Ron Moore

Updates From The Suicide Squad, Space Jam, and More

The Foo Fighters are getting their own horror movie. The Man Who Fell to Earth remake continues to expand its cast. A Court of Thorns and Roses is coming to TV. Plus, what’s to come on Legends of Tomorrow, and Netflix dates the final episodes of Lucifer. Spoilers get! Untitled Foo Fighters Horror Movie Bloody-Disgusting…

Television James Whitbrook & Gordon Jackson Mar 30

Ron Moore Is Creating a Disney Theme Park Shared Universe for Disney+

TV creator Ron Moore must have won the Super Bowl, because he’s going to Disney World. The man behind the rebooted Battlestar Galactica and current For All Mankind is reportedly starting a new endeavor on Disney+ that’ll tell stories based on characters from Disney theme parks. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Moore and a small…

io9 Germain Lussier Feb 22

Ron Moore’s For All Mankind Presents an Alt-History Space Race of Epic Proportions

In our reality, the United States was the first country to put a man on the moon. In Ron Moore’s new Apple TV+ series, For All Mankind, that didn’t happen. Russia beat the United States, and so the United States has to play catch-up. Until this point, what exactly that meant in the context of…

Trailers Germain Lussier Sep 26

TV Pilots That Are as Good as Most Summer Movies

The fall TV season is beginning, and that means one thing — you’re finally going to get to see the TV pilots that the networks have been sweating over for a year. Most of them will totally suck — even if the shows they launch wind up being good. But a few of them will…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Sep 12

What’s Ron Moore’s new magic procedural show really about?

Ronald D. Moore’s “CSI meets Harry Potter” TV series filmed its pilot episode recently, but what’s it really like? How will the man who brought us the mysticism-tinged Battlestar Galactica reboot handle a world of magic? We got curious about Moore’s NBC show 17th Precinct, and decided to do some digging. Here’s what we found…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Apr 26

First Cast Photo from Ron Moore’s 17th Precinct: It’s a BSG reunion!

Mini Battlestar Galactica reunion! In between shooting scenes for Ron Moore’s new supernatural cop drama the 17th Precinct, Tricia Helfer sent out a set photo with her old BSG castmates Jamie Bamber and James Callis. Yesterday Helfer tweeted this set photo writing: “Here ya go #BSG peeps. 6, Baltar, Apollo. Aka Morgana, John, Caolan.” The…

io9 Meredith Woerner Mar 16

The REAL Battlestar Galactica Series Bible

Last week, we showed you Ron Moore’s original series bible for Battlestar Galactica — but the webcomic Hijinks Ensue brings us Ron Moore’s Bible study class. Best part: Brother McCreary’s crazy trashcan tribal drum music. [via Battlestar_Blog] https://gizmodo.com/the-original-battlestar-galactica-series-bible-is-ron-m-5743142

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jan 31

The original Battlestar Galactica series bible is Ron Moore’s rebuke to Star Trek

Ron Moore’s original series bible for Battlestar Galactica is online, and it’s full of critiques of “bumpy-headed aliens,” “techno-double-talk” and other Star Trek mainstays. The most important thing to remember about the Cylons? “They are not the Borg.” The jabs at Star Trek from Moore — who had only recently ended a long stint on…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jan 25

Ron Moore’s “Harry Potter for grown-ups” show is getting off the ground

Are you ready for Battlestar Galactica’s Ron Moore to go full-on magical? NBC has ordered a pilot for Moore’s Precinct 17, an ensemble police drama set in a world ruled by magic instead of science, in the town of Excelsior. https://gizmodo.com/ron-moores-new-television-project-a-harry-potter-inspi-5627883

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jan 20

Ron Moore’s new television project: a Harry Potter-inspired fantasy series

Ronald D. Moore’s Battlestar Galactica juggled heavy duty space opera and fantastical, magic elements. But his next project will leave space behind, in favor of a world of pure magic, in the vein of Harry Potter for adults. According to Deadline, Moore’s new project is “described as an adult Harry Potter set in a world…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Sep 1

Caprica trades angst for action in January’s new episodes

The first half of Caprica season one was about setting things in motion. But the second half, airing January, will be all action, the producers told us. And James Marsters talked about playing a religious fundamentalist who uses his sex-appeal. There are some spoilers for season 1.5 ahead, so be warned! In the second half…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jul 24

We ask Ron Moore what happened to Starbuck at the end of BSG

At the Caprica roundtables, we finally got to sit next to Ronald D. Moore. And we couldn’t resist asking him: What was the deal with Starbuck at the end of Battlestar Galactica? Here’s what he said. She is what you want to think of her. It was left deliberately nebulous and vague. And I think…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jul 23

Lost Has Already Given Us More Answers Than Battlestar

Tomorrow’s the last episode of Lost before the big-blow-out finale, and some people feel like the island-castaway show hasn’t explained enough. Is Lost another answers-averse show like Battlestar Galactica? No. In fact, Lost has already provided more answers than BSG. I’ve seen lots of people fretting about a lack of answers on Lost, and comparing…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders May 17

Which Trend Is To Blame For The Near-Death Of Science Fiction On Network TV?

Science fiction is an endangered species on the “big four” U.S. networks — Lost is ending, and pretty much every other show is in ratings freefall. Which trend should we blame for this turn of events? Which trend is most to blame for killing science fiction on network TV?online surveys

Television Charlie Jane Anders Apr 21

The Thing’s Prequel Lurches Towards Production

Sounds like The Thing prequel is moving out of development purgatory, and into actual production. Filming will begin this March. But with Ronald D. Moore script thrown out, is this something we want? According to Production Weekly’s Twitter feed “Universal’s prequel to John Carpenter’s classic thriller “The Thing,” is due to begin filming March and…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jan 4

Chart Reveals Who The True Masters Of Science Fiction Were This Decade

Have any movie directors or producers revealed themselves to be “masters” of science fiction in recent years? In this chart, we look at how some of the contenders for SF mastery have fared. Update: I apologize, I haven’t been online much due to the holidays. I realized that there was an erroneous data point for…

Television Lauren Davis Dec 25

Why Charles Stross Hates Scifi Television’s Technogibberish

Science fiction author Charles Stross hates Star Trek. He also hates Babylon 5 and can’t be bothered with Doctor Who. Why? Because in so much science fiction television, the technology portrayed is so often irrelevant to the story being told. In a keynote speech at the New York Television Festival, Ron Moore explained that the…

io9 Lauren Davis Oct 14

Is BS3 Doomed To Failure?

Universal have reportedly fast-tracked their big-screen reboot of Battlestar Galactica, bringing Bryan Singer on board to direct and co-produce. But is there any way in which this will end up being anything other than a well-intentioned failure? Even if you’re the greatest Bryan Singer fan in the world – and I’m sure someone out there…

io9 Graeme McMillan Aug 15

BSG Spin-Off Caprica Could Still Feature Crazy Space War

Battlestar Galactica‘s prequel series, Caprica, may be about the origins of the Cylon killer robots, but a lot of its storylines will deal with battles between the twelve colonies… which may actually heat up into full-on interstellar combat. Spoilers below. BSG and Caprica creators Ron Moore and David Eick, showrunner Jane Espenson, and actor Esai…

io9 Lauren Davis Jul 25

Did Battlestar Galactica Have The Worst Ending In Science Fiction History?

We’ve all had our problems with Battlestar Galactica’s weird solar flare-out of an ending, but was it actually the worst ending in the history of science fiction? That’s what Usenet luminary and Electronic Frontier Foundation Chairman Brad Templeton is claiming. Oh, and there will be spoilers for “Daybreak Parts 2 and 3” in this post,…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jul 13

Ron Moore

Updates From The Suicide Squad, Space Jam, and More

Ron Moore Is Creating a Disney Theme Park Shared Universe for Disney+

Ron Moore’s For All Mankind Presents an Alt-History Space Race of Epic Proportions

TV Pilots That Are as Good as Most Summer Movies

What’s Ron Moore’s new magic procedural show really about?

First Cast Photo from Ron Moore’s 17th Precinct: It’s a BSG reunion!

The REAL Battlestar Galactica Series Bible

The original Battlestar Galactica series bible is Ron Moore’s rebuke to Star Trek

Ron Moore’s “Harry Potter for grown-ups” show is getting off the ground

Ron Moore’s new television project: a Harry Potter-inspired fantasy series

Caprica trades angst for action in January’s new episodes

We ask Ron Moore what happened to Starbuck at the end of BSG

Lost Has Already Given Us More Answers Than Battlestar

Which Trend Is To Blame For The Near-Death Of Science Fiction On Network TV?

The Thing’s Prequel Lurches Towards Production

Chart Reveals Who The True Masters Of Science Fiction Were This Decade

Why Charles Stross Hates Scifi Television’s Technogibberish

Is BS3 Doomed To Failure?

BSG Spin-Off Caprica Could Still Feature Crazy Space War

Did Battlestar Galactica Have The Worst Ending In Science Fiction History?

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