DAVE HOWE: I can’t tell you, not because I won’t tell you, but we really don’t know. First of all I’m really thrilled by the buzz for FLASH GORDON. It’s been an incredible response since we said we were re-making the show. I have to say that I have always been a huge fan, and it’s always been one of my all time favorite movies. When I threw out that we should re-make FLASH GORDON a lot of people said it was cheesy, and I reminded them that was what we said about BATTLESTAR GALACTICA. The reason I can’t tell you much is I don’t know. I’ve seen some very early treatments, very embryonic discussions about what to do with it and where to take it. We don’t want to replicate the comic and we want to take it in a new and fresh direction, and make it relevant and relatable and most important we want it to be fun. We want it to be in the spirit of the pulp comics, which is anything goes with bright blue skies and fun. That was what I loved about the movie, that it was campy and smart. Ask us again in a month’s time and we’ll have more developed for it.

iF: Will BATTLESTAR GALACTICA be back for a fourth season?

HOWE: Here’s how it works in TV. A lot of people have said to me that it appears to be some indecision as to whether BATTLESTAR GALACTICA comes back or not. Absolutely not. The way it works is you have a pick up date by which you have to make a decision about picking up shows for the next season, and you don’t need to make the decision until that date so we don’t make the decision until that date. Do I think BATTLESTAR will come back? I’m pretty much certain BATTLESTAR will come back. It’s doing incredibly well; it’s held its audience on Friday nights against broadcast competition. We’ve moved it to Sunday and paired it with a new show, which we’re hoping will bring in even more of an audience. I’m optimistic and I would be shocked if we did not renew BATTLESTAR GALACTICA.

iF: How about the GALACTICA spin-off CAPRICA?

HOWE: CAPRICA is a pilot amongst a list of pilots that we have in development. We make the decisions about pilots in two to three months. We had a pilot meeting about a month back which was inconclusive. In about a month’s time or so we’ll sit down and take a look at what we have in development and CAPRICA is in that.

iF: Any chance that THE LOST ROOM will become a series?

HOWE: That’s a tough one. We loved THE LOST ROOM, but it didn’t find it’s audience among our core viewers and to be honest that confused and disappointed us. It’s not impossible, but we haven’t made a decision about the series. That will basically be part of the discussion that we do next year.

iF: With PAINKILLER JANE you said that another pilot had been produced?

HOWE: We aired it just after THE LOST ROOM, and it’s part of our movie library. It was a back door pilot that we produced a couple of years back, but we didn’t take that pilot to series. This one goes right back to the comic book and captures the essence of the comic book. This one kind of nails the series. We didn’t pick up the original pilot for a number of reasons, but we’re thrilled with the vision on this one. Obviously Kristanna [Loken] is a phenomenal lead character, and she’s a great actress and she is absolutely the personification of PAINKILLER JANE.

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Last update : 15-01-2007

Keywords : News, Battlestar Galactica News, Interview: SCI FI CHANNEL'S EXECUTIVE VP DAVE HOWE ON BATTLESTAR SEASON 4 & FLASH GORDON, Also chats

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