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EW: No more Firefly Serenity movies - Whedon

POSTED BY: RKLENSETH
UPDATED: Sunday, December 18, 2005 20:58
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Sunday, December 18, 2005 12:58 PM

RKLENSETH


I hate to be the bearer of bad news but this is in the current Entertainment Weekly;

http://www.ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,1141343_1_0_,00.html

Quote:

Adios, 'Firefly'...
Joss Whedon lets ''Firefly'' go -- The ''Serenity'' director may turn to ''Buff the Vampire Slayer'' for his next big-screen project by Jeff Jensen

When Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon looks back on 2005, he can take comfort in knowing that his film-directing debut, the sci-fi Western Serenity, resurrected his canceled-too-soon cult classic TV series Firefly, and was also one of the year's best-reviewed movies. ''I should say I'm above reading reviews,'' he says. ''But I would be lying.'' Alas, Whedon's fond memories are also tainted by Serenity's status as a franchise nonstarter; despite Universal's best marketing efforts, the film only mustered $25 million. ''In the end, it was what it was: a tough sell,'' says Whedon, adding that it appears the Firefly saga has reached its conclusion. He has no regrets — and he's moving on. He's currently penning a Wonder Woman flick for Warner Bros., and has the thriller Goners set up at Universal; he'll direct whichever gets a green light first. Buffy's papa has more Slayerstuff in the pipeline as well: an ongoing comic book (''the eighth season we never made''), and possibly a series of DVD flicks focusing on characters like platinum bloodsucker Spike. As for Serenity, ''I have closure,'' he says. ''And now, I can have it in my home — which means that finally I can actually stop working on it.''




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Sunday, December 18, 2005 1:01 PM

RKLENSETH


Could someone with moderating status put this in the News section so that it doesn't get buried?

Thanks

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Sunday, December 18, 2005 1:06 PM

RELFEXIVE


FOR GOD'S SAKE!

How many threads with this damn article in do we have to have?! How many are there now?

I specifically like the way it DOES NOT QUOTE ANY ACTUAL WORDS FROM JOSS SAYING HE IS NOT DOING ANY MORE FIREFLY OR SERENITY.

Plus, the movie has made more than $25 million, because, hey, there's the rest of the world, don't y'know, not just the US. And there's DVD sales yet to come.

I'm tired of seeing this



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Sunday, December 18, 2005 1:11 PM

UNREGISTEREDCOMPANION


troll troll troll troll troll troll

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Sunday, December 18, 2005 1:15 PM

HARSHCRITIC


Yeah I am sick of seeing this too. The final word has not been given so I am going to keep on hoping. Plus, I heard Joss on a live radio say that DVDs are the key.

SO,DVDS ARE THE KEY!! December 20th

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Sunday, December 18, 2005 1:16 PM

RKLENSETH


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Originally posted by UnregisteredCompanion:
troll troll troll troll troll troll

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I hope you're not calling me a troll because I guarantee you I've been around much longer than you have and I love Firefly/Serenity. Anyone back from the days before the movie was even a dream knows me.

And second of all I haven't seen this posted here yet. I could've missed it as I don't read every single thread anymore.

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Sunday, December 18, 2005 1:27 PM

WHOISRIVER


The person who posted this isn't trolling.

As said above, there isn't actual quotes to what Joss has supposedly said above.

I've asked Joss to post about this article on Whedonesque.

Basically, to cut a long story short, they are taking his comments out of context to spin a story which doesn't actually exist.

Yes, Joss has some closure with Serenity. So do I. But if Universal wanted another movie? Of course he'd do it.

TheInside.org - Firefly Producers NEW TV series

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Sunday, December 18, 2005 1:32 PM

RELFEXIVE


Quote:

Originally posted by WhoIsRiver:
The person who posted this isn't trolling.


And neither was I.

Quote:

Originally posted by WhoIsRiver:
As said above, there isn't actual quotes to what Joss has supposedly said above.


Yup.

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Originally posted by WhoIsRiver:
I've asked Joss to post about this article on Whedonesque.


Let us know if he does, if you please.

Quote:

Originally posted by WhoIsRiver:
Basically, to cut a long story short, they are taking his comments out of context to spin a story which doesn't actually exist.

Yes, Joss has some closure with Serenity. So do I. But if Universal wanted another movie? Of course he'd do it.


I agree, on all of the points.



"My God - you're like a trained ape. Without the training."
"Come a day there won't be room for naughty men like us to slip about at all..."
"SUMMER!!"
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Sunday, December 18, 2005 1:37 PM

RKLENSETH


Quote:

Originally posted by WhoIsRiver:
The person who posted this isn't trolling.

As said above, there isn't actual quotes to what Joss has supposedly said above.

I've asked Joss to post about this article on Whedonesque.

Basically, to cut a long story short, they are taking his comments out of context to spin a story which doesn't actually exist.

Yes, Joss has some closure with Serenity. So do I. But if Universal wanted another movie? Of course he'd do it.

TheInside.org - Firefly Producers NEW TV series



Thanks.

Pretty much EW is stating that Whedon stated without directly quoting him that there won't be anymore Firefly/Serenity movies. As stated above it could be taken largely out of context to spin a story that isn't true or might be only slightly true. Doesn't end the fact that this story was published.

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

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Sunday, December 18, 2005 1:42 PM

RELFEXIVE


And posted several times already.



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Sunday, December 18, 2005 1:45 PM

WHOISRIVER


Oh, yes, the publication of this story has damaged the fan base a bit -- I have no disagreement about that. And I don't think people should stop mentioning it online, as the more it's discussed, the more people can understand the truth about it.

Personally, I know that if the DVD sales are exceptionally strong, Universal will look at the landscape again. I also know that Joss (and the cast) are under contract for sequels should Universal option them. I also know Joss has been kicking about sequel ideas, too, and the other day he said in an interview he'd love to do a sequel.

I also know he uses closure as a way of expressing his feelings of the movie. The TV series might not have been massively visible, but it got made into a major motion picture which got released all over the world... You know, for me, I'd be happy. I'd be gleeful. I'd feel like 'If nothing else comes after this... At least it got a big damn movie'.

Unfortunately, Joss moving on makes a far better headline -- I bet they got a lot of hits from this article, far more than if it had said nothing interesting.

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Sunday, December 18, 2005 1:48 PM

SERENYTY


Quote:

Originally posted by RelFexive:
FOR GOD'S SAKE!

How many threads with this damn article in do we have to have?! How many are there now?

I specifically like the way it DOES NOT QUOTE ANY ACTUAL WORDS FROM JOSS SAYING HE IS NOT DOING ANY MORE FIREFLY OR SERENITY.

Plus, the movie has made more than $25 million, because, hey, there's the rest of the world, don't y'know, not just the US. And there's DVD sales yet to come.

I'm tired of seeing this


I agree with you. There aren't any official quotes, this isn't official. Joss wanted the show to keep going, he didn't want it to die.

DVD sales can do everything. Take Napoleon Dynamite. Did OK in theaters, I had personally never heard of it until after its DVD release. Now that's a huge phenomenon, all because of the DVD release.

Serenity is doing OK. I don't think we can count it out yet.

~A message from Serenyty~

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Sunday, December 18, 2005 2:49 PM

UNREGISTEREDCOMPANION


The article is what it is...the TROLLISH part is the misleading and inflamitory thread title.

The actual article title is ADIOS, FIREFLY and does have a spin that Joss has moved on to other projects. It doesn't say there will be no more movies in the future about the 'verse...though I am sure that this is what the writer of the stroy believes.

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Sunday, December 18, 2005 4:24 PM

PSOLARIS


Hey Seth, yeah, we've seen this article before. There was a thread about it not too long ago and I had done a little research on it myself to try to confirm or deny. That article was posted by EW the same time tvguide.com posted this one (please read through the thread here)

http://fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=2&t=15576

Basically reiterates that Joss is still waiting on DVD sales.

Depends on the writer of the article I guess, and what point of view they have on it. Some seem to think that Joss is done, some don't.

Psolaris

"Ten percent of nuthin' is...let me do the math here...nuthin' into nuthin'...carry the nuthin'"

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Sunday, December 18, 2005 5:07 PM

GIANTEVILHEAD


They're drawing conclusions based on very little evidence. Even if Joss is busy doing other projects there's still Tim Minear and Ben Edlund.

"I swallowed a bug." -River Tam

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Sunday, December 18, 2005 7:28 PM

KHANVALHERU


I like how they say "despite Universal's best effort to market" the movie. Definitely makes me question the author of this as we all know that Universal didn't really market the movie to its full potential.

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Sunday, December 18, 2005 8:58 PM

CHINDI


DEPARTMENT OF REDUNDANCY DEPARTMENT....

lol...

still here...

Chindi

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