Weekend Update - News You Can Use

A Galactica Sitrep reader, Danielle, sends word from France that Battlestar Galactica is set to go back into production in late March in Vancouver, B.C.

"We will finish the story, and I think the fans will be satisfied." -- Edward James Olmos

Thanks Danielle, for the tip.

With the strike over, Jane Espenson reports on her blog about being back in the writers' room.

Pop Candy had an excellent interview with Jane awhile back. And check out this essay by Nathon Fillion from Serenity Found, a book of essays on Joss Whedon's Serenity that was edited by Jane Espenson.

Ready for some BSG season 4 spoilers? Well Buddy TV has a few. (Also check out their report that Caprica could be resurrected, even though Ron Moore says, "Despite the rumors to the contrary, there's still no word on Caprica. I have yet to get a call from the network about it, and if they're really considering it, they're keeping it to themselves.")

Tricia Helfer Fan dot com has a few spoilers relating to variations of Six.

But if you want MAJOR HUGE SPOILERS just check out this article on io9. Don't say you weren't warned. Do Not Click that link unless you want to be really, really spoiled. Seriously, you'll be happier waiting just 47 more days till the season 4 debut. We've waited this long, we can surely wait another 47 days.

In other news, Margie at Watching BSG has photos of Katee Sackhoff attending a movie premiere.

And Michelle on the Battlestar Blog posted some great photos of the Diamond Select Razor Minimates.

Lastly, following up on my Blu-ray disc report below, Reuters and the Digital Bits are reporting that HD DVD manufacturer, Toshiba, is announcing that they will no longer make HD DVD players. Game over. The hi-def disc format war is finally over.

Digital Bits editor Bill Hunt says that it may take longer for NBC/Universal to transition to Blu-ray disc, "as they're at least two years behind the other Hollywood studios in working with the format (though one would expect the BDA to provide them help in getting up to speed as quickly as possible)."

Thus it might take them longer to release Battlestar Galactica on Blu-ray than I thought. However, BSG is probably one of their better selling titles on DVD so it may be a priority for them. We'll keep an eye out for any news on the subject. With Toshiba's move to exit the HD DVD business, Paramount and Universal will probably announce their support for Blu-ray disc within days.

In a comment to the previous post, anonymous posted a link to this hilarous YouTube video making fun of HDDVD's demise. Thanks for that link, anonymous.