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Originally posted by DEATHPAIN:
. . . its totally down to Joss not having any free time or any money to do it. With huge successes like Avengers Assemble under his belt and now the sequel things look better . . . But until he gets the free time to even look at it that won't happen.

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Joss will be free to take on Firefly projects sometime after June 2015, according to www.variety.com/article/VR1118057576
"Joss Whedon has signed an exclusive deal with Marvel Studios for film and television through the end of June 2015," Disney said in a statement. "As part of that deal, Whedon will write and direct Marvel's The Avengers 2 as well as help develop a new live action series for Marvel Television at ABC. He will also contribute creatively to the next phase of Marvel's cinematic universe."

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

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A deal with all the players would be the way to go here - just saying. Let's do a little dreaming, shall we!

Let's say that Fox would be willing to listen to a prospective deal (not far-fetched since Joss has some juice now) and Universal, as well as Disney gets involved. Here's how I see it. There would be a movie - Serenity 2 - which would kickstart (ahem) the franchise. This would lead into a TV series - Firefly - which would pick up where we left off in 2002. Joss could start the initial TV series and then turn over the day-to-day operations to a trusted colleague freeing him up for future movie projects (Avengers 2 and so on). All three would divvy up the loot both for investing in the project and profit-wise. This way minimizing the risk and then backing up the truck to the vault. Fox, Universal and Disney would each pay Joss 1 point of the profits (including residuals for DVD and syndication) and voila, we get our BDH back.

Or.............

In case Fox balks at the chance to make a gazillion dollars. Joss convinces Universal and Disney to foot the bill for a straight to DVD miniseries (a 6-parter 2 hours each) completing the Firefly story. Or a combination of a Serenity 2 movie and DVD combo. Although I doubt Fox would pass up the chance to buy another Brink's truck to hold their cashy money, this is within the realm of possibilities. You're right that studios have collaborated on other projects to minimize financial exposure, and all parties are familiar with the material and the creator, what is left is the logistics - the actors, writers and other cast members availability. The Fox execs could not be that cynical, and downright stupid, to continue to kill this franchise. So many more Browncoats exist today than back in 2002. Besides, they were smart enough to put it on in the first place, plus there's Hulu. So there is a precedent. If Joss wants to do it, then he could go to Disney and say, "I'll do Avengers 2, but on 1 condition......." Plus I would say that it would behoove Joss to take a couple of points, in lieu of pay (like Nicholson did with Batman and Tom Hanks with Forrest Gump.......and those guys are gazillionaires, and their families). Joss has the leverage, but he needs a shark in his corner.

There are many moving parts, but if it's presented in the right way, it could happen. But it must be now, all because Joss has the juice.


SGG

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Originally posted by SHINYGOODGUY:
If Joss wants to do it, then he could go to Disney and say, "I'll do Avengers 2, but on 1 condition..."

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A little late for that now, since he's already made the deal for Avengers 2, although we have no way to know if he might have talked about a particular pet project as a side note.




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Originally posted by JubileFettEarlie:
I don't know guys. It's been pretty quiet on the news front for anything firefly related. I mean the 10 year anniversary panel was cool and all, but no news came from it. It was just that, an anniversary panel.

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If you really want to get the most bang for your bucks, direct your Kickstarter money (in the form of a bribe) to Scott Allie, editor of all things Whedon at Dark Horse Comics.

Question during a 11/30/2010 comic book signing: "What, if anything, is standing in the way of a Serenity on-going comic?"
Zack Whedon: "I think the answer is Scott Allie."
Scott Allie (in the audience, but without microphone): "Mumble, mumble, mumble."
Zack Whedon: "Okay! Now we know."
two's comment: "I know less now than I knew before the question was asked 22 months ago."

Start at 1:20 into the video of Zack Whedon-Chris Samnee Serenity Q_A and Signing Part 1 - November 30, 2010.

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

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Are you talking about the first mumble mumble or the second...'Cause the second where he is talking over someone is: "We'd like to do more with you guys"

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Originally posted by Wishimay:
Are you talking about the first mumble mumble or the second...'Cause the second where he is talking over someone is: "We'd like to do more with you guys"

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"We'd like to do more with you guys" is a polite way to avoid answering questions about the next Serenity comic.

For many, many months Dark Horse and the Whedons have not spoken clearly about the future of Serenity comics because they have higher priorities, by which I mean projects that earn more money than Serenity, i.e. Avengers 2. Obviously my priorities are more Serenity. So as not to offend fans such as myself, Dark Horse and the Whedons mumble or just not bring up the subject at all.

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

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