Serenity sequel - Food for thought

POSTED BY: impindahizzy
UPDATED: Wednesday, January 4, 2006 04:53
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MATTEBLACK

Wednesday, January 4, 2006 3:33 AM

My experience is that the release of the series and the movie on DVD exposed the series to a number of people who have just become fans in the past few weeks.

Firefly's obstacles are well-known and seems like the show has only now gained the wide appreciation it deserves. I saw a few epsidoes in their original airings but never became a fan. Then I saw a few episodes and realized I wanted to see the whole series before watching the movie. My interest has been viral amongst my friends but, only just recently.

Gathering with friend over the holiday, I have found alot of very new fans that are very excited. It is sad that so many appreciate the show now but, a sequel would now be better recieved due to a large number of new Browncoat recuits.

I am not sure if we new fans show up in the numbers but, I hope word gets to the right people to support more Serenity projects.

CWNEK

Wednesday, January 4, 2006 4:15 AM

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Originally posted by impindahizzy:
According to the latest Empire Magazine, Universal have given the go-ahead for a Land Of The Dead sequel even though it performed poorly at the US Box Office. If Land Of The Dead gets a sequel, then surely Serenity will get one!!!! Let's hope.

Just checked #s at boxofficemojo.com. LotD didn't do too bad. Worldwide box office ~3X production costs (only $15 million). Though Mr Romero's best zombie film making days are clearly behind him, I would imagine that his cult film status probably translated into decent home video sales as well. I would estimate that a sequel being greenlit has much to do with Romero's long established reputation for making a lot out of a little. I don't know how much worse (or better) a film SERENITY would have been had it been produced for $15 million. I'm sure that we'd have a much different outlook regarding the $38.5 million that it earned in ticket sales.

SNEAKER98

Wednesday, January 4, 2006 4:24 AM

Good god that movie was terrible...

"I do the job... and then I get paid. Go run your little world."
-Malcolm Reynolds

STEPHENSMITH

Wednesday, January 4, 2006 4:53 AM

The Los Angeles Times had a couple articles in recent days about the financial state of the film industry. One point they made is not to use the domestic gross as a barometer for a film's financial success. There's also the overseas take, DVD sales, merchandise licensing, etc.

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