IGN Filmforce Visits the Serenity Set!!! Spoilers! Images!
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Serenity Set Visit
IGN visits the set of the Firefly movie.
November 08, 2004 - When a series is cancelled after a season, it is seldom heard from again, much less in feature film form. Serenity is that rare beast. After a difficult and brief 14 episode run on Fox, Firefly (the title of the show) was given the axe, albeit prematurely in the opinions of a small but very loyal fan base. Those fans rallied together with online petitions and calls to the network. Although the show was dead, Whedon realized there was still a possibility of continuing the life of the world and characters he had created. Whedon was still very passionate to tell their story.
So now, only a few years after the show signed off of television, the feature film is in production. The rights to the Firefly characters have been transferred from Fox to Universal, where they are very excited about the prospect of building a franchise from the western-influenced science fiction world imagined by Whedon. Whedon himself couldn't be more pleased. After all, I can't think of too many times when a show that barely lasted a season turned into a feature.
Written and directed by Whedon and produced by Barry Mendel (Rushmore, The Sixth Sense), Serenity features the majority of the show's cast reprising their roles for the feature: Nathan Fillion as Mal, Gina Torres as Zoe, Adam Baldwin as Jayne, Alan Tudyk as Wash, Jewel Staite as Kaylee, Morena Baccarin as Inara, Summer Glau as River, Sean Maher as Simon and Ron Glass as Book. Chiwetel Ejiofor plays The Operative and Shohreh Aghdashloo (the Oscar-nominated actress from House of Sand and Fog) makes a brief appearance.
Near the end of the production on the Universal lot in Universal City, California, IGN FilmForce was among a select group invited onto the Serenity set to check out the production and even board the grand "Serenity" ship itself. We spoke with two of the film's stars, Summer Glau and Nathan Fillion, as well as a man we all know well, the director of Serenity and creator of the enormously successful Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel series, Joss Whedon.
The first scene we looked in on was an action sequence in which Glau is battling a few baddies in a bar. The sequence involves some wirework for high flying kicks and baddies getting knocked through the air. Also in the scene is a strange looking female character with blue hair. I never did get her name. Off to the side and joining later in the scene is the captain of the ship itself, Nathan Fillion, better known to fans of the show as Mal.
Glau steps aside from the action for a few moments to talk to us about the scene. "It's my stunt double is doing a sweep for me, because they hurt my knees too bad. There are some stunt guys in there and actually Nathan, who plays Mal and Adam are also in that scene." When asked who she is fighting in the scene, Glau is secretive: [She smiles] "I cannot disclose that."
Fillion on the scene we are watching: "I'm tucked away in the corner. Jane and I are doing a deal with Rafael and Jan over here. This is Rafael of the twins and, we're tucked away in the corner doing a deal when River flips out. So, any time that camera's going to turn around and maybe take a look at the corner we're in. That's when they call Chemille to tap and wake me up and I come over there and act shocked."
After watching some more of the scenes played out, Whedon joins us for a few moments before being called back to set. We ask him what big decisions he's had to make as helmer on this day. Whedon smiles, "I don't know if I should answer that. Right now I'm trying to decide whether or not to use this stunt, whether it looks realistic or not or whether it's too fancy. That's my next decision."
It's now time to tour the great ship itself before talking more with Glau, Fillion and Whedon. The ship is massive and impressive, although its full scope is hard to see in the world behind the scenes. Still partially under construction in some places, the ship looks similar to the one fr
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"Dr. Tight Pants" should get all the ladies attention
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There are some really good spoilers in here.
SPOILERS
River getting her own fight scene, Reavers, the ship...
Good stuff
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You beat me to the post! Yep, good info in this article. Can't wait.
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Woohoo! Sorry that's a bit to read.
More! I want more!!!
Thanks for the post! Great info!
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^Hehe. www.scifi.com/scifiwire . 3rd Serenity article this week.
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Ooooooh, shiny River picture!! :)
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Those two pictures (and others) have been available at the Internet Movie Database (IMDB.com)for nearly a year now in the publicity photo section for Firefly.
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I'm lookin' forward to dr. tightpants!
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Also in the scene is a strange looking female character with blue hair. I never did get her name.
Someone we know?
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No clue. New cool character hopefully
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Nice article.
I love seeing all the interest that the BDM is generating. Hopefully it will get people into the theatre to check it out.
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