Fox Open to Firefly Reboot if Joss Whedon Wants To

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Friday, January 13, 2017 7:22 AM

Given the success of Fox’s reboots of The X-Files and 24, and Prison Break returning this year, Fox Broadcasting President of Entertainment David Madden said he’d be open to a Firefly reboot if Joss Whedon himself wanted to revisit it. Madden suspects Whedon is now too busy with movies, and he would not consider doing Firefly without Whedon.

Fox was one of the few networks to present an executive session for the Television Critics Association (the others were CW, Showtime, and PBS). In addition to panels on upcoming series like Prison Break and 24: Legacy and current shows like Star and Bones, Fox executives offered news on The X-Files and other fan-favorite shows that might return.

https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/tca-2017-x-men-series-pri
son-break-premiere-date-24-legacy-gotham-more/

See comments at http://whedonesque.com/comments/36036

One interesting comment: "David Madden is a very nice man and exceedingly polite/charming. He could have very easily been making pleasant small talk."

Another comment had a different view of Madden's motives: "Joss won't do it. Too much time has passed and he has other projects. So Madden can safely say that, paying lip service to fans while knowing it won't happen. He just passed the blame card to Joss. Dick move. Very sad."

MOOSE

Friday, January 13, 2017 9:11 PM

Probably said that knowing Joss was too busy.
Now he can say "well, we wanted to do something but Joss said no."

Gorram F*X.

MUTT999

Friday, January 13, 2017 9:37 PM

Let's get David Madden, Tim Minear and Joss in the same room together. Let them work something out........please??

THGRRI

Friday, January 13, 2017 10:05 PM

They could ease into it by adopting the Sherlock principle. Do three or four episodes a year. It means you have a lot of time to write and edit before you film.

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SUASOR

Saturday, January 14, 2017 11:04 PM

Joss may well be tempted by this approach, as might Fox (which made a lot of money from a "failure".)

REAVERFAN

Monday, January 16, 2017 8:19 PM

Yup. Sounds like all talk, no action.

Do you think Joss is going to say no to all that easy movie money to reboot a "failed" show? As much as I'd love to see that, I'm pretty sure he's got very lucrative commitments lined up for the next decade.

JEWELSTAITEFAN

Tuesday, January 17, 2017 6:55 AM

I am wont to recall that some James Cameron dude, after having made the biggest grossing film in history, decided to do a little TV show called Dark Angel, which I enjoyed very much - and own.

I don't think JC had any lack of commitments or opportunities at the time. If Joss is in love enough with the Verse, we could all luck out.

THGRRI

Tuesday, January 24, 2017 1:43 AM

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Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
I am wont to recall that some James Cameron dude, after having made the biggest grossing film in history, decided to do a little TV show called Dark Angel, which I enjoyed very much - and own.

I don't think JC had any lack of commitments or opportunities at the time. If Joss is in love enough with the Verse, we could all luck out.

What's Joss up to anyway?

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SECOND

Tuesday, January 24, 2017 5:13 AM

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Originally posted by THGRRI:

What's Joss up to anyway?

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I saw this comment:

When a society becomes less and less interested in moving forward creatively and more and more obsessed with reliving the past, it can create the impression that that society's best days are behind it.
http://whedonesque.com/comments/36036#506729

Joss is trying something new. His best days are not behind him:

"Untitled Joss Whedon/WWII Horror Project"
www.imdb.com/title/tt6176406/

THGRRI

Tuesday, January 24, 2017 8:47 PM

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Originally posted by second:
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Originally posted by THGRRI:

What's Joss up to anyway?

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I saw this comment:

When a society becomes less and less interested in moving forward creatively and more and more obsessed with reliving the past, it can create the impression that that society's best days are behind it.
http://whedonesque.com/comments/36036#506729

Joss is trying something new. His best days are not behind him:

"Untitled Joss Whedon/WWII Horror Project"
www.imdb.com/title/tt6176406/

Doesn't fly SECOND. We all know he didn't have a chance to flesh out much of the story line at all. The creative process is creating. So let him create the show he claimed meant the most to him that he was denied. Let him answer some of the many questions that have been asked over the years. Like where did Mal get the money for Serenity???

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