SciFi Wire reports Joss says 'No more Firefly'

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HATEHATEHATEFOX

Monday, January 9, 2006 6:28 PM

http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=1&id=33982

Whedon: No More Firefly

Firefly/Serenity creator Joss Whedon told USA Today that he still hopes to tell more stories set in the futuristic universe, but added that there's no chance he'll do another Firefly TV show. "We'll never make Firefly again, because that was a thing that existed and is now gone," Whedon told the newspaper before Christmas . "And Serenity isn't Firefly, and whatever comes next won't be, either. But I would love to tell more stories of this universe and to hang out with these people on and off for the rest of my career."

Serenity, based on the canceled Fox TV show Firefly, hit theaters last September and has pulled in a disappointing $25.4 million domestically since opening Sept. 30, 2005. The movie is now available on DVD. "The best-case scenario is that the DVD is such a spectacular, monster hit that we get to make another movie," Whedon said. "Then we get to make another movie. After three movies, we're all very tired. After Serenity: Revolutions, we feel like we've played it out. And then we make another series."

Whedon is currently writing the script for Wonder Woman, which he is slated to direct once Warner Brothers signs off.

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KBACHELDER

Monday, January 9, 2006 7:08 PM

Before everyone starts getting negative please remember that in more recent (i.e. after Christmas) postings Joss has stated that he would love to revisit the 'verse if a studio is willing to let him do more.

Kevin

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JUBELLATE

Monday, January 9, 2006 7:12 PM

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Originally posted by HATEHATEHATEFOX:
http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=1&id=33982

Whedon: No More Firefly

Firefly/Serenity creator Joss Whedon told USA Today that he still hopes to tell more stories set in the futuristic universe, but added that there's no chance he'll do another Firefly TV show. "We'll never make Firefly again, because that was a thing that existed and is now gone," Whedon told the newspaper before Christmas . "And Serenity isn't Firefly, and whatever comes next won't be, either. But I would love to tell more stories of this universe and to hang out with these people on and off for the rest of my career."

Serenity, based on the canceled Fox TV show Firefly, hit theaters last September and has pulled in a disappointing $25.4 million domestically since opening Sept. 30, 2005. The movie is now available on DVD. "The best-case scenario is that the DVD is such a spectacular, monster hit that we get to make another movie," Whedon said. "Then we get to make another movie. After three movies, we're all very tired. After Serenity: Revolutions, we feel like we've played it out. And then we make another series."

Whedon is currently writing the script for Wonder Woman, which he is slated to direct once Warner Brothers signs off.

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Nothing is ever so profoundly regretted as a kind act.
Robertson Davies

Its already been clarified that Joss has never said he won't do Firefly again, its just that what Firefly was the first time cannot be duplicated exactly. That's what he meant by that comment.

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RIAN

Monday, January 9, 2006 7:14 PM

I'm not going to be pessimistic any time soon, there's no power in the 'verse that can stop me from being cheerful.

Right now I trust that Whedon wants to tell more stories about the Firefly crew...and I trust that the immense DVD sales will make one very important person say: "hey, why not let him?"

It's not going to end here.
Anyone who thinks otherwise may duct tape my mouth and dump my in the hold for a month. We're going to get our happy end. I know it.

BWARE42

Monday, January 9, 2006 7:14 PM

I read that Firefly never actually happened.

GWENHARKER

Monday, January 9, 2006 7:16 PM

This has already been debunked. Pretty much the same article from Entertainment weekly.

RIAN

Monday, January 9, 2006 7:17 PM

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Originally posted by BWare42:
I read that Firefly never actually happened.

JUBELLATE

Monday, January 9, 2006 7:19 PM

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I read that Firefly never actually happened.

like the boogeyman from stories

The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule. – H.L. Mencken

STAKETHELURK

Monday, January 9, 2006 7:21 PM

I don't really see the big deal here. Serenity wasn't "Firefly," wasn't supposed to be "Firefly," and couldn't be "Firefly" if it had tried. "Firefly" was something special, something magical, and FOX killed it. Joss found a way to bring the 'verse back to us, but he couldn't bring "Firefly" back. And even if they return to TV (which Joss is now suggesting, see: http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=17800), it won't be the same and Joss won't even try to pretend it's the same. Which doesn't mean that it won't be great and shiny and scrumptralescent, but any new series would not be "Firefly." It'd have a different feel, a different paradigm.

Joss is not abandoning the 'verse, he says as much in the article here. But he knows that he can't turn back time to recapture "Firefly," the beloved show that FOX killed. He'll spin more tales with our BDHs, and stay true to "Firefly's" legacy, but he can't undue the evil that FOX wrought.

JAYRO

Monday, January 9, 2006 7:21 PM

From Empire On-line today (and already being discussed in a parallel thread):

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Browncoats around the world cried out in despair when, due to an underwhelming performance at the box office, Joss Whedon announced that the saga of Serenity had ended. No sequels, no follow-ups, no hope. But Whedon isn't a man to let his brain-child die; the man's already resuscitated the franchise once and there's still hope for a third coming.

"A sequel's unlikely," Whedon told Empire with a note of clear regret, "but it's amazing what permutations of something can happen." But if not a theatrical encore, that leaves... yes, you guessed it, a possible return to the smaller screen. "As long as I was able to service the characters with integrity and had enough money so that I wasn't hampered, then I would love to return Serenity to TV. I love that universe; it continues and those characters live on. There could be a series, there could be a miniseries, there could be all sorts of things. I'm not ruling anything out. I'll let it simmer for a while and see if anyone calls."

As for why the film failed to rake in the cash despite uniformly glowing reviews, according to Whedon it's all in the presentation. "It's a question of marketing ultimately. The fact that I like to dance around genres with gay abandon has worked to my disadvantage. Nobody knows exactly how to market anything I do because it usually has so much in it. It has a diffuseness because of it's origin that keeps it from being the easy sell. Some people also said that you can't call an action movie 'Serenity' but I think that's still okay. What was I going to call it? 'Big Smash Bang With Boobies'? Which was, of course my second choice."

DVD sales should, however, put Serenity back in the black and when the bucks start rolling in we can only hope that one of the suits at Universal looks at the numbers, adds the success of the Firefly DVD box set and greenlights a return for Captain Reynolds and his crew. Until that time we advise Whedon to keep his phone switched on.

Just thought I'd post this here for comparison, as it seems relevant.

EDITED TO ADD: Though I see that Stakethelurk is wayyyy ahead of me.

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