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$50 million... is that a mid-8 figure? Wow that's a huge budget compared to a television episode. What was the total cost for the series?

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Originally posted by henkins:
Two things:

1) this article says that Ron and Alan are back, unlike in other articles.
2) $50 million should be plenty considering that they probably don't have half their budget tied into actor salaries (which usually takes up a lot of movie busgets). And, if I recall, for the show they had used a relatively unknown fx house, who usually lowball costs to develop a rep. Might they do the same for the feature?

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Originally posted by henkins:
Two things:

1) this article says that Ron and Alan are back, unlike in other articles.
2) $50 million should be plenty considering that they probably don't have half their budget tied into actor salaries (which usually takes up a lot of movie busgets). And, if I recall, for the show they had used a relatively unknown fx house, who usually lowball costs to develop a rep. Might they do the same for the feature?

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The FX company that Firefly used was Radium, which became Zoic, a company headed by Loni Peristere. Now, seeing as Loni did the cg effects on Buffy, and then went over to Firefly to do a magnificent job, I see no reason why Joss wouldn't have them do it again.

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Originally posted by Kozure:
Wow, did I ever not expect to see a day when people would be worried that $50 million dollars might not be enough to make a good science fiction movie.

Independence Day: $71 million
Battlefield Earth: $80 million
Star Wars: Attack of the Clones: $115 million
Terminator 3: $170 million

Terminator 3, in particular, (for me) tanked both as a good movie and in North American sales.

Proof positive that over-inflated Hollywood budgets don't guarantee a good movie.

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BTW, wife had something. She was wondering when the "Serenity" Press kits come out, if they will market them ahead of the movie. Looking at how much Firefly press kits went for on E-bay, and noting the fanatical insane devotion of his fans, Joss might be able to reduce costs somewhat by making more of those press kits and selling them to us. I'd buy one or twelve.

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Originally posted by Drakon:
From seeing their work in Battlestar Galactica, the only problem I can see would be having the right equipment for big screen work. It will be at a higher resolution than TV (although not sure how it would compare to HDTV.) That means longer render times or faster render farms. And whatever they need to dump their work to film, vice tape.

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Originally posted by ecmorgan69:
I just have one question about the sets. Assuming they weren't trashed when "Firefly" went off the grid, is it really possible that they weren't detailed enough? From watching all the DVDs a lot, if there was one thing I did notice, it was that the sets were enormously detailed. Sure, it wasn't all prettified, like a "Star Trek" set, but it had the right...um, texture would be the best way to put it.

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Originally posted by ecmorgan69:
I just have one question about the sets. Assuming they weren't trashed when "Firefly" went off the grid, is it really possible that they weren't detailed enough?

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Originally posted by ecmorgan69:
I just have one question about the sets. Assuming they weren't trashed when "Firefly" went off the grid, is it really possible that they weren't detailed enough?

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The sets were dismantled shortly after GORRAM FOX cancelled our show.

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

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