The Firefly Season 2 Project needs your help.

POSTED BY: Haken
UPDATED: Friday, January 27, 2006 17:22
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CAITLYN

Friday, January 27, 2006 12:51 AM

Look, I want a Season 2 as much as y'all do. It'd be shiny... but only if Joss did it. I reckon DVD is better than nothing, but a real honest to goodness TV series or movie is what I want.

"Hamsters is nice"

IRONSPY

Friday, January 27, 2006 3:08 AM

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Do you think then, that it's a good idea to go to their website and give them our info?

Realistically, though, I don't think the information they collect will be useful in helping them obtain the rights. Both FOX and Universal already have statistics about the Firefly/Serenity fanbase from data they've collected through television ratings, DVD sales, and box office receipts. Additionally, the major studios also have data from their other productions to draw from. It's safe to say that in terms of statistics, there's not much the independent production company can tell the studios that they don't already know.

I think you're confused as to their purpose. Not saying I support it one way or the other, but the information they're looking for is not just how many people have purchased Firefly or how many people saw Serenity. It's how many people would be willing to use a pay on demand service. Nobody really knows that yet.

RICHARDC

Friday, January 27, 2006 2:33 PM

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Originally posted by maria:
If joss doesn't support it, then neither should we. He is firefly, in all of it's forms and we should respect his vision of the series. Not the ideas of independent producers.

This is CRITICAL. It needs to have the vision and control of its creator, no matter where he wants to take it. Joss is one of the most creative television/movie writers in the industry. Without his involvement, the project risks producing just more crap.

I'm tired of crap...

KELLYOFLUTHIEN

Friday, January 27, 2006 2:56 PM

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Originally posted by Haken:
I was just posting the news of the site.

But it seems rumors relating to this second season project are flying rampant on the net because I've been receiving more and more inquiries about it. There's even a reference to the second season project over at TV Guide.

I think a bit of clarification is in order before things get out of hand. Based on what I know right now, there isn't going to be another season of Firefly in it's current form. And while the above answer seems to make the whole task of bringing back the Firefly we all know and love quite trivial, it is definately not.

All this independent (and apparently nameless)production company is attempting to do at the moment is to purchase the rights to produce another season of Firefly. Having the rights to produce does not guarantee they'll be producing the same product with the same actors, writers, or even production quality.

There are LOTS of financial, legal, and logistical reasons why an independent production company will have a difficult time at bringing back the "original" Firefly.

IMHO, I think it's great someone is attempting to do this, but I do think that getting the newly formed CW network to pickup Firefly is a better way to go.

Also, we still haven't heard from Universal yet. There's still a great chance that we might get a sequel if sales of the DVD keeps up.

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Hi, Gossi here.

I do *NOT* back this project. I’m not going into the reasons why in a public forum, and I wish the guy all the luck in the world, but I’d like to stress neither me, Universal, the FF producers or cast have anything to do with this project.

Thank you Haken and Gossi for posting with your views here. I value your judgment and am glad to see that I am not the only one who is uncomfortable with this movement (especially since it is giving many people the wrong impression that there will definitely be a Season 2).

Again, I urge all of you reading this to peruse the discussion threads posted above before making any decisions.

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HARTMEISTER

Friday, January 27, 2006 5:22 PM

I don't want be cynical but has anyone thought that perhaps this is a subtle effort to force Universal to get the Sci-Fi channel movie idea rolling? Let's say that Universal is having cold feet at making the series/movies. Up comes a third party who wants to buy the rights. Universal thought that they can sit on the buying/negotiating rights with Fox until they saw the final DVD sales figures. Now they might have to act pre-emptively just to make sure they have the future rights to do this.

However, we don't quite know the rights situation with Universal and Fox because no one has publically said what they are currently. We know when the movie was in production that Universal only had rights for the movies. If that has changed since Universal's Sci-Fi channel was airing Firefly reruns we don't know. Perhaps that rumor about Universal wanting to do Firefly TV movies on Sci-Fi channel is because they obtained the rights to do a TV show now.

Also I found the whole Universal rumor quite puzzling because if Universal was thinking of doing this why would they let this leak out if they didn't think they had the legal rights to do so? All the rumor could do is to make the negotiating with Fox more difficult.

I have the vauge feeling this is all part of negotiations between Mutant Enemy, Fox and Universal and we are just seeing glimpses of it.

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