Firefly Film Details Hinted by JavidRho

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Firefly Film Details Hinted

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Tuesday, December 23, 2003 7:27 AM

More info from the convention via scifi.com

9:00am ET, 23-December-03

Firefly Film Details Hinted

Joss Whedon, creator of the defunct Fox SF TV show Firefly, told SCI FI Wire that his proposed series-based feature film will aim at an audience that has never seen the show, but will also contain "big giant payoffs" for faithful fans. Whedon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) added that he's finishing up the script for the proposed movie.

"It is still just that, a possible film," Whedon said in an interview at the Los Angeles Comic Book and Science Fiction Convention. "We have a good chance, actually. It looks like it's a real possibility. But more than that I cannot say. ... I don't want to jinx anything."

Whedon acknowledged that it seems odd to try to mount a movie based on a failed television show (Fox canceled Firefly after airing only 11 of the 14 produced episodes). But, he added, referring to his hit Buffy TV series, "It also seems unusual to want to mount a show from a failed film, so you know unusual is sort of my stock and trade. The only reason I'm doing this is because I believed that there was a story to tell that I had not had the opportunity to tell. And I believed that I didn't want to work with anybody except these guys for a long while. So ... there was just too much to give away."

Whedon declined to say which of the series' many loose threads he would tie up in the movie. Some of those include the secret behind the Blue Sun Corp. and its interest in River (Summer Glau); the secret behind Shepherd Book's (Ron Glass) past; the unresolved romantic tension between Capt. Reynolds (Nathan Fillion) and Inara (Morena Baccarin); and the unresolved romantic tension between Simon (Sean Maher) and Kaylee (Jewel Stait).

"There are about 400 things I'd like to see wrapped up in the film," Whedon said. "Unfortunately, then it becomes a miniseries. And so there are certain threads that this follows up on very heavily, and certain ones that it drops entirely. Because you have to pick and choose if it's a movie. ... Obviously, the movie is more epic than the show. There's big action stuff and all kinds of hijinks, but the ... development of the relationships and who these people are and why they belong together is always going to be the point." Firefly: The Complete Series was released on DVD on Dec. 9.

link:
http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-main.html?2003-12/23/11.00.film

Also, Adam Balwin talks about his desire to be on the spinoff scifi network show, Stargate Atlantis.
link:
http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-main.html?2003-12/23/12.00.sfc

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Tuesday, December 23, 2003 9:00 AM

SERGEANTX

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There's big action stuff and all kinds of hijinks, but the ... development of the relationships and who these people are and why they belong together is always going to be the point.

I'm so very happy to read that particular line. Epic doesn't have to mean big dumb action movie.

SergeantX

"..and here's to all the dreamers, may our open hearts find rest." -- Nanci Griffith

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Tuesday, December 23, 2003 2:02 PM

TEELABROWN

Woo-hoo! Secrets revealed! That's really shiny, JavidRho.

Keep flyin' and happy holidays!

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"Freedom is the Freedom to say that 2+2 makes 4. If that is granted, all else follws"-Winston, 1984
Keep flyin', and remember, THEY can't take the sky from US!

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Wednesday, December 24, 2003 5:46 PM

SLEESTACK

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Originally posted by SergeantX:
Epic doesn't have to mean big dumb action movie.
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Sadly, it kind of does. Movie fare today is barely above television. Mindless plots and big special effects is the standard movie guideline nowadays. Sheesh, I'll take a $20M budget with claymation and a good story line over most of the $200M crap that's out there. Seems people prefer to 'ooh and ahhh' today over using their brains.

I'm not bitter! heh...

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Wednesday, December 24, 2003 6:12 PM

SLOWSMURF

I fail to see why you think "epic" means $200 million movie.(which btw, virtually no movies are still, even the matrix sequels only got 175 each, and they were thought to be sure sells.)

Epic simply means the crew will be involved in something that requires more than just themselves, for example the war the browncoats fought in.

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Thursday, December 25, 2003 1:25 AM

CALHOUN

I really hope he doesnt tie up all loose threads in the movie. Gotta leave somewhere to go when the series rises again. IT WILL RISE AGAIN!! I believe that as surely as the sun will rise in the morning.

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Thursday, December 25, 2003 3:49 AM

TEELABROWN

To quote Mal (Hope this is correct) "I believe we will rise again."

It better be thoughtful, like the show. Not just action.

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"Freedom is the Freedom to say that 2+2 makes 4. If that is granted, all else follws"-Winston, 1984
Keep flyin', and remember, THEY can't take the sky from US!

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Thursday, December 25, 2003 5:56 PM

WHOODAHN

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Originally posted by Calhoun:
I really hope he doesnt tie up all loose threads in the movie. Gotta leave somewhere to go when the series rises again. IT WILL RISE AGAIN!! I believe that as surely as the sun will rise in the morning.

Blue Sun?

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Friday, December 26, 2003 12:04 AM

CALHOUN

Hehe, funny you should say blue sun because I just d/loaded the blue sun logo from here and made a transfer on my printer and ironed it onto a shirt i went and bought which looks like Jaynes shirt(the one he wears in the beginning of Bushwacked playing ball). Its waaaay cool. I feel so good wearing it. :)

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Friday, December 26, 2003 10:03 AM

LORA

I am mighty grateful for this shiny news!

Keep Flyin'.

"Is there any way I'm gonna get out of this with honor and dignity?"

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