Starz greenlights new series from 'Battlestar Galactica' showrunner


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I?ve learned that Starz has given a series order to Outlander, a drama based on Diana Gabaldon?s bestselling fantasy/romance/adventure series of books. I hear the project, from Battlestar Galactica developer Ron Moore and Sony Pictures TV, has received a 16-episode order, with production slated to begin in October in Scotland where the books are set. I hear Gabaldon let the news of the greenlight slip at Book Expo America 2013. The news comes a month after Outlander opened a writers room, with Moore hiring four scribes to work with him ? Toni Graphia, Matt Roberts, Ira Behr and Anne Kenney. This marks Sony?s first series for Starz.

Outlander spans the genres of romance, science fiction, history, and adventure. It follows Claire, a married WWII combat nurse, who mistakenly steps back in time to year 1743 where she is immediately thrown into an unknown world of adventure that sends her on the run and threatens her life. When Claire is forced to marry Jamie, a chivalrous and romantic young Scottish warrior, it ignites a passionate affair that tears Claire?s heart between two vastly different men in two irreconcilable lives. The seven-book series has sold over 20 million copies. An eighth novel is slated to come out this fall. The books have developed passionate fan following, with multiple companies running ?Jamie and Claire? tours of Scotland, where they visit locations from the books.

http://www.deadline.com/2013/06/outlander-greenlighted-to-series-by-starz/

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Former "Battlestar Galactica" showrunner Ronald D. Moore has a lot of balls in the air this coming television season.

Starz announced that it has given a sixteen episode order for the writer/producer's latest project, an adaptation of Diana Gabaldon's best-selling seven book series "Outlander."

The time travelling series revolves around Claire Randall, a recently married World War II combat nurse who is unexpectedly thrust back to Scotland in the year 1743 during a second honeymoon to Inverness. As she encounters numerous dangers in her new and unfamiliar surroundings, she is forced to pair up with a Scottish warrior for protection. Gabaldon has an eighth book slated for release in the fall of next year, after the first seven novels have sold over 20 million copies worldwide.

This marks the second series the "Star Trek" alum has a hand in, as the upcoming chiller "Helix" is currently in production for Syfy. The bio-terror series about a possible disease outbreak and the attempts to contain it at an Arctic research station is scheduled to premiere in August.

Production on this new action adventure series is set to begin in October, with much of the filming taking place in Scotland. The series plays to many of Moore's strengths, incorporating elements of numerous genres from romance to science-fiction, something that the producer also accomplished remarkably well during his stints on "Star Trek" and "Battlestar Galactica."

http://www.tvrage.com/news/7020/starz-greenlights-new-series-from-battlestar-galactica-showrunner

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