Hey, Browncoats, Joss Whedon Still Hasn’t Given up on a Serenity Sequel
Nix January 28, 2013Yeah, but where will he find the time to make it happen?
Yeah, but where will he find the time to make it happen?
As long as fans keep it alive, I don’t think “Firefly”, the one-season show from “Avengers” director Joss Whedon will ever die, especially not in this day and age of Internet fanboys and reruns on cable TV. One of those cable TV channels that have “discovered” Whedon’s “Firefly” is the Science Channel, who will be bringing the show, along with its creator and cast, to Comic Con this year. The Hollywood Reporter says that you can expect Whedon, Nathan Fillion, Alan Tudyk, Adam Baldwin, Sean Maher, Michael Fairman, and “the rest of the crew of the Serenity” (does that mean everyone, including Jewel Staite, Summer Glau, Morena Baccarin, and Gina Torres, then?) for a panel scheduled for Friday, July 13th at 12:30 p.m. in Ballroom 20 at the annual San Diego shindig. If you haven’t already, get your tickets now, Browncoats. With Whedon having done gonzo business with “The Avengers”, I’m going to go out on a limb and say… Continue Reading »
Diehard Joss Whedon fans (or Whedonites, I think is what they call themselves) want it to happen desperately, and even the cast thinks it would be just too cool if they could go back and do a sequel to the movie “Serenity” (the feature-length movie version of the cancelled Firefly TV show), but according to the franchise’s creator, writer, and do-it-all guy Joss Whedon — it ain’t gonna happen. Ever. Well, maybe not ever, but definitely it’s not going to happen anytime soon, because according to Whedon, no one is telling him they WANT the sequel. At least, no one with the money to bankroll it. Here’s what Whedon tells MTV: “The rumors are there because people really wish it would happen,” Whedon said. [It’s an “improbable fantasy,” Whedon said. Then again, “so was making ‘Serenity’ [given the cancellation of 'Firefly'], and so is half my career, which is why I never write it off.” “I’d do it in a… Continue Reading »