UPDATE!! Independent, unimpeachable sources assure me that there will be a total of 11 new regular-series "Battlestar Galactica" hours in 2009. The original plan was to use the last two hours for the series finale. When the finale was expanded from two to three hours, 2009 got its 11th hour. ORIGINAL POST: Why is it taking so long to shoot that “Battlestar Galactica” series finale up in Canada? Because the number of hours SciFi is airing next year may have been upped from 10 to 12. And word is the not-“Caprica” TV-movie prequel is a 90-percent certainty.
* The series finale is filming right now in Vancouver and will likely wrap just before the June 30 Screen Actors Guild deadline. * The script for the series finale made Edward James Olmos and Aaron Douglas cry, according to Helfer. Helfer describes her own reaction to the finale script: “Like somebody punched me in the stomach.” Helfer said the ending will compel fans to revisit the series’ beginning. * McDonnell said the series finale script filled her with “an incredible feeling of adrenaline.” “It made me understand the entire saga, and made me excited for all of you,” she told the audience. She added she was “blown away” by it. * McDonnell says she’s already snuck a peek at the now-filming “Caprica” prequel pilot’s dailies and found what she saw “absolutely thrilling.” “They all treat us like their parents,” she says of the “Caprica” cast. * Moore said the idea of another “Razor”-like prequel TV-movie set in the “Galactica” universe was still in the “early talking stages.” He downplayed reports that three TV-movies might get produced, suggesting one movie was more likely.
