For those of you out there who have seen Serenity and liked it there is bad news, no Serenity 2. Our friends over at slashfilm.com give us this:
Joss Whedon fanboys can finally give up all hope, the writer/director has finally confirmed what I’ve said all along: There will never be a Serenity sequel. Serenity was a 2005 science fiction western film set in the universe of the cancelled Fox television series Firefly. Including it’s home video release, Serenity has still yet to come close to earning back it’s $39 million budget. “There’s no sequel, no secret project regarding Serenity or somesuch and I’m not even sure how anyone thought there was talk there,” wrote Whedon. “So let’s put that to bed and smother it with a pillow.”
Harsh words, and yet…good dialouge. To be fair this must have been a massive disappointment to Whedon. This movie got outstanding reviews, people were calling it the next Star Wars franchise and for it to not even make back it’s 36 million dollar budget must have made all the people who made it want to go to bed and never wake up. It’s a shame that the sequel won’t be made, but it’s understandable, no one wants to make a movie when the first one didn’t even break even.
After reading all the good reviews on Serenity at rottentomatoes.com I’ll be renting it soon, hopefully my dollars will go towards making it less of a lemon.
