Olmos to direct Battlestar prequel movie

Yes kiddies, you read that right! Brett Love over at TV Squad writes that Edward James Olmos is on board to direct a Battlestar movie that takes place soon after the Cylons destroy the humans homeworlds. It will follow the Cylons as they deal with human survivors, aboard ships as well as on planets. The new Battlestar project will air after the series completes its run next year. So far, Michael Trucco, Aaron Douglas, and Dean Stockwell are confirmed as part of the cast, nothing solid yet as to the rest of the crew.


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Edward James Olmos: "Blade Runner Failed Because of Harrison Ford"

Wow, I was reading through SFSignal's blog when I came across a link to this bomb shell.

Kevin Kelly writes in Cinematical:

"I had the lucky fortune to attend a Battlestar Galactica event in Los Angeles tonight, but the one explosive shell to come out of it was Edward James Olmos really putting the screws to Harrison Ford over Blade Runner. According to Olmos 'Blade Runner was supposed to have sequels.' Olmos tossed down the gauntlet and then did the fandango on top of it by telling us all, 'Blade Runner failed because of Harrison Ford.' He went on to explain that since Harrison's fans had seen him in the Star Wars movies, and as Indiana Jones, they'd come to expect a certain type of performance from him. When they saw him in Blade Runner in a role that 'required him to think a lot, his fans threw up all over it.' "

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