Universal to make 'Firefly' movie?
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All of this sounds excellent, but keep in mind that, like the Bush administration, Hollywood folks know that talking up a win before it happens helps bring it home. Joss and Nathan may be talking the game in hopes of bringing it across the finish line.
If ever a show had a good chance of succeeding in a second shot, I think Firefly is it. I'd much prefer additional TV episodes, but I'll take what I can get. Maybe one will lead to another.
J.
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By the way, according to the time assigned to my last post, the fireflyfans server resides in the middle of the Pacific ocean, east of Hawaii. Perhaps Alaska. Anyone know?
J.
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I'm pretty sure Haken's in Hawai.
As for the movie - if you think of the Serenity pilot as a 2 hour movie, then for $10m you've got a darn good, and by today's standards, cheap movie.
Not that releasing Serenity theatrically would be a good idea, you need something that's slightly less open-ended. But Serenity shows what Joss can do. And for that type of budget, throw in a little more for promotion, it's stands a good chance of making money even if it's not a huge blockbuster success.
A commercially successfully movie will then raise the profile of Firefly to the point where maybe someone will look seriously at the TV show again.
OK there are a fews IFs in there, but nothing wildy fantastical.
Shug
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The only fantastical part is the budget -- movie quality sets and effects are more expensive than TV. TV's generally low quality picture covers a multitude of sins. I don't think anyone's even noticed that Nathan Fillion has six fingers yet.
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