Blogging the TCA Blogs #4 - “Virtuality”

This blog post’s headline really captures the spirit:Kevin Reilly promises a gayer, blacker FOX

“In fact, we’re in production on a pilot right now, Virtuality, that Ron Moore and Michael Taylor created. Pete Berg is directing it. And it’s got a gay relationship that is as dimensional and as honest as anything I’ve ever seen portrayed on television.”

Casting! Casting!

“Virtuality” additions:
Clea DuVall is the Phaeton’s co-pilot and engineer.
Erik Jensen is the Phaeton’s navigator.
Jose Pablo Cantillo is a mathematician.

“Inseparable” additions:
Malik Yoba is a detective who works with Justin Lambreaux (Lloyd Owen) and is oblivious to his double life.
Warren Kole is a young detective eager to move up.

So Immortal That He Survived Cancellation

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau didn’t seem to hold a grudge against us when we decided not to renew “New Amsterdam.”

He agreed to star in “Virtuality” as mission commander Frank Pike, described as a “born leader” (not “reborn” leader).

Great Character Names

More actors have been cast in Ronald Moore’s Virtuality:
Joy Bryant is “Alice Thibadeau”
Nelson Lee is “Kenji Yamaguchi”
Sienna Guillory is “Rika Goddard”
Omar Metwally is “Dr. Eyal Meyer”
Richie Coster is “Jimmy Johnson”

Mr. D’Arcy’s Pride

James D’Arcy has been cast in Ronald Moore’s Virtuality, which is set aboard the Phaeton, Earth’s first starship, on a 10-year journey to explore a distant solar system. To help the crew endure the long trip, NASA equips the ship with advanced virtual reality modules, allowing them to assume adventurous identities and go anyplace they want. D’Arcy plays the ship’s psych officer, who produces the virtual reality shows.

Peter Berg will direct the pilot.

No stranger to the BSG writers’ verse, D’Arcy starred in David Eick’s pilot “Them.”

38,573,000 Civilians Died

We’re not claiming to know what this company is. Nor do we know this man.

Although, some of these people seem to have an idea.

The BSG Guys (and Gal)

Ronald D. Moore has a two-hour pilot for us called “Virtuality” that he wrote with Michael Taylor.

It’s set aboard the Phaeton, Earth’s first starship, on a 10-year journey to explore a distant solar system. To help the 12 crew members endure the long trip and keep their minds occupied, NASA equipped the ship with advanced virtual reality modules, allowing them to assume adventurous identities and go to any place they want. The plan works until a mysterious “bug” is found in the system.

Also, BSG star Tricia Helfer has inked a one-year talent holding deal with us, which means she could star in a FOX series soon.