On August 7, 2008 SciFi Channel officially announced the production
of a two-hour TV movie which was originally supposed to air after the
final episode of Season 4. The movie began production on September 8, 2008.^{[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlestar_Galactica#cite_note-morecast-17][18][/url]}
The movie is scheduled to premiere exclusively on DVD, Blu-ray and
digital download on October 27, 2009 and tentatively scheduled to air
in 2010 on SciFi. Written by Jane Espenson and directed by Edward James Olmos, The Plan
storyline begins before the attack on the 12 colonies and will show
events mainly from the perspective of two Cylon agents, Cavil and
Anders.^{[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlestar_Galactica#cite_note-18][19][/url]}
Tricia Helfer states that the disappearance of Shelly Godfrey in "Six
Degrees of Separation" will be explained. IGN reports scenes including
Aaron Doral preparing for the suicide bombing seen in "Litmus", Anders
awakening in a Cylon resurrection chamber, and Cavil berating Boomer
for failing to kill William Adama in "Kobol's Last Gleaming". In
addition to Shelly Godfrey, there is a dark-haired Six called "Tough
Six" in the script. A sneak peek was made available by SciFi on June
12, 2009, showing Cavil and Ellen Tigh during the events of "33".
Confirmed cast members include Olmos, Michael Trucco, Aaron Douglas and Dean Stockwell. All the actors playing Cylons have been confirmed for the movie, except Lucy Lawless.^{[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlestar_Galactica#cite_note-tvmovie-19][20][/url]} Tricia Helfer, Grace Park, Rick Worthy, Matthew Bennett, Callum Keith Rennie, Michael Hogan and Rekha Sharma will also feature.^{[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlestar_Galactica#cite_note-morecast-17][18][/url]}

On July 24, 2009, Edward James Olmos stated that The Plan will not be the last BSG movie.^{[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlestar_Galactica#cite_note-notthelast-20][21][/url]}