Titan Books annonuces Firefly: The Official Companion

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SEDATIVE

Tuesday, January 24, 2006 4:38 PM

From Whedonesque...

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TITAN BOOKS TO GIVE FANS LONG-AWAITED FIREFLY COMPANION

Fresh from their success with the SFX Reader Award-winning Serenity: The Official Visual Companion, Titan Books is thrilled to announce the acquisition of World Rights for the first-ever companion to Joss Whedon’s cult television series Firefly.

Titan Books, leading publisher of graphic novels and film and television companions, promises that Firefly: The Official Companion, scheduled for publication this summer, will be just what the show’s fervent fans, the Browncoats, have been waiting for.

Editor Adam Newell says, “We can’t reveal details just yet, but rest assured that we are planning to make this Big Damn Book as shiny as possible…” Anyone who wants to receive updates about the project should send an email with the subject header “Firefly” to readerfeedback@titanemail.com.

20th Century Fox VP, Domestic Licensing, Michael Peikoff notes, “We are confident that the creative team at Titan Books will ‘dead-on’ deliver to both the Firefly and Whedon fan base. This highly anticipated title, though slated for Summer 2006, is already receiving terrific buzz in the marketplace. We could not be more pleased to be working with Titan Publishing on this project.”

Set 500 years in the future, Firefly centres around Mal Reynolds, captain of the ship-for-hire Serenity, and his eclectic crew of galactic misfits. The sci-fi television series has been a DVD phenomenon, selling almost half a million copies. The spin-off movie Serenity, which continues the Firefly story, was a commercial and critical success in the US and UK.

Titan was a natural choice as publisher of the Firefly companion. The company has long been a supporter of Joss Whedon’s work, having sold more than 200,000 Whedon-related titles, and Titan’s recently released Serenity companion has proved a huge success with fans, winning the SFX Magazine Reader Award for Best Non-Fiction Book of the Year.

As much as I hate to see Fox make more dough, I'm really looking forward to this... unless Joss and the cast aren't closely involved.

JAKE7

Tuesday, January 24, 2006 5:17 PM

Anyone notice the comment "...was a commercial and critical success in the US and UK." referring to Serenity?

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MAL: Everybody's makin' a fuss.
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"They just float out there, sending out raver breeding parties..."

RKLENSETH

Tuesday, January 24, 2006 5:23 PM

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Originally posted by jake7:
Anyone notice the comment "...was a commercial and critical success in the US and UK." referring to Serenity?

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MAL: Everybody's makin' a fuss.
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"They just float out there, sending out raver breeding parties..."

Yep. We'll be seeing more of Firefly/Serenity sooner than we think I think.

From what I have heard that DVD sales of Serenity were actually better than what Universal was expecting which can only bode well for our chances.

Oh, and play Cantr II at www.cantr.net.

RELFEXIVE

Tuesday, January 24, 2006 7:32 PM

Mmmmm.... good news is always GOOD news. And a shiny book too! Can't wait!

"My God - you're like a trained ape. Without the training."
"Come a day there won't be room for naughty men like us to slip about at all..."
"SUMMER!!"
http://www.theshadowdepository.co.uk/index.htm

VOSHEXETER

Tuesday, January 24, 2006 8:47 PM

OHHHHH,

I thought they meant "companion."

In the Inara sense of the word.

"How'd ya like a bita this green apple America?"
NF

ICCLEDAMES

Tuesday, January 24, 2006 9:31 PM

Yey! I'll definitely be getting this!

SERENYTY

Tuesday, January 24, 2006 9:52 PM

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Originally posted by RelFexive:
Mmmmm.... good news is always GOOD news. And a shiny book too! Can't wait!

I know! The Serenity comment was great, but now we get a book!!!

I'm happy now. I love my Visual Companion...

~A message from Serenyty~

KILTEDBROWNCOAT

Tuesday, January 24, 2006 10:17 PM

Sounds good to me ,they obviously think the fan base is there ,and that this will sell.

It also keeps Firefly/Serenity on the radar,and if Fox can see that anything related to the verse is snapped up by the fans ,it might make them reconsider the scrapping of the show.

Forever hopeful

I believe in Serenity

GRIMJACK21502

Tuesday, January 24, 2006 10:48 PM

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Originally posted by kiltedbrowncoat:
Sounds good to me ,they obviously think the fan base is there ,and that this will sell.

It also keeps Firefly/Serenity on the radar,and if Fox can see that anything related to the verse is snapped up by the fans ,it might make them reconsider the scrapping of the show.

Forever hopeful

I believe in Serenity

I'm with you KiltedBC.

No matter the format...or how small in comparison to the series or BDM, a new Firelfy/Serenity project is great news.

One successful endeavor, turns into two, and so-on...

We've said it a million times...

You can't stop the signal

(I always feel like charging into battle after I say that

)

"And once you're gone, you can never come back
When you're out of the blue and into the black"
-Neil Young

OMELET

Tuesday, January 24, 2006 10:55 PM

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Originally posted by GrimJack21502:
(I always feel like charging into battle after I say that )

I can see it now...You are Braveheart.

Braveheart: YOU CAN'T STOP THE SIGNAL!!!
Men: What the hell does that mean?
Braveheart: Sorry. Wrong line.

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Jayne: Are you saying River's a witch?
Wash: Yes, Jayne, she's a witch. She's had congress with the Beast.
Jayne: She's in Congress?
Wash: How did your brain even learn human speech? I'm just so curious!

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