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MORE BIG DAMN Firefly Movie news

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Tuesday, February 10, 2004 9:54 PM

Taken from http://www.fireflymovie.com/news.html

i dunno where they get it from but... if u think this is good news...Gimme a HELL YEAH!!!!

"...we knew that the movie became held up back at the end of December. The original script was shelved and Joss wrote something else entirely. Something less of an epilogue and more of a potential springboard to a series return. Due to that and some other time constraints and projects, there was signifigant delay. Distribution stuff bogged down the works. Look for a few more official type snippets at the usual sources... "

"You will be hearing some stuff on the OB towards the end of this month... All the plans etc are still in place, they were just delayed while details were ironed out.

"There is still more legal stuff to get through, but I trust that Joss will deliver us the Big Damn Movie and makes us proud. : )

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Wednesday, February 11, 2004 1:24 AM

BOOMERGOODHEART

Ok, that deserves a "Holy Shit!".

Sorry if I've offended anyone. It's 5:30am and I'm a little punch-drunk.

BoomerGoodheart
"I love my Captain."

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Wednesday, February 11, 2004 2:46 AM

KANGER33

Heck yeah!! (Sorry, I'm not one for the cussin'. Doesn't make me any less passionate

) This is GREAT news! We've gotten small little good news messages now and then, but this pulls all of the recent good stuff together for me. Joss wrote a new script as a "potential springboard to a series return?" Its of course something I've dreamed of, but didn't think was too plausible. To have Joss allowing for it....well it makes me happier than I can say.

~Nicole~

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Wednesday, February 11, 2004 3:40 AM

DYAIRVATREE

We can only hope the reasons for Joss's changes was himself not outside forces.

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Wednesday, February 11, 2004 3:48 AM

HORRID

wow best thread I've every had my first post on. hopefully the switch from epilogue to kickstart means less characters get killed off. I like characters

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Wednesday, February 11, 2004 3:52 AM

GWEILO

Quote:
Originally posted by Dreadlord:
Something less of an epilogue and more of a potential springboard to a series return.

Yeeeeessssss!!!!!! This is the best news I´ve had all year. (Ok, so it´s only Febuary, but it´s pretty damn good none the less.)

One would like to think that the powers that be have finally realised their mistake and started listening to the fans... but you never know. I´m keeping my fingers crossed in any case. Only downside is that it makes it that much harder to type.

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Wednesday, February 11, 2004 3:54 AM

DRAKON

Quote:
Originally posted by dyairvatree:
We can only hope the reasons for Joss's changes was himself not outside forces.

Ummm... if I am reading the same thing you are, it was due to outside forces. The studio wanted a "potential springboard" for a continuing series, rather than an epilog to the one that got canceled.

Now if that is the outside force, then I suspect you'd be more than happy with such a change.

"Wash, where is my damn spaceship?"

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Wednesday, February 11, 2004 4:48 AM

RHYS

Wow, shiny!

I'd been optimisticly dreaming about this sort of sequence of events, but to hear someone say it publicly...

Here's hoping!
Rhys

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Wednesday, February 11, 2004 4:53 AM

GORRAMREAVERS

Best news yet!
Love the fact that the movie is being re-written in case of a series return.
Shiney!

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Wednesday, February 11, 2004 4:57 AM

ZEKE023

good news, yes.

But who said this? Did I make an oversight or is this quote just not cited?

-Z

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Wednesday, February 11, 2004 5:23 AM

SAINT JAYNE

I will hold my congratulations until it's official. I can't find the original source of this quote. If someone finds it, please post the link here. Xie-xie.

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Wednesday, February 11, 2004 5:47 AM

STATIC

Okay. . .how the hell do we get invited to the damn premiere for this movie??

I mean. . .COME ON. . .we're Joss's INSPIRATION!

His STRENGTH!

His. . .support!!!

Okay, I'm schmoozing now, but I always love an excuse to wear my dress blues.

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"Wash. . .we got some local color happening. A grand entrance would not go amiss."

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Wednesday, February 11, 2004 5:51 AM

STATIC

Okay. . .but in ALL seriousness. . .

PREMIERE PARTY.

I've been a fan of the show for quite some time, but only active in this little community for a short time. I have, however, noticed that this crowd is capable of making VERY big things happen.

Can I expect a massive event to herald the premiere of this movie? Something like holding our very OWN massive premiere event at some theatre somewhere?

Yes, I sound like the pirates in "Pirates of the Carribean" . . .trying to decide what they're going to eat. . ."We should decide now so we'll know when the time comes."

I'm rambling.

I shut up now.

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"Wash. . .we got some local color happening. A grand entrance would not go amiss."

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Wednesday, February 11, 2004 6:01 AM

SEVENPERCENT

Actually, that's not a bad idea- Pick someplace, say, middle of the road, like the midwest, and take over a theater- That would be way cool-

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He looked bigger when I couldn't see him.

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Wednesday, February 11, 2004 6:04 AM

BROWNCOAT1

May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.

HELL YEAH!!!!

WOOOOO HOOOOOO!!!!

Gorram great ruttin' news!!! Best ruttin' news I have had in a long time.

Quote:
Originally posted by Drakon:
Quote:
Originally posted by dyairvatree:
We can only hope the reasons for Joss's changes was himself not outside forces.

Ummm... if I am reading the same thing you are, it was due to outside forces. The studio wanted a "potential springboard" for a continuing series, rather than an epilog to the one that got canceled.

Now if that is the outside force, then I suspect you'd be more than happy with such a change.

That is the way I read it too Drakon, and I must say I would much rather have a script and movie w/ the intention of springboarding into a series than anything else.

"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."

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Wednesday, February 11, 2004 6:05 AM

STEVE580

"Holy Shit" indeed.

I was afraid he was writting a movie to "wrap things up" as one news site put it. It should be to get things going again. I mean, two hours of Firfly is awesome; but it doesn't compare to the hundreds of hours we could get it it came back to the small screen.

Awesome if that was the delay. Though...couldn't someone have said something?
-Steve

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Wednesday, February 11, 2004 6:11 AM

STATIC

Quote:
Originally posted by Steve580:
"Holy Shit" indeed.

Awesome if that was the delay. Though...couldn't someone have said something?
-Steve

Well. . .from what I've seen, Joss, Tim and Chris are kind of 'protective' about their fans. . .and I don't think Joss would want to tell us, "Yeah, we're writing a 'springboard' script." and get us all wound up just to have studio execs tell HIM later, "Nah. . .nevermind. . .just wrap it up."

That would suck.

I've noticed in the posts that Joss, Tim and Chris have been putting on various boards, they're trying VERY hard to keep us encouraged without giving us a bunch of 'maybes' and 'unconfirmeds'. But they ARE telling us EVERYTHING that they can say WITH CERTAINTY.

Damn that's good leadership. I'm glad these guys are in charge of something.

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"Wash. . .we got some local color happening. A grand entrance would not go amiss."

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Wednesday, February 11, 2004 6:26 AM

JASONZZZ

Since Firefly *is* a worldwide event - not just limited to the states, I would say it ought to be in the middle of Hawaii, Tahiti, or something.

Quote:
Originally posted by SevenPercent:
Actually, that's not a bad idea- Pick someplace, say, middle of the road, like the midwest, and take over a theater- That would be way cool-

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He looked bigger when I couldn't see him.

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Wednesday, February 11, 2004 6:51 AM

LINDEN

Quote:
Originally posted by Dreadlord:
Taken from http://www.fireflymovie.com/news.html

"The original script was shelved and Joss wrote something else entirely. Something less of an epilogue and more of a potential springboard to a series return."

"You will be hearing some stuff on the OB towards the end of this month... All the plans etc are still in place, they were just delayed while details were ironed out."

Oh, happy day! This is just so incredibly shiny news.

"... a potential springboard to a series return."

That sure sounds hopeful to me.

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Wednesday, February 11, 2004 6:58 AM

MAHDI

Intersting symmetry too.

Joss spending a huge amount of time and work to craft a great script, then it getting shelved and forced to crank a new one out real quick.

Of course, time wise, it was a bit different this time. Like 7 months on the first script, followed by one on the second, instead of however long on serenity, then a weekend on The Train Job.

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Wednesday, February 11, 2004 7:18 AM

DTT

I'm not sure there's much else to say. Wow. Happy now. At the same time, I don't want to get my hopes up.

"You didn't have to wound that man."
"Yeah, I know. It was just funny."

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Wednesday, February 11, 2004 7:26 AM

JAKE7

Shiny, Shiny, Shiny!!

I don't know if I'll know what to do with myself if the series comes back...die happy?

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MAL: Everybody's makin' a fuss.

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Wednesday, February 11, 2004 7:33 AM

HERO

WORST NEWS EVER!!!!!!!!!

I HATE IT, HATE IT!!!!!!!!!

Not really, I love it more then I can express in words. Just didn't feel like following the crowd.

H

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Wednesday, February 11, 2004 7:36 AM

ADEPTUS

I have prepared a statement in reponse to this news:

Select to view spoiler:

Yeeeeeeeeeeee Haaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwww!

Thank you.

No power in the 'verse can stop me.

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Wednesday, February 11, 2004 7:37 AM

BRITCHICK

Hell yeah!

Also shiny is the idea of having a big party - our own premiere - somewhere to celebrate.

Wouldn't it be great if Joss could come, and persuade the stars to come too?

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Wednesday, February 11, 2004 7:45 AM

MAKEROFPATHS

Quote:
Originally posted by Steve580:
"Holy Shit" indeed.

I was afraid he was writting a movie to "wrap things up" as one news site put it. It should be to get things going again. I mean, two hours of Firfly is awesome; but it doesn't compare to the hundreds of hours we could get it it came back to the small screen.

Awesome if that was the delay. Though...couldn't someone have said something?
-Steve

Sheeeee-it! This is *my* best day ever.

This sudden change of direction to a series-potential script explains Joss's exhaustion just the other week when he came to this board to let off steam and fall in love again with FF (thanks to that wonderful thread, Fireflygasms) and the more recent news of a late 2005 opening. I dunno, but I can't see the film being that far away now because I can see it showing up much earlier, maybe late 2004 or early '05 -- before Star Wars 3. Then a summer production of the TV series for a fall debut. Yup, I'm likin' that.

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Wednesday, February 11, 2004 8:15 AM

SHINY

Keep up the good work, Browncoats! I can't help but speculate that the change may have been due to the 'surprisingly strong' DVD sales that are a direct result of all of our efforts to evangelize the show. Let's keep it up, and get all of our friends, family, acquaintances, co-workers, and complete strangers we meet on the street to watch some episodes and hook 'em on Firefly so they will buy more DVDs and convince the powers that be to bring back our gorram show!!!

RIVER
Purple elephants are flying.
MAL
Good. Thanks for the update.

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Wednesday, February 11, 2004 8:19 AM

JACEN

Quote:
Originally posted by Shiny:
Let's keep it up, and get all of our friends, family, acquaintances, co-workers, and complete strangers we meet on the street to watch some episodes and hook 'em on Firefly

I'm workin' on it

It's REALLY good news with the movie, and let's all hope that it'll bring our beloved series back to the tv screens after all...

You can't take the sky from me

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Wednesday, February 11, 2004 8:27 AM

LEAFY

Sure, I can give you a Hell Yeah!!!

I celebrate with great hope, but cautious expectations.

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Wednesday, February 11, 2004 8:30 AM

INIRE

possibly (hopefully!) this was a chance to 'aim-high': if this was 'less of an epilogue' that gives me hope that someone is looking to the future and not just looking to 'wrap it up'

and THAT is damn good news.

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Wednesday, February 11, 2004 8:53 AM

CHANNAIN

i DO aim to misbehave

MONKEY CHAIR DANCE OF JOY!!

FAR OUT!!! This would indeed be history in the making, not to mention pretty damn SHINY!!

We have art so as not to die of truth ~ Neitzsche
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Wednesday, February 11, 2004 8:57 AM

HJERMSTED

I wonder if this means the project is morphing into a direct-to-dvd project or tv movie...

Certainly unprecedented for a project to go from TV to motion picture to TV with the original players in place.

But Joss has a way of messing with convention then doesn't he?

mattro

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Wednesday, February 11, 2004 9:07 AM

KEVIN

DAMN SKIPPY STRAIGHT!this is freakin amazing!i loved buffy,homicide,and im still loving angel but THIS show was simply the best!the best storytelling,the best cast,the best everything!oh please let this stay true.while i will still be the puppet to lucas and give him 1 last chance to redeem himself,it is clear to me now as it should to all my brothers and sisters out here on the internet superhighway that the year 2005 will be remembered as-THE YEAR OF FIREFLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
oh and one last thing to get us also excited,to quote the famous "yogurt"-MERCHANDISING!!!!!!!!!!MERCHANDISING!MERCHANDISING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SHINY INDEED!

JAYNE-you wanna go little man?
WALSH-only if there's candle light.

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Wednesday, February 11, 2004 10:08 AM

STATIC

Okay. . .I'm a moron. . .

I'm sitting here asking questions about a premiere party and I forget my own history.

I'm good friends with a guy who OWNS a theatre. It's an old-style 'movie house' type theatre, with traditional architecture, but all the neccessary trappings for new movies, like Dolby Digital Surround Sound, or whatever the newest, greatest thing is.

He usually only shows Independant feature films, stuff like that. . .stuff that doesn't usually make it to the multiplexes. . .HOWEVER. . .

I'm fairly certain he could be convinced to make the investment into asking for a first-run copy of "Firefly".

The theatre is in Raleigh, NC. . .the capital city. It's near Downtown, near hotels, resturants and a large mall. I wonder what sort of response would be recieved from Browncoats wanting to host a massive premiere night gala there?

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"Wash. . .we got some local color happening. A grand entrance would not go amiss."

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Wednesday, February 11, 2004 10:23 AM

RKLENSETH

Year of the Firefly you say. That is catchy but what about the Decade of the Firefly? That way there are many more years of Firefly to come.

And that sounds like a great idea, Static. It seems we will have loads of time to plan this.

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

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Wednesday, February 11, 2004 11:00 AM

JAYSEDAI

Let me interrupt your celebrating with a word of restraint. Nothing is certain until official word comes down. I can't specifically say who the source of this info was, but it's not directly from anyone at ME. I would peg this about an 8 (out of 10) on the rumor accuracy scale.

Okay continue your celebrating...

Jeremy
www.fireflymovie.com

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Wednesday, February 11, 2004 11:12 AM

KINGOFKOINS

Must have movie.

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It's sickening how comforting the privacy of the mind can be.
"Bible's broken; contradictions, false logistics. Doesn't make sense." - River
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Wednesday, February 11, 2004 11:31 AM

KASUO

So like what channel would Firefly 2: Take That! be on? Could it possibly be on UPN?

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"Let's moon 'em!"

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Wednesday, February 11, 2004 11:57 AM

SNIPER

Shiny! That's great news!

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Wednesday, February 11, 2004 12:04 PM

THEDUKE333

Sorry for the dumb question, but....what episode is this from???

RIVER
Purple elephants are flying.
MAL
Good. Thanks for the update.

TheDuke333

Can you believe this movie/TV return could possibly happen?

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Wednesday, February 11, 2004 12:33 PM

SHINY

Quote:
Originally posted by TheDuke333:
Sorry for the dumb question, but....what episode is this from???

It's from the scipt to 'Dead or Alive', which was never filmed. You can find the draft script on this site, here:

http://www.fireflyfans.net/feature.asp?f=45

RIVER
Purple elephants are flying.
MAL
Good. Thanks for the update.

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Wednesday, February 11, 2004 12:41 PM

THEDUKE333

What a great line!!!! I can see it in my head sooooo clearly, i actually thought that it was in one of the filmed episodes...LOL

TheDuke333

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Wednesday, February 11, 2004 1:45 PM

ARODIN

I just hope if it does come back to series, it gets itself situatedo on the Sci-Fi Channel or a network other than FOX.

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Wednesday, February 11, 2004 2:24 PM

CARDIE

Hey, Raleigh's a nice easy drive for me!

I don't want to get too excited about this possibility, because it sounds more like they don't want to rule out a return to series rather than that they are intent on doing one. Nevertheless, some hope is a lot better than no hope.

Universal, which is making the movie, is part of a conglomerate that includes NBC, USA, and Sci-Fi, so there are definitely some outlets that might like a new Firefly tv show.

Cardie

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Wednesday, February 11, 2004 2:27 PM

JEWEL

This news actually brought me out of lurker mode! Shiny!!!!

Quote:
Originally posted by Static:
I'm good friends with a guy who OWNS a theatre. It's an old-style 'movie house' type theatre, with traditional architecture, but all the neccessary trappings for new movies, like Dolby Digital Surround Sound, or whatever the newest, greatest thing is.

...

The theatre is in Raleigh, NC. . .the capital city. It's near Downtown, near hotels, resturants and a large mall. I wonder what sort of response would be recieved from Browncoats wanting to host a massive premiere night gala there?

That's certainly close enough for me to make the trip. I'm in the DC Area. I think it would be very cool!

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Wednesday, February 11, 2004 2:32 PM

ZAPHODB

D'oh! Sorry, nothing to see here...

Industrial Looniee & Madness - http://www3.telus.net/vchrusch

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Wednesday, February 11, 2004 3:00 PM

JONAHLEE

Wow this is such good news! I can't wait to hear more news on this. Lets hope this all gets off the ground soon. A movie and a new series!

-Jonah Lee

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Wednesday, February 11, 2004 4:32 PM

ECMORGAN69

As much as I'd like to just say, "That's damn shiny," I will believe it when I see it. Also, I hope that, if "Firefly" returns, they go to a different network, like UPN or SciFi. UPN could use the ratings boost, and it would beat the hell out of anything else on that woebegotten network. However, if it were on SciFi, at least they would not be as inclined to kill it. And, if the new BSG series is also on SciFi, "Super Shiny!"

"You can't take the sky from me..."

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Wednesday, February 11, 2004 4:45 PM

ECMORGAN69

Quote:
Originally posted by ecmorgan69:
...And, if the new BSG series is also on SciFi, "Super Shiny!"

"You can't take the sky from me..."

I hate to reply to myself because that seems so stoopid, but I just saw the post on the SciFi Battlestar Galactica site that it got greenlit for the new series! Maybe Firefly can restart on SciFi on the same night or something. Excellent!

"You can't take the sky from me..."

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