Firefly was a show unappreciated by the stupid network it was on. It was cleaver, funny, exciting… everything you could want in a Sci Fi show along with some terrific characters. Sadly the show was pulled after only 12 episodes, but later appeared as ONE OF THE BEST SCI FI MOVIES IN THE LAST 10 YEARS! Serenity.
For various reasons, Serenity woefully BOMBED at the boxoffice (this is one of the big reasons I laugh when people complain that Hollywood doesn’t do anything original anymore…. when they DO put out something as brilliant as Serentiy, they don’t go support it). This pretty much sealed the fate of the Serenity/Firefly franchise and it has been understood that there would be no sequel.
But wait a second! Strong sales of the Serenity special DVD have some folks at the studio thinking that a Serenity 2 might be a good idea! The folks at Moviehole give us this:
Tudyk says the newly-released “Serenity : Special Edition“ DVD has been selling so hot, that there’s talk in doing another movie. “They had to put [the new DVD] out because they’ve been selling out of the other one and so Universal’s like ‘So, let’s do another one’. And now… there’s now a chance there’s going to be another movie”. Tudyk agrees that even if it was a direct-to-DVD movie, it’d still be worthwhile. Especially since the whole DVD sequel is a big trend. “It really is”, says Tudyk. “Everybody in the Firefly crew – and that includes the ones who died in the movie – are excited about the prospect of doing another”. Nathan Fillion, says Tudyk, is especially keen.
Now this would kick huge amounts of ass. Mark me down as being impressed if the studio actually decides to go ahead and fund something like this. The only question (and the most important one) is if Joss Whedon would agree to do another one. That man has had his heart broken over this franchise so many times… the last interview I saw with him was really heart wrenching, he was so crushed by the failure of the movie… I’m not sure he’ll go back to it. Let’s hope he does.
