From Fox Entertainment President Gail Berman - "Firefly," which Berman said creator Joss Whedon was planning to refashion and revive as a movie.
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UPDATED: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 08:33
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Not to be a bucket of cold water, but...
...the wording of Berman's sentence -- even though it was paraphrased -- it remarkably dodgy. Sure, Joss is 'planning' to refashion and revive it as a movie. I'm planning to be the monarch of Argentina. It doesn't mean that his plan will ever see financial backing or support.
Berman didn't say Fox was on board or that anyone had expressed interest in picking something like this up, just that Joss was planning to do it.
So keep your fingers crossed, but, in my opinion, we're still one helluva giant distance away from seeing any new Firefly content in a long time.
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Originally posted by Juggernaut:
Berman didn't say Fox was on board or that anyone had expressed interest in picking something like this up, just that Joss was planning to do it.
I'm pretty sure she meant big-screen movie, not TV movie.
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I wouldn't take the wording seriously at all. I saw that Berman comment in three different articles all with a slightly different spin, depending on the author of the article.
As far as the movie versus series thing, the plans for any more series have been dormant for quite awhile now, and I'm just glad to hear some public confirmation that Joss is still behind Firefly in some form. I think most of us are fantasizing that the movie will be a moderate to big hit and justify re-starting the series again.
SergeantX
"..and here's to all the dreamers, may our open hearts find rest." -- Nanci Griffith
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Originally posted by SergeantX:
I wouldn't take the wording seriously at all. I saw that Berman comment in three different articles all with a slightly different spin, depending on the author of the article.
Indeed. Check out this Bermanistic hypocrisy when she defends this Bruckheimer production called "Skin."
"We're not going to have the show live in that world," Berman said, referring to the adult film industry. "It will live in the world I'm comfortable with, which is character, character, character."
So she loves ". . . character, character, character . . ." eh? Where was her belief system when she crushed Firefly, probably one of the most character-driven dramas ever on TV, and Whedon's heart? And ours?
Continuing with SergeantX:
As far as the movie versus series thing, the plans for any more series have been dormant for quite awhile now, and I'm just glad to hear some public confirmation that Joss is still behind Firefly in some form. I think most of us are fantasizing that the movie will be a moderate to big hit and justify re-starting the series again.
Got it in one. Thanks.
chrz
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Originally posted by makerofpaths:
Where was her belief system when she crushed Firefly, probably one of the most character-driven dramas ever on TV, and Whedon's heart? And ours?
You have to remember that without Gail Berman, "Buffy" never would've been a TV series, and——most likely——"Firefly" never would have been made.
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1) I'm scared about the whole "refashion" thing.
2) I'm not gonna say nice things at this lady's funeral. She might have given us Firefly, but she took it away as well. I feel that she didn't listen to the fans, and she's still not listening to the fans. There is an actual legitimate interest here, and she's ignoring a gold mine of action figures and t-shirts.
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I think Berman actually works for Twentieth Century Fox, not the Fox TV network.
The Fox TV network was responsible for all of Firefly's woes. Including the horrible scheduling and cancellation. While both the Fox Network and Twentieth Century are part of News Corporation, they are entirely separate entities that don't often listen to each other.
Twentieth Century produced "all" of Mutant Enemy's shows, (Angel, Buffy & Firefly) even though they all ran on different TV networks.
In related news, during the Succubus Club radio interview last Wednesday, ( www.thesuccubusclub.com )Tim Minear said (and I quote)
"Firefly is not yet dead, and that is really all that I can say"
He also said he was busy recording the commentary for the Firefly DVD last week and that it is slated to include the Gag Reel, 3 non-aired episodes (I thought there were 4?) and lot's of extras. good stuff.
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I am sitting here at 2:23 a.m. thinking about Firefly and other shows. I have been wondering about other shows that have also been cancelled and thinking, "how many have been revived?" What are the actual odds of Firefly coming back? Which other shows have done it? How many? I bet one of you out there knows how to get the info I'm thinking about.
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