EW: No more Firefly Serenity movies - Whedon

POSTED BY: rklenseth
UPDATED: Monday, December 19, 2005 06:58
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RKLENSETH

Sunday, December 18, 2005 10:58 PM

I hate to be the bearer of bad news but this is in the current Entertainment Weekly;

http://www.ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,1141343_1_0_,00.html

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Adios, 'Firefly'...
Joss Whedon lets ''Firefly'' go -- The ''Serenity'' director may turn to ''Buff the Vampire Slayer'' for his next big-screen project by Jeff Jensen

When Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon looks back on 2005, he can take comfort in knowing that his film-directing debut, the sci-fi Western Serenity, resurrected his canceled-too-soon cult classic TV series Firefly, and was also one of the year's best-reviewed movies. ''I should say I'm above reading reviews,'' he says. ''But I would be lying.'' Alas, Whedon's fond memories are also tainted by Serenity's status as a franchise nonstarter; despite Universal's best marketing efforts, the film only mustered $25 million. ''In the end, it was what it was: a tough sell,'' says Whedon, adding that it appears the Firefly saga has reached its conclusion. He has no regrets — and he's moving on. He's currently penning a Wonder Woman flick for Warner Bros., and has the thriller Goners set up at Universal; he'll direct whichever gets a green light first. Buffy's papa has more Slayerstuff in the pipeline as well: an ongoing comic book (''the eighth season we never made''), and possibly a series of DVD flicks focusing on characters like platinum bloodsucker Spike. As for Serenity, ''I have closure,'' he says. ''And now, I can have it in my home — which means that finally I can actually stop working on it.''

Oh, and play Cantr II at www.cantr.net.

RKLENSETH

Sunday, December 18, 2005 11:01 PM

Could someone with moderating status put this in the News section so that it doesn't get buried?

Thanks

Oh, and play Cantr II at www.cantr.net.

RELFEXIVE

Sunday, December 18, 2005 11:06 PM

FOR GOD'S SAKE!

How many threads with this damn article in do we have to have?! How many are there now?

I specifically like the way it DOES NOT QUOTE ANY ACTUAL WORDS FROM JOSS SAYING HE IS NOT DOING ANY MORE FIREFLY OR SERENITY.

Plus, the movie has made more than $25 million, because, hey, there's the rest of the world, don't y'know, not just the US. And there's DVD sales yet to come.

I'm tired of seeing this

"My God - you're like a trained ape. Without the training."
"Come a day there won't be room for naughty men like us to slip about at all..."
"SUMMER!!"
http://www.theshadowdepository.co.uk/index.htm

UNREGISTEREDCOMPANION

Sunday, December 18, 2005 11:11 PM

troll troll troll troll troll troll

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"Funny and sexy. You have no idea. And you never will."

HARSHCRITIC

Sunday, December 18, 2005 11:15 PM

Yeah I am sick of seeing this too. The final word has not been given so I am going to keep on hoping. Plus, I heard Joss on a live radio say that DVDs are the key.

SO,DVDS ARE THE KEY!! December 20th

RKLENSETH

Sunday, December 18, 2005 11:16 PM

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Originally posted by UnregisteredCompanion:
troll troll troll troll troll troll

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"Funny and sexy. You have no idea. And you never will."

I hope you're not calling me a troll because I guarantee you I've been around much longer than you have and I love Firefly/Serenity. Anyone back from the days before the movie was even a dream knows me.

And second of all I haven't seen this posted here yet. I could've missed it as I don't read every single thread anymore.

Oh, and play Cantr II at www.cantr.net.

WHOISRIVER

Sunday, December 18, 2005 11:27 PM

The person who posted this isn't trolling.

As said above, there isn't actual quotes to what Joss has supposedly said above.

I've asked Joss to post about this article on Whedonesque.

Basically, to cut a long story short, they are taking his comments out of context to spin a story which doesn't actually exist.

Yes, Joss has some closure with Serenity. So do I. But if Universal wanted another movie? Of course he'd do it.

TheInside.org - Firefly Producers NEW TV series

RELFEXIVE

Sunday, December 18, 2005 11:32 PM

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Originally posted by WhoIsRiver:
The person who posted this isn't trolling.

And neither was I.

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Originally posted by WhoIsRiver:
As said above, there isn't actual quotes to what Joss has supposedly said above.

Yup.

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Originally posted by WhoIsRiver:
I've asked Joss to post about this article on Whedonesque.

Let us know if he does, if you please.

Quote:
Originally posted by WhoIsRiver:
Basically, to cut a long story short, they are taking his comments out of context to spin a story which doesn't actually exist.

Yes, Joss has some closure with Serenity. So do I. But if Universal wanted another movie? Of course he'd do it.

I agree, on all of the points.

"My God - you're like a trained ape. Without the training."
"Come a day there won't be room for naughty men like us to slip about at all..."
"SUMMER!!"
http://www.theshadowdepository.co.uk/index.htm

RKLENSETH

Sunday, December 18, 2005 11:37 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by WhoIsRiver:
The person who posted this isn't trolling.

As said above, there isn't actual quotes to what Joss has supposedly said above.

I've asked Joss to post about this article on Whedonesque.

Basically, to cut a long story short, they are taking his comments out of context to spin a story which doesn't actually exist.

Yes, Joss has some closure with Serenity. So do I. But if Universal wanted another movie? Of course he'd do it.

TheInside.org - Firefly Producers NEW TV series

Thanks.

Pretty much EW is stating that Whedon stated without directly quoting him that there won't be anymore Firefly/Serenity movies. As stated above it could be taken largely out of context to spin a story that isn't true or might be only slightly true. Doesn't end the fact that this story was published.

Oh, and play Cantr II at www.cantr.net.

RELFEXIVE

Sunday, December 18, 2005 11:42 PM

And posted several times already.

"My God - you're like a trained ape. Without the training."
"Come a day there won't be room for naughty men like us to slip about at all..."
"SUMMER!!"
http://www.theshadowdepository.co.uk/index.htm

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