USA Network buys rights to air Serenity in 2008

POSTED BY: GatorMarc
UPDATED: Friday, November 4, 2005 15:02
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EVERYWORLDSPINNIN

Monday, October 17, 2005 5:20 PM

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Originally posted by Rabit:
Yep, in addition to the unknown amount they're getting from HBO.

Rabit

Huh?

The thing that I would be really concerned about with this, is would any of the BDH's be available for this? They're certainly not going to wait 2 1/2 years for this to (possibly) pan out.

"The last thing I want is that any of our descendents should look back in some years and despise us for not daring to act when we had so much capacity to act. We must dare to seek how, why and on what we agree. We shall thus be able to join together to look for alternative solutions and new ways of managing the world's challenges. Being diverse is our richness, acting together will be our strength". (Federico Mayor; 02-04-01;
UBUNTU Constituent Meeting).

OPTIMUS1998

Monday, October 17, 2005 5:40 PM

this is not really that suprising.
both Sci-fi, and USA are owned by ....
(drum roll please)...
NBC/Universal

kinda similar to the 'trek franchies airing on spike, which, like paramount( who owns 'trek) is owned by viacom.

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MRPRESIDENT

Monday, October 17, 2005 5:47 PM

First time in a while to post, but are you all nuts? Is there anyone out there who honestly expects Joss Whedon to return to this story down the road? He has done his best, but he has moved on - those of you who read his latest post and didn't read into that I think are deluding yourselves.

Me, I would love to see Firefly return. Not in movies, but in episodes. BUT... Joss answered too many questions, changed up the tone just enough, and killed off too many needed crewmembers in Serenity to allow it to be "Firefly" to me anymore. My post-Katrina Firefly fan group all agree that killing off Wash and Book was an unnecessary plot point, especially if there was any hope for a sequel. We understand that in real life, this stuff happens. But movies are not real life. You keep your main characters alive so that your audiences have something permanent to hold on to, to return to whenever the next "episode" appears, be it the next week or 5 years down the road. That act was an act of ending, nothing less. It was a fair ending too, don't get me wrong, if it never comes back, at least I feel like a major portion of the story has been told.

I love Firefly. I get pissed every time I watch the eps on DVD because I just can't believe that Fox was that stupid, or that the show was THAT good (gets better every time I watch)! Right now, I'm just trying to convince myself that at least we got that much of a story, more than we would have gotten if it had started out as a movie.

USA buys the rights to show the eps 2-1/2 years from now? Unfortunately, big deal.

LADYSHELLEY

Monday, October 17, 2005 5:48 PM

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Originally posted by Jaron95:
I would wet myself with glee if USA/Sci-Fi managed to wrangle the rights to produce new episodes of Firefly. I would wet myself right on the spot. With GLEE.

Just as long as SciFi doesn't screw it up, which they have a tendancy to do with a lot of propteries they buy from other sources.

Lady Shelley
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GATORMARC

Monday, October 17, 2005 5:56 PM

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Originally posted by mrpresident:
Me, I would love to see Firefly return. Not in movies, but in episodes. BUT... Joss answered too many questions, changed up the tone just enough, and killed off too many needed crewmembers in Serenity to allow it to be "Firefly" to me anymore. My post-Katrina Firefly fan group all agree that killing off Wash and Book was an unnecessary plot point, especially if there was any hope for a sequel. We understand that in real life, this stuff happens. But movies are not real life. You keep your main characters alive so that your audiences have something permanent to hold on to, to return to whenever the next "episode" appears, be it the next week or 5 years down the road. That act was an act of ending, nothing less. It was a fair ending too, don't get me wron

I'm guessing by your comments about how you cannot kill off a major character that you've never seen any other Joss Whedon show.

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USA buys the rights to show the eps 2-1/2 years from now? Unfortunately, big deal.

No. USA bought the rights for the network broadcast for the movie which also allows sci-fi to run the movie. 2-3 years is a normal gap for time from theater to dvd to premium channels to network.

The episodes are already in syndication and sci-fi has rights to air them (and is).

GatorMarc

Eat 'em up, chomp, chomp.

MRPRESIDENT

Monday, October 17, 2005 6:01 PM

OK, GatorMarc, you seem pretty knowledgeable from reading your comments on other posts, as well as your response to mine. Do you honestly think it really has a chance in hell of returning to the small screen?

GATORMARC

Monday, October 17, 2005 6:07 PM

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Originally posted by mrpresident:
OK, GatorMarc, you seem pretty knowledgeable from reading your comments on other posts, as well as your response to mine. Do you honestly think it really has a chance in hell of returning to the small screen?

Does it have a good chance? No.

But then again, no one thought Battlestar Gallactica had a chance in hell of getting picked up as a series by Sci-Fi because of the CGI budget. It's probably their most successful show right now. And Firefly has done very well for them in syndication.

The timeline fits. If the movie does reasonably well on DVD sales, you could see Sci-Fi/Universal at least considering a made for TV miniseries or movie. It's a distinct possibility. Don't write it off yet. This is a good franchise.

GatorMarc

Eat 'em up, chomp, chomp.

BARCLAY

Monday, October 17, 2005 6:21 PM

Don't rule out USA either. Their Sunday night lineup of The Dead Zone/The 4400 has proved very successful by cable standards. And I feel like TDZ has already jumped the shark and I've stopped watching, so, who know what they'll need to fill it in a few years?

The 4400 leading into Firefly... that'd be cool.

"You are on the Global Frequency."
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EVERYWORLDSPINNIN

Monday, October 17, 2005 6:30 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by mrpresident:
My post-Katrina Firefly fan group all agree that killing off Wash and Book was an unnecessary plot point, especially if there was any hope for a sequel.

Actually, the reason Wash and Book bit it, is most likely due to the fact that you can't have that many primary players and even have a hope to get all of their stories told in a sequel (or even a trilogy). For TV, that's fine, but for a movie, it's too many characters. Ultimately, I would like to have seen a return to TV than a movie, but I'll take it none the less!

"The last thing I want is that any of our descendents should look back in some years and despise us for not daring to act when we had so much capacity to act. We must dare to seek how, why and on what we agree. We shall thus be able to join together to look for alternative solutions and new ways of managing the world's challenges. Being diverse is our richness, acting together will be our strength". (Federico Mayor; 02-04-01;
UBUNTU Constituent Meeting).

EVERYWORLDSPINNIN

Monday, October 17, 2005 6:32 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Barclay:
And I feel like TDZ has already jumped the shark and I've stopped watching, so, who know what they'll need to fill it in a few years?

The 4400 leading into Firefly... that'd be cool.

"You are on the Global Frequency."
http://www.frequencysite.com
http://kfmonkey.blogspot.com

Jumped the shark! Nice Happy Days reference. I love it!!

"The last thing I want is that any of our descendents should look back in some years and despise us for not daring to act when we had so much capacity to act. We must dare to seek how, why and on what we agree. We shall thus be able to join together to look for alternative solutions and new ways of managing the world's challenges. Being diverse is our richness, acting together will be our strength". (Federico Mayor; 02-04-01;
UBUNTU Constituent Meeting).

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