| By Cindy White,
on 08-06-2007
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Eick Hires Battlestar Alumni
David Eick, executive producer of SCI FI Channel's original series Battlestar Galactica, told SCI FI Wire that he plans to continue working with many of the show's cast and crew on other projects.
"I'm trying to make use of the cast as much as I can," Eick said in an interview after it was announced that the show will end after the upcoming fourth season. "Because I have found in the last year that we, inadvertently in a lot of ways, have stumbled upon the greatest collection of actors I've ever been a part of."
Two of the show's actors have already been in a pair of pilots Eick is developing for next season. Katee Sackhoff (Starbuck) has a guest-starring role in NBC's upcoming fall series Bionic Woman, and Tricia Helfer (Number Six) stars in Eick's Them, which wasn't picked up by Fox but still has a chance for a mid-season slot.
"Katee Sackhoff is someone who was in the pilot for Bionic Woman, and once Battlestar ends, and even when we go on our hiatus, if she's free, we may be able to use her," Eick said. "Tricia Helfer was in another pilot I did for Fox called Them, which may be flirting with a mid-season order, and it's sort of the same thing there. When she becomes available, she'd be the nerve center of that project."
Eick added that he'll look for ways to use Battlestar's directors as well. "As they become available, we'll be looking for opportunities to use them on other things," he said.
Eick added that Battlestar has been a good training ground for talent, and he's not about to let that knowledge and experience go to waste. "It's just been a great growth and evolution creatively for everybody to come out the end of this show and feel like 'Wow, we've got directors and actors and writers and all sorts of great, talented people that we'll always stay in touch with and always work with.' Because once you find those people, you don't let them go," he said. —Cindy White
scifi.com
Last update : 11-06-2007
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