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Fox Network Orders Sci-Fi Pilot Movie From GALACTICA Vets Ron Moore & Michael Taylor!!

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“Battlestar Galactica” writer-producers Ron Moore and Michael Taylor are headed back to outer space for a newly greenlit Fox Network TV-movie pilot titled “Virtuality.”

Variety describes it thusly:

Universal Media Studios is behind the sci-fi drama, which follows 12 astronauts who are sent on a 10-year journey to find a distant solar system. The explorers pass the time by hooking up to advanced virtual reality modules to explore self-created worlds. But they discover someone has downloaded a computer bug into the system -- and one of them may be the saboteur.

NBC passed on the project. “Insiders said was too sci-fi for Peacock tastes,” according to Variety, even though NBC is the network behind “Heroes,” “Bionic Woman” and a new “Knight Rider” series due this autumn.

Moore also wrote the SciFi Channel's "Galactica" prequel pilot movie "Caprica," which shoots this spring.

If "Virtuality" goes to series, it could air on Fox early next year.

Read all of Variety’s story on the matter here.



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NBC Passed !?!
by otm shank
Apr 14th, 2008
12:29:59 AM
Wow, that sucked.
by gotilk
Apr 14th, 2008
12:35:24 AM
I'm just so happy NBC passed.
by gotilk
Apr 14th, 2008
12:37:20 AM
This isn't the sequel to VR5?
by Bones
Apr 14th, 2008
12:40:43 AM
dual programing tie-in
by gman88
Apr 14th, 2008
12:42:13 AM
sounds cool
by Stereotypical Evil Archer
Apr 14th, 2008
12:43:23 AM
VR5 sequel
by gman88
Apr 14th, 2008
12:44:08 AM
Kudos, Fox! Now try not to cancel this one.
by Ribbons
Apr 14th, 2008
12:44:45 AM
Also: When is Denzel and Russell showing up?
by Bones
Apr 14th, 2008
12:45:44 AM
Yikes. Bad Grammar on that one....
by Bones
Apr 14th, 2008
12:46:42 AM
Intriguing.....
by J-Dizzle
Apr 14th, 2008
12:47:58 AM
The show didn't have enough Ford tie-ins.
by otm shank
Apr 14th, 2008
12:48:51 AM
Gotlik...
by Bones
Apr 14th, 2008
12:58:51 AM
Its not that far fetched
by coleyown
Apr 14th, 2008
01:07:49 AM
It'll be Firefly all over again.
by JumpinJehosaphat
Apr 14th, 2008
01:11:59 AM
Good point.
by gotilk
Apr 14th, 2008
01:38:10 AM
Help me...
by pk68
Apr 14th, 2008
01:40:34 AM
Sorry about all the horrible typos.
by gotilk
Apr 14th, 2008
01:42:36 AM
Holodeck: The Series
by DangerMan
Apr 14th, 2008
01:46:43 AM
"too scifi" for NBC
by lsleelee
Apr 14th, 2008
02:24:10 AM
I wish I lived in virtual world where everyone loved sci-fi ....
by The Outlander
Apr 14th, 2008
02:42:32 AM
Fox? It's doomed.
by ahdvd
Apr 14th, 2008
02:43:49 AM
Sounds like a recycled series of all the holodeck malfunction ep
by Floyd_Dylan
Apr 14th, 2008
02:53:24 AM
all this frakking holodeck talk
by the podosphere
Apr 14th, 2008
03:16:15 AM
A bug, huh?
by the podosphere
Apr 14th, 2008
03:16:40 AM
Nooo, don't do it Ron!
by photoboy
Apr 14th, 2008
03:44:36 AM
fucking Peacock tastes
by newc0253
Apr 14th, 2008
04:09:34 AM
It could air on Fox for 8 episodes
by V'Shael
Apr 14th, 2008
05:56:54 AM
fail
by Mr_X
Apr 14th, 2008
05:59:08 AM
@Bones
by Sebilrazen
Apr 14th, 2008
06:25:40 AM
Fox is betting on "Fringe" for it's sci-fi qouta..
by Yeti
Apr 14th, 2008
06:33:34 AM
10 years=10 seasons!
by Dazzler69
Apr 14th, 2008
06:55:18 AM
interesting idea BUT its on fox
by palewook
Apr 14th, 2008
07:20:18 AM
Feh
by Aquatarkusman
Apr 14th, 2008
07:35:52 AM
VR5 and Harsh Realm
by EvilWizardGlick
Apr 14th, 2008
07:53:35 AM
If you think this will be just Holodeck: The Series,
by mayorofsimpleton
Apr 14th, 2008
08:26:09 AM
red dwarf had the ultimate holodeck parody episode
by palewook
Apr 14th, 2008
08:48:39 AM
Fox should just cancel it before it airs
by TVguy4566
Apr 14th, 2008
08:52:18 AM
Get rid of the holodeck and it's a better idea.
by FluffyUnbound
Apr 14th, 2008
08:59:41 AM
Blam Blam...Boobies!
by Kentucky Colonel
Apr 14th, 2008
09:08:12 AM
wow, that sounds boring
by Judge Briggs
Apr 14th, 2008
09:43:44 AM
Its not like Fox doesnt own a Sci Fi property
by Fernwick_
Apr 14th, 2008
10:00:19 AM
The "virtuality" will be on Earth in 2008.
by kabong
Apr 14th, 2008
10:08:55 AM
Sounds a little like 2001 meets THE MATRIX...
by SpyGuy
Apr 14th, 2008
11:00:37 AM
2001 Meets the Matrix would work
by FluffyUnbound
Apr 14th, 2008
11:39:26 AM
IS there any network that knows what to do with sf?
by chromedome
Apr 14th, 2008
11:45:52 AM
BSG--->Earth--->Virtuallity
by chromedome
Apr 14th, 2008
11:48:12 AM
Sounds like a bore.
by skydemon
Apr 14th, 2008
11:51:12 AM
chromedome
by palewook
Apr 14th, 2008
12:04:59 PM
Matrix + 13th Floor + 2001 + Joe Haldeman
by tumantorak
Apr 14th, 2008
02:06:03 PM
Sundays at 7 after NFL
by codefool
Apr 14th, 2008
02:10:24 PM
This has got to be a joke...
by SG7
Apr 14th, 2008
02:47:20 PM
First Dollhouse and now Vituality
by zooch
Apr 14th, 2008
03:19:39 PM
I know what happens in the series finale:
by kabong
Apr 14th, 2008
05:02:47 PM
Lawnmower Man: The Series
by pokadoo
Apr 14th, 2008
05:10:26 PM
ManBearPig: The Series
by br1947
Apr 14th, 2008
06:12:11 PM
Love the sound of this
by LeckoManiac
Apr 14th, 2008
06:25:38 PM
Arrrggh
by BillyPilgrim
Apr 14th, 2008
06:40:42 PM
Leafblower Man: The Series
by aboriginal
Apr 14th, 2008
06:44:13 PM
Call This: "12 Masturbating Astronauts"
by bswise
Apr 14th, 2008
06:53:34 PM
My jury's out on this
by GregoryHarbin
Apr 14th, 2008
07:06:50 PM
I still can't forgive Fox...
by Almega
Apr 14th, 2008
07:09:21 PM
Only good for a.....
by Banditmania
Apr 14th, 2008
08:06:12 PM
this just in...
by coachaaron
Apr 14th, 2008
09:14:28 PM
To SciFi for NBC
by RocketCityMan
Apr 14th, 2008
09:38:45 PM
Ripoff of IDLEWILD
by Miles_Teg
Apr 14th, 2008
10:04:50 PM
Man, Don't we do that in real life already?
by samsquanch
Apr 14th, 2008
10:12:17 PM
Sweet
by Cobbio
Apr 14th, 2008
10:44:47 PM
What the..?
by Cobbio
Apr 15th, 2008
11:45:31 AM
This doesn't ring a bell?
by rotten666
Apr 15th, 2008
02:14:59 PM
Re: Rotten
by Cobbio
Apr 15th, 2008
02:29:27 PM
The new Knight Rider sounds about as sci fi as Gossip Girl....
by JuliusSeizure
Apr 15th, 2008
02:36:07 PM
Dr. Moriarty, Gegis Khan, Evil Lincoln!
by fiester
Apr 16th, 2008
11:41:37 AM
The premise sounds
by Nabster
Apr 17th, 2008
07:56:18 AM
Philip K Dick already did this.
by Shan
Apr 17th, 2008
09:55:59 PM

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