good news?
POSTED BY: GroovyAl
UPDATED: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 00:52
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Hi PPl! I've been reading bad news ever since ff was canceled, and dammit it was like the end of the world when i read that fox 
did it to this grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreat show and after several moths of hope im asking me if there is still something to believe in, to hope for and so im asking you: "Tell me recapitulating the past couple of moths which good news have there been ever since the show went off-air??!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?"
Peace
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Here's f***ing great news. I was reading a Jane Espenson interview yesterday, and look what I found...
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Are there any other incarnations being discussed in which to resurrect the story of the “Serenity” crew?
Joss had talked about making it a two-hour TV movie...
However, everything good has a bad side...
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...but I haven’t heard the status of that recently.
Here's the full interview, from http://www.atnzone.com/tvzone/features/buffywriter.shtml...
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In her five seasons as a writer and producer on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Jane Espenson has dished out her fair share of demon slayage, brilliant jokes and potent angst, helping to craft heroine Buffy Anne Summers into the indelible TV icon she is today. Responsible for all or part of twenty-two Buffy episodes, Espenson has been a fan favorite since her episode debut back in 1998 with the role reversal classic, “Band Candy.” Since then Jane has averaged about four episodes a season, most of which incorporate her flare for the comedic into the fabric of the storyline. With such episodes as, “Pangs,” “Intervention,” “Life Serial” and “Triangle,” Jane has proved to be an adept comedic writer creating standout episodes rife with laugh out loud dialogue and impeccable timing.
A veteran TV writer before she landed at Buffy, Espenson wrote for Dinosaurs, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Ellen and Something So Right before being hired by Joss Whedon as an Executive Story Editor. She’s risen through the ranks at Mutant Enemy over the years and now serves as a Co-Executive Producer on the series. Over the years, Jane has also expanded her role within the Whedon-verse writing two episodes of spin-off Angel, one episode of the space-western Firefly, and more than half a dozen original Buffy-related comics for Dark Horse Comics.
Jane and I had a chance to sit down and talk before the last Annual Posting Board Party in Los Angles on February 15, 2003 in Hollywood, California. Laidback and unassuming, Jane was gracious and funny as she settled down to talk about her experiences behind the scenes at the beloved show. Having just completed the filming of her last-ever Buffy script “Storyteller” the week before, Jane was excited but reflective as we discussed her season seven episodes and reviewed in-depth the lessons she’s learned working for Joss Whedon, the highlights of her career on Buffy and where her pen will take her next.
Its been two months since Firefly was cancelled. Despite it’s short life, how was it working on that show?
Oh, Firefly was a dream – it was really wonderful! I always wanted to write for a spaceship and I got my very first TV start at Star Trek so [Firefly] was going back to what I originally wanted to do.
How did you get involved in writing for Firefly? Did you pursue it with Joss or did he approach you and say ‘Come on over here too?
It was pretty much ‘Come on over here, too.’ He involved all of [the writers] in the very early discussions of what the show would be. He told me early on that he was planning a space show and it would involve those characters. I tried to have input into [the show] but he really had [the characters] so well thought out. I remember a very early conversation that we had where I accompanied him to a store where he had to buy a gift and we were talking about how Mal (Nathan Fillion) got the ship and what Mal’s status was before the war. I was just asking Joss questions, thinking I’ll hit a question that he doesn’t have an answer to and that will help him formulate the show but every question I asked – he had the answer to it.
How long had Joss been developing Firefly?
I think it was something he had in mind for sometime. He certainly had it really well worked out. Inara (Morena Baccarin), Mal and Kaylee (Jewel Staite) were really in place and I’m trying to think who he didn’t talk about early on…I think they were all there. It was clear he was seeing [the show] in his head. He just had to bring it out and that was before he had pitched the show yet. It wasNOTIFY: N | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
