SERENITY COMIC ART UP!!!!

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SNIPER

Friday, February 18, 2005 1:14 PM

I just found this big, really cool article:

WHEDON'S COMIC BOOK SERENITY
In a quick word in this week’s issue of Newsweek, (online here) the announcement was made that Joss Whedon will return to his own properties in comics this summer with a prequel to Serenity, Whedon’s upcoming feature film based on his cancelled TV series Firefly, set 500 years in the future.

From the original Universal press release on the film:

The Serenity cast will include such returning Firefly cast members as Nathan Fillion as Captain Malcolm 'Mal' Reynolds, Gina Torres as Zoe Warren, Morena Baccarin as Inara Serra, Jewel Staite as Kaylee Frye, Adam Baldwin as Jayne Cobb, Sean Maher as Dr. Simon Tam and Summer Glau as River Tam.

The film centers around Captain Malcolm Reynolds, a hardened veteran (on the losing side) of a galactic civil war, who now ekes out a living pulling off small crimes and transport-for-hire aboard his ship, "Serenity." He leads a small, eclectic crew who are the closest thing he has left to family - squabbling, insubordinate and undyingly loyal.

When Mal takes on two new passengers -- a young doctor and his unstable, telepathic sister -- he gets much more than he bargained for. The pair are fugitives from the coalition dominating the universe, who will stop at nothing to reclaim the girl. The crew that was once used to skimming the outskirts of the galaxy unnoticed find themselves caught between the unstoppable military force of the Universal Alliance and the horrific, cannibalistic fury of the Reavers, savages who roam the very edge of space. Hunted by vastly different enemies, they begin to discover that the greatest danger to them may be on board "Serenity" herself.

Dark Horse Comics confirmed for Newsarama that they will be publishing the three-issue prequel, written by Whedon and Brett Matthews (a Firefly writer and former comics collaborator with Whedon), with art by Will Conrad. Issue #1 is due in July.

Serenity is due in theaters on September 30th.

AND,

That first cover looks amazing!@!

NAKEDANDARTICULATE

Friday, February 18, 2005 1:24 PM

SHINY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS AND THE NOVEL SERIES SINCE THE SHOW WAS ON THE AIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!! JULY CANT COME FAST ENOUGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"Hamsters is nice."

SNIPER

Friday, February 18, 2005 2:21 PM

No it can't. Man, I can't wait to get my hands on this.

3 issues though, sounds like they're being cautious.

KERNELM

Friday, February 18, 2005 2:26 PM

It's a mini, not an ongoing series.

Also, please include attribution links:
http://newsarama.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=27841

http://whedonesque.com/?comments=6091

SNIPER

Friday, February 18, 2005 2:37 PM

Whoops, yeah, forgot to include those. Thanks.

A mini is nice, but I'm hoping that they'll do some more after the movie. Not too many, but enough to give us some more Firefly stuff.

NAKEDANDARTICULATE

Friday, February 18, 2005 2:59 PM

I HAD A VISION(and my visions are always right--they hurt my head)THE VISION WAS THIS--
SERENITY PREQUEL(3 ISH)
SERENITY ADAPTATION(GN AND/OR 2-3 ISH MINI)
SERENITY (ONGOING-BUT IN A MINI SERIES FORMAT)

"PRETTY CUNNING DONTCHA THINK?"

"Hamsters is nice."

STARPILOTGRAINGER

Friday, February 18, 2005 3:26 PM

Looks pretty good for a first glimpse.

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KEVIN

Friday, February 18, 2005 6:34 PM

JOSS JUST POSTED THIS(WITHIN THE HOUR)ON WHEDONESQUE!!!!!!!!!----

Hey, It's me -- or an incredible simulation! Still recovering from that intense Wondercon experience I had in the near future. And that fun announcement about the Serenity comic that I made... if you're a comic book geek such as my own self, you were SO psyched. If you're not, you dozed off. But I definitely have something up my sleeve... it's an arm! a hideous arm! Get it off me!
joss |

NAKEDANDARTICULATE

Friday, February 18, 2005 8:12 PM

bump

"Hamsters is nice."

ZEEK

Friday, February 18, 2005 9:22 PM

This is some shiny news. I can't wait for July.

Anywhere I can put my order in yet?

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