Why Serenity II is not being made.

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TECHTREKKER

Tuesday, February 1, 2011 2:09 AM

For the longest time, I've wondered why in the verse Fox or Universal has not done a sequel, even one to DVD when obviously there is a hard core fan base out there globally. As Jayne said: "It just doesn't make any sense."

This article that I found on Io9 answers some of my questions:

http://io9.com/5747305/how-much-money-does-a-movie-need-to-make-to-be-
profitable?skyline=true&s=i

To paraphrase Mal at the end of the same episode... "It ain't about what we want it's about what they want:" And that is a sure thing to make money.

If a sequel was made for let's say 50 million dollars, that means, according to this article, the movie would have to make at roughly twice as much in box office and DVD sales to just make their money back.

With that daunting number out there in front, will Serenity II ever be made? Will there ever be a producer that is steely enough to take that chance again?

Thoughts?

STORYMARK

Tuesday, February 1, 2011 2:35 AM

Yep. I got yelled at for trying to explain some of this stuff to people back then....

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

TECHTREKKER

Tuesday, February 1, 2011 4:16 AM

I personally would like be optimistic and say YES. It will eventually be made. Just hope it is in my life time.

RIONAEIRE

Tuesday, February 1, 2011 5:16 AM

Well, I know people won't approve of this but ... I don't think that I, personally, want to see a sequel. I didn't like the BDM, so a BDM2 just doesn't appeal to me. I know that many others like it so this article is disappointing to them. I guess its just a matter of opinion, I'd never say people are wrong for liking it and wanting another, I just don't fancy it.

"A completely coherant River means writers don't deliver" KatTaya

SULIEN

Tuesday, February 1, 2011 9:09 AM

*sigh* Why is it that no sci-fi fans ever win the Mega Millions lottery jackpot? I'd bankroll Serenity II if I hit it big, that's for certain. Come to think of it, it's a pity Bill Gates isn't a Browncoat. :-/

ZEEK

Tuesday, February 1, 2011 3:34 PM

I really wonder about a made for TV movie or mini-series. It seems like a good percentage of nerdy internet folks are at least casual fans of Firefly. I'd think just the announcement alone would set the internet on fire for a few weeks. The non-fans would have to wonder what it is everyone is suddenly so excited for. That should boost DVD sales and the movie or mini-series would be an event with a lot of buzz around it. I'd think that would be worth it. Maybe our fanbase isn't strong enough for an ongoing series, but I'd bet that most fans would tune in for a one night or one week event.

TWO

Tuesday, February 1, 2011 4:27 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Zeek:
I really wonder about a made for TV movie or mini-series.

I agree with you about a TV movie. SyFy Network has done two original movies with Firefly actors: Mothman with Jewel Staite and Sands of Oblivion with Morena Baccarin and Adam Baldwin. Both Mothman and Sands of Oblivion received a measly 3.6 stars out of a possible 10. www.imdb.com/title/tt1514425/ www.imdb.com/title/tt0977663/

The problem with the movies wasn't low budget, although more money wouldn't have hurt. It was terrible scripts. With an adequate FIREFLY script, SyFy could broadcast a 7 star movie. In their other writing projects, the writers for these two movies (Sonny Lee, Patrick Walsh, Jeff Coatney, Kevin VanHook) have done some truly undistinguished work. If only Joss Whedon would go slumming and write Serenity 1½ for SyFy. . . .

The Joss Whedon script for "Serenity", where Wash lives, is
Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/two

STORYMARK

Tuesday, February 1, 2011 5:40 PM

Syfy spends less on those movies than an individual episode of Firefly cost nearly a decade ago. Even a TV movie would require a bigger budget than that.

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

NEWOLDBROWNCOAT

Tuesday, February 1, 2011 6:07 PM

sooner or later, a studio exec with no creative impulse of his own and a hole to fill in his schedule will stumble across Firefly and its fan base and greenlight something. Considering how long it's already been, it'll probably be later. All we can do is hope it'll be good enough to strike gold...

TWO

Tuesday, February 1, 2011 6:18 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Storymark:
Syfy spends less on those movies than an individual episode of Firefly cost nearly a decade ago. Even a TV movie would require a bigger budget than that.

Summer Glau did Deadly Honeymoon, a TV movie with a $1,000,000 budget. It got 5.6 stars out of 10 - www.imdb.com/title/tt1526585/ It had half the budget of a typical SyFy movie but a superior script. So . . . if we can't have Serenity 1½ on SyFy with a script by Joss Whedon, then maybe we can have Serenity ¼ with a script by Zack Whedon for a www.myLifetime.com movie. Small can be beautiful.

The Joss Whedon script for "Serenity", where Wash lives, is
Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/two

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