USA Network buys rights to air Serenity in 2008
POSTED BY: GatorMarc
UPDATED: Friday, November 4, 2005 15:02
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http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117931049?categoryid=14&cs=1&s=h&p=0
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In addition to "Virgin," USA bought two other titles from NBC U: Kate Hudson horror movie "The Skeleton Key," which went for about $5 million, and Joss Whedon's "Serenity," which fetched $3 million or so. USA's sister Sci Fi Channel will get some plays of "Serenity," which is a continuation of "Firefly," the space Western cancelled by the Fox Network in midseason despite its cult following. USA gets "Skeleton" and "Serenity" in May 2008 and "Virgin" in July 2008, after all three complete their first-window runs on HBO as part of an exclusive pay TV deal.
I still think that if DVD sales go well, Sci-Fi channel is setting themselves up for bringing back the show.
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The nice thing is that 2008 is still a while away, so there should be a lot of DVD sales before people decide they can just see it on TV. Unfortunately it might mean we won't get any more of the 'verse until 2008. Hopefully not though! :D
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Originally posted by GatorMarc:
I still think that if DVD sales go well, Sci-Fi channel is setting themselves up for bringing back the show.
Sigh. If this is true, I will have to cave and get extended cable and pay another $50 a month. :(
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Originally posted by Kazzahdrane:
The nice thing is that 2008 is still a while away, so there should be a lot of DVD sales before people decide they can just see it on TV. Unfortunately it might mean we won't get any more of the 'verse until 2008. Hopefully not though! :D
Well, you have to figure that that's only 2 1/2 years away from now. That's not an unusual length of time to wait.
My hope:
* Serenity does well on DVD sales.
* Firefly continues to do well on DVD sales.
* Sci-Fi channel continues to do well in both Firefly repeats and on Battlestar Gallactica, which was a big step for them in producing a big budget sci-fi show.
* Sci-Fi decides that in Fall of '08 or Winter '09, they'll make new Firefly shows or some sort of spinoff. They'll air the entire Firefly series plus Serenity to jumpstart the new show.
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Originally posted by est120:Quote:
Originally posted by GatorMarc:
I still think that if DVD sales go well, Sci-Fi channel is setting themselves up for bringing back the show.
Sigh. If this is true, I will have to cave and get extended cable and pay another $50 a month. :(
Wow... that's pricey. I only pay $50 and that is for full digital cable... 160 channels or something.
Sci-Fi is part of the basic cable package.
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Wahoo. Is that $3 million that we can add to our magic number?
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I would wet myself with glee if USA/Sci-Fi managed to wrangle the rights to produce new episodes of Firefly. I would wet myself right on the spot. With GLEE.
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I'm almost wetting myself at the thought...
If they can produce Battlestar Galactica on a budget, then Firefly has to be a possibility...
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Especially cuz SG-1 is no longer doing it for them.
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