar Galactica: The Second Coming | |
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| Directed by | Richard Hatch Jay Woelfel |
| Produced by | Johnnie J. Young Sophie LaPorte Richard Hatch (executive producer) |
| Written by | Richard Hatch Sophie LaPorte |
| Starring | Richard Hatch John Colicos Terry Carter Jack Stauffer George Murdock Richard Lynch Phil Brown Mickalean McCormick Ali Willingham Szilvia Naray Nicholas Walker Jere Jon Don Hughes Athena Demos Frank Ruotolo |
| Cinematography | Dean Cundey Scott Spears |
| Editing by | Eric Chase |
| Release date(s) | 1999 |
| Running time | 30 min. (pilot film) 4 min. (trailer) |
| Language | English |
| IMDb profile | |
Battlestar Galactica: The Second Coming was a project to create a pilot film for a proposed new Battlestar Galactica television series that would pick up where the original 1978 series left off. All continuity related to Galactica 1980 would have been completely ignored.
Created, executive produced and co-directed by Richard Hatch who starred in the original series as Captain Apollo, the pilot film was conceived to convince Universal Studios, the owner of the Battlestar Galactica franchise rights, to greenlight a new project based on this concept. The pilot film was co-directed by Jay Woelfel and produced by Johnnie J. Young.
Richard Hatch was able to get many stars from the original series including Richard Lynch (in place of Patrick Macnee as Count Iblis), John Colicos (Count Baltar), and Terry Carter (Colonel Tigh, now President of the Quorum of Twelve) to appear in the film. Hatch himself also reprised his own role of Apollo (now Commander of the Fleet).
Filming on the project began in the summer of 1998 and lasted through late 1999. Some of the filming was done in conjunction with the Battlestar Galactica 20th Yahren Reunion which was held at the Los Angeles Hilton in September 1998.
The finished edit of Battlestar Galactica: The Second Coming had a running time of thirty minutes in length. A four minute trailer was later assembled from this thirty minute version and state of the art computer generated special effects were added. The rare thirty minute version of the pilot film has never been shown publicly.
The partially complete Battlestar Galactica: The Second Coming trailer was first shown at DragonCon in Atlanta on July 3, 1999 and received rave reviews from fans. Once it was complete, Hatch traveled to a series of science fiction conventions to show the trailer and it proved to be very popular at these events.
However, Hatch never succeeded in getting Universal's attention, and a different project, the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica conceived by Ronald D. Moore was ultimately pursued. Hatch, who funded the effort out of his own pocket, mortgaged and eventually lost his own home because of the debts he incurred.
Later, Richard Hatch joined the new Battlestar Galactica series cast as the recurring character Tom Zarek. However, Hatch continues to push for a revival/continuation of his own vision of the original series (he writes original novels based on it).
There are no plans to release Battlestar Galactica: The Second Coming on DVD.
[edit] See also
- Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series)
- Galactica 1980
- List of Battlestar Galactica (1978-1980) episodes
- Battlestar Galactica (re-imagining)
- Battlestar Galactica (TV miniseries)
- Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)
- List of Battlestar Galactica (2004 television series) episodes
[edit] Sources
- Richard Hatch's Battlestar Galactica: The Second Coming project
- Young Wolf Productions Battlestar Galactica: The Second Coming Official Page
- Richard Hatch on financing the Second Coming trailer
- New York Times Magazine story by John Hodgman on Richard Hatch and the re-imagined version of Battlestar Galactica
- Battlestar Galactica: The Second Coming at the Internet Movie Database
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