I know I say it all the time… but it’s worth repeating yet again. Serenity was just a masterpiece of a movie. I liked the show… but didn’t love it… but this movie was everything a great sci fi film should be and then-some. Solid action, terrific diverse characters and just an amazing villain (played perfectly by Chiwetel Ejiofor). Yadda yadda yadda.
Anyway, the film was a colossal bomb. It made up for it with strong DVD sales, but the degree of the disappointment over its box office results can’t be over stated. The fate of Serentiy was sealed. But then a few weeks back a few of us heard that there was a chance that (due to the strong performance on DVD) that Universal may consider doing another Serenity film… even if it’s straight to DVD.
Some people (including myself) allowed themselves to become delusional and let themselves believe it… despite the facts and figures staring us in the face. Well, now Serenity cast member Jewel Staite is setting the record straight. There is no Serenity 2 in the works. The good folks over at Sci Fi give us this:
“Let’s address these Serenity 2 rumors before anything else,” Staite wrote. ” I have no idea what you people are talking about! Seems to me someone (with a name that starts with A and ends in LAN) said something in an interview that was misconstrued as the sequel being green-lit, which is not the case at the moment. I will never say it will never happen, because that’s just blasphemy in my opinion, but it’s not happening at the moment, … no matter what you read on the Internet.”
So there you have it folks… there will be no Serenity 2. Not now… and despite the faint glimmer of optimisum in Jewel’s statement… not ever.
The fact of the matter is that the film was a bomb. If they did another one it would also be a bomb. And sadly, everything I’ve heard to date coming out of Joss Whedon regarding Serenity is that he’s done with it… not because he was sick of it… but because the damn thing has just broken his heart too many times already (cancellation of the series and the “failure” of the movie).
This film probably won’t ever happen… who’s going to put up $50 million (small budget) for a project that’s failed twice already? And who will direct it? Damn shame.
