USA Network buys rights to air Serenity in 2008

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

Monday, October 17, 2005 6:58 PM

I don't have any expertise on the subject, besides being a fan, but the movie seemed to be an ending, and it was a good ending. I love the show, but don't expect it to be back with original crew or Joss at the helm, that dog is dead. I'm hardly an expert, but May 2008 doesn't seem to be realistic as a follow up to the movie or the series. I wish that I could have more Firefly on the small screen, that is where it belongs, but I'm also realistic. Lucas has the right idea in taking his series to the small screen. Follow the money and you will find George Lucas. Unless they start filming Firefly season two within a year it seems unrealistic to me.

OBIWAN

Monday, October 17, 2005 7:15 PM

Nothing has been predictable with this franchise, so it is impossible to predict where it will go from here.

I would love more TV. I would love more movies. I will accept it if it's the end.

I aim to misbehave.

DECLAN

Monday, October 17, 2005 7:18 PM

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Originally posted by everyworldspinnin:

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.

Anyone notice how much our BDH's aged from Firefly to the BDM? The women did fine but Nathan and Sean looked significantly older. A show with older actors may not fit the TV demographic. And, at what point does Nathan get too old for fistfights?

On the other hand, Firefly has a large adult fan base and the new BSG seems to be doing fine.

I'm a big proponet of a new format: 6-8 TV movies (Serenity pilot length) per year as specials. Room enough for a story without having to be an epic like the BDM. Less special effects and more character driven like Firefly.

There are LOTS of stories to be told about this 'verse. (Just think of the 12 seasons about Vampires, for christsakes!). And, I hate to say it, some of the passengers and crew could (and knowing Joss probably would) get off, one way or another, and new characters could get on.

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IAMSPACECASE

Monday, October 17, 2005 7:42 PM

Sci-Fi and Fantasy are very trendy at this point. The only thing that I can see is if Universal is looking to jump on that bandwagon. Then we would see two sequels and the series in 2008. I didn't like the change from storytelling about a family to an action flick,and the change in the Doc's character was pretty huge, I prefer the TV series. The changes in the actors was very noticeable, I can see the changes in appearance being too much by 2008. The feeling that I received from Joss's post is that this is over, but I could be misreading it or he could be trying to motivate the Browncoats to higher movie sales.

All good things come to and end, unless money is involved.

HJERMSTED

Monday, October 17, 2005 7:54 PM

This is great news!

No one's mentioned that, during the HBO phase, the powers that be will have access to HBO's "On Demand" numbers from the various cable outlets that support that feature.

Hopefully the "On Demand" statistics for Serenity will be impressive!

mattro

QUINZBROWNCOAT

Monday, October 17, 2005 8:20 PM

2008, good. Gives just enough time to move out West....and audition for a nice juicy role!

Semper Fidelis

FOLLOWMAL

Monday, October 17, 2005 9:18 PM

I agree with GatorMarc.... SciFi is the place that this may come to. Maybe in a series and maybe as a made for TV movie or miniseries. And if they did that from time to time with our BDH, I would be forever happy. At least we'd get that much. As for the thought... would the cast do it? I think they would. I get the impression from every interview that I've read that Nathan Fillion is aboard no matter what, and I'll bet the rest are too.

FollowMal

EVERYWORLDSPINNIN

Monday, October 17, 2005 9:29 PM

But would you watch the show sans ....

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Wash and Book?

"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).

STYLINLP38

Monday, October 17, 2005 9:45 PM

2 1/2 years? ouch. I cant handle that. 1 1/2years would work. Poeple would have forgotten all about it by then. Its too bad...

ERINBC

Monday, October 17, 2005 10:35 PM

I think we'd all LOVE to see more Firefly, but just because USA bought the rights to movie doesn't mean that SciFi or anybody else will pick it up, unless fans keep giving the grief about it or the movie all of a sudden makes $50 million more. But, you guys gave them enough grief to get a movie out of it, so who's to say that they won't do a show or miniseries? My best friend really liked the Star Trek Enterprise series, and I know that when it got cancelled he was very hopeful that SciFi or Spike or somebody would pick it up, but it didn't happen and I think maybe that's because it wasn't too popular even among veteran Trekkies and wasn't reviewed well by critics (from what I understand, I didn't follow the show). If fans keep going at it and we all know critics love it, maybe the networks can be convinced, especially if shows like Battlestar and Invasion keep doing well...I tend to think that based on Joss' comments a miniseries may be more likely than a TV series. Never hurts to hope...I'm a new fan and I'm sure glad that you guys didn't give up after the show's cancellation or there'd be no movie and maybe no DVD set. Why give up now if you didn't before?

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