Syfy have a new series in the works called Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome.
It tells the early days of Adama as a young soldier joining the Galactica and fighting the Cylon menace. It is set during the 10th year of the first Cylon war.
Cast in the role of Adama is Luke Pasqualino (he played Freddie in the UK version of Skins). He was born in the UK but has Italian parents. Ben Cotton (Hellcats, Riese) will play Adama’s commanding officer.
Pasqualino will star as the young, talented fighter pilot William Adama, a recent Academy graduate who finds himself assigned to the newest Battlestar in the Colonial fleet: the Galactica. Full of ambition and in pursuit of the intense action that the Cylon war promises, Adama quickly finds himself at odds with Coker (Cotton), the battle-weary officer to whom he reports. With 45 days left in his tour of duty, Coker desires an end to battle just as much as Adama craves the start of it. Though they clash at first, the two men forge an unlikely bond when a routine mission turns dangerous and becomes a pivotal one for the desperate fleet.
Does Pasqualino work for you as a young Edward James Olmos?
Check out the concept art for the new show.
Source: EW
