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Firefly Movie Inside Update

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Tuesday, February 17, 2004 4:57 AM

SAFFY


This weekend through professional contacts at a trade show, I was able to spend an hour or so with someone who does licensing for Universal.

I brought up the movie project rather slyly, and this is what she said:

1. Definitely in the works.

2. First film meeting was last week.

3. Working title is "Serenity." ("That's the name of the ship," she said.) :-)

4. They are "very excited to be working with Joss Whedon."




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Tuesday, February 17, 2004 5:03 AM

SERENITYNOW


Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!

(Can't...form...sentence. Too....happy.)

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Tuesday, February 17, 2004 5:25 AM

BROWNCOAT1

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


Quote:

Originally posted by Saffy:
This weekend through professional contacts at a trade show, I was able to spend an hour or so with someone who does licensing for Universal.

I brought up the movie project rather slyly, and this is what she said:

1. Definitely in the works.

2. First film meeting was last week.

3. Working title is "Serenity." ("That's the name of the ship," she said.) :-)

4. They are "very excited to be working with Joss Whedon."



Sounds like more good news. I can feel the anticipation really building now.

I wish I could have been a fly on the wall at that film meeting last week.

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


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Tuesday, February 17, 2004 5:36 AM

TRASK43


The good news just seems to be flowing in at the moment. I think we're getting close to an official announcement.

www.summer-glau.com

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Tuesday, February 17, 2004 5:49 AM

WERZBOWSKI


Shiny...

"Wherever you go, there you are."
- Dr. B. Banzai

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Tuesday, February 17, 2004 5:51 AM

BLINKER


[pumps fist in air] WOO!

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Tuesday, February 17, 2004 6:38 AM

SERENA


YEAH!!!!

"Every well bred, petty crook knows that the small, concealable weapons always go to the far left of the place setting."

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Tuesday, February 17, 2004 6:51 AM

WHOODAHN


Quote:

I wish I could have been a fly on the wall at that film meeting last week.


I want to be in the movie!

Joss, you listening?

Do you need 1789 extras?

Here we are!!!!

(Haken, how many registered members are there?)

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Tuesday, February 17, 2004 7:28 AM

JAKE7


More great news!

Didn't Chris B. state in another post (or was it the Firefly movie site?) that they were hoping to announce something at the end of this month?

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Tuesday, February 17, 2004 8:23 AM

SHINY


Don't mind that puddle on the floor...was just drooling over the prospect of a Firefly movie...

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

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Tuesday, February 17, 2004 8:29 AM

KINGOFKOINS




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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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Tuesday, February 17, 2004 8:34 AM

MANIACNUMBERONE


You have made me happy. You could solidify my happiness by adding more onto your statement. Would it be the acme of foolishness to inquire as to the identity of your contact?

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Tuesday, February 17, 2004 9:57 AM

POETIC4U


Thanks!!! I can die happy really soon, now. :)

WOOHOO!!!

Nadia

"Older men declare war, but it is the youth who must fight and die. And it is the youth who must inherit the tribulation, the sorrow, and the triumphs that are the aftermath of war"
- Herbert Clark Hoover

"In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." - Martin Luther King Jr.

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Tuesday, February 17, 2004 10:45 AM

KESSIE


*dances the dance of joy*
yay!!! finally some good news after Friday...

They say it’s the last song
They don’t know us, you see
Its only the last song
If we let it be

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Tuesday, February 17, 2004 10:52 AM

ANOTHERFIREFLYFAN


Quote:

Originally posted by Poetic4U:
Thanks!!! I can die happy really soon, now. :)



But then you'll miss the series return!

Keep flying

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Tuesday, February 17, 2004 10:52 AM

COSMICCONCUBINE


Oh my god, I love you, I love you! Thank you so much for sharing! And being our super-sneaky spy!

And Poetic4U don't die before the movie comes out...

"Sir, I think you have a problem with your brain being missing."

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Tuesday, February 17, 2004 10:56 AM

CHANNAIN

i DO aim to misbehave


*monkey chair dance of joy*

ahem...

Excellent bit of intelligence gathering there, Saffy.

We have art so as not to die of truth ~ Neitzsche
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Tuesday, February 17, 2004 11:12 AM

3OF19


Quote:

Originally posted by WhooDahn:
Quote:

I wish I could have been a fly on the wall at that film meeting last week.


I want to be in the movie!

Joss, you listening?

Do you need 1789 extras?

Here we are!!!!

(Haken, how many registered members are there?)



And we'll work for free! Heck, if I could, I'd even pay travel expenses for myself

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Tuesday, February 17, 2004 11:17 AM

SERENITYNOW


What are you kidding? We'll not only arrange carpools to get ourselves there, we'll make our own costumes to their exact specifications, stay up all night for days on end, and perfect our Chinese expressions for a chance to end up on the cutting floor.

Come on--you know us fans.

http://dryope.typepad.com/superfly/

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Tuesday, February 17, 2004 12:04 PM

BLUESUNCORPORATEGOON


i think you summed it up pretty well,SerenityNow.
Browncoats coming together,tailor making costumes,all culminating in a train of headlights ala the end of 'Field of Dreams' headed to the production sites...i'd be more than happy on the cutting room floor...

I'll be in my bunk.-Jayne

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Tuesday, February 17, 2004 12:22 PM

TELLTALE


Numfar! Do the dance of joy!

Wait, Numfar, stop doing that dance of joy and get back to work on that moving pictures thing!

http://www.TelltaleProductions.tk

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Tuesday, February 17, 2004 1:21 PM

JEWEL


Quote:

Originally posted by SerenityNow:
What are you kidding? We'll not only arrange carpools to get ourselves there, we'll make our own costumes to their exact specifications, stay up all night for days on end, and perfect our Chinese expressions for a chance to end up on the cutting floor.



That about sums it for me. What shiny news!!! Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeet!

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Tuesday, February 17, 2004 1:35 PM

SEVENPERCENT


Quote:

Originally posted by BlueSunCorporategoon:
i think you summed it up pretty well,SerenityNow.
Browncoats coming together,tailor making costumes,all culminating in a train of headlights ala the end of 'Field of Dreams' headed to the production sites...i'd be more than happy on the cutting room floor...

I'll be in my bunk.-Jayne




If you film it, we will come.....

At least I will, that's for sure- And I wanna be an extra too, just to be there when they film it, even if I end up on the cutting room floor-

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He looked bigger when I couldn't see him.

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Tuesday, February 17, 2004 1:40 PM

LISSA


I've been lurking for a while and have been meaning to post, and now i will.

yay!

and btw, i'm lissa (not lisa) and i'm a vet of the laceyvibes, natportman, and gelc boards if by any random chance anyone else here is too. hello all!

~lissa, spwhore

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Tuesday, February 17, 2004 1:40 PM

LEAFY


Another happydancer here!!!

Keep the good news coming ....

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Tuesday, February 17, 2004 1:41 PM

SHINY


Quote:

Originally posted by lissa:
~lissa, spwhore



LOL! "I'll be in my bunk!"

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

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Tuesday, February 17, 2004 1:42 PM

JADE


Oh, that is good new. This waiting is killing me.

I really needed something to pick me up after Angel getting cancelled, thanks so much for posting.

Jade C.

We'll try being nicer if you'll try being smarter. Team Cordy #51

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Tuesday, February 17, 2004 2:25 PM

WHOODAHN


I'd even wear tight brown pants. It wont be pretty, but I'd do it.

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Tuesday, February 17, 2004 3:22 PM

OUTLANDER


Serenity! Hey that was my suggestion for the film title. Woo Hoo!

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Tuesday, February 17, 2004 3:35 PM

XION47


Don't get too excited about something you hear from some stranger on the internet who hasn't even been on this board for a month.

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Tuesday, February 17, 2004 3:45 PM

SERENITYNOW


Why not? It's a lot more fun than being depressed. ;)

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Tuesday, February 17, 2004 4:05 PM

XION47


Quote:

Originally posted by SerenityNow:
Why not? It's a lot more fun than being depressed. ;)

http://dryope.typepad.com/superfly/






Ahhh, but you'll be even more depressed if you find that you just got your hopes up.

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Tuesday, February 17, 2004 4:19 PM

DRALIONSOLEIL


this is the bestest news EVER.
so where do i sign up to get into the movie? i'd even hold up lights or something.

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Tuesday, February 17, 2004 4:34 PM

RANGER


Huaw!!! (translation: very cool)

Traveller, if you go to Sparta, tell them you have seen us lying here as the Law commands.

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Tuesday, February 17, 2004 4:47 PM

VETERAN

Don't squat with your spurs on.


Quote:

xion47 wrote:
Tuesday, February 17, 2004 15:35
Don't get too excited about something you hear from some stranger on the internet who hasn't even been on this board for a month



You're right. I'll reserve my Monkey Dance for when there is an official announcement.

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Tuesday, February 17, 2004 5:35 PM

CANTTAKESKY


I talked to someone at FOX today about the soundtrack. (No news, except that it is in the works for iTunes-type deal.)

Then she said, "I wish FOX were making the movie."

Which I gather to mean, someone IS making the movie.

Can't Take My Gorram Sky

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Tuesday, February 17, 2004 6:16 PM

REINRVN


This is great. Can't wait for more news about this.

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Tuesday, February 17, 2004 7:30 PM

RANGER


Quote:

Originally posted by xion47:
Don't get too excited about something you hear from some stranger on the internet who hasn't even been on this board for a month.



Anyone who did lead us astray in that way would be condemed to that "very speical hell"... you know the one I'm talking about.

The very special hell...

Traveller, if you go to Sparta, tell them you have seen us lying here as the Law commands.

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Tuesday, February 17, 2004 7:56 PM

BADGERSHAT


About gorram time we get some decent news around here!

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Wednesday, February 18, 2004 12:14 AM

SERENITYNOW


Quote:

Ahhh, but you'll be even more depressed if you find that you just got your hopes up.


This is a philosophical question that we happen to disagree on.

Go on, lay the good news on me. I can take it. I'm doing my monkey dance right now.

http://dryope.typepad.com/superfly/

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Wednesday, February 18, 2004 1:16 AM

DRAKON


Quote:

Originally posted by 3of19:
And we'll work for free! Heck, if I could, I'd even pay travel expenses for myself



SAG would not like that. We wouldn't want to get Joss in trouble, do we? So if anyone gets hired, he'll just have to take the check from Universal for working in the Firefly Movie.

"Wash, where is my damn spaceship?"

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Wednesday, February 18, 2004 1:27 AM

DAVEB


Quote:

Originally posted by Saffy:
This weekend through professional contacts at a trade show, I was able to spend an hour or so with someone who does licensing for Universal.

I brought up the movie project rather slyly, and this is what she said:

1. Definitely in the works.

2. First film meeting was last week.

3. Working title is "Serenity." ("That's the name of the ship," she said.) :-)

4. They are "very excited to be working with Joss Whedon."


I'm really trying not to get to excited about this (Joss Whedon's luck of late has not been brilliant) but what does this mean? 'Definitely in the works', does this mean everythings been sorted out and pre-production is starting or is there still legal stuff to get though? Also why call it 'Serenity', I hope they come up with a new title.

"Well my days of not taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle."

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Wednesday, February 18, 2004 3:05 AM

HANS


Quote:

Originally posted by DaveB:
[BI'm really trying not to get to excited about this (Joss Whedon's luck of late has not been brilliant) but what does this mean? 'Definitely in the works', does this mean everythings been sorted out and pre-production is starting or is there still legal stuff to get though?



I have absolutely no inside information to add on the whole question of whether or not the movie will get made. What I will say is that many, many movies are discussed, scripts are written, actors and directors are lined up, and pre-production even begins before they are cancelled. I am encouraged by what we hear, but I still remain a skeptic. Many movies get tied up in the internal politics of the studios, and the reasons why any film could be green-lighted or cancelled are murky.

A part of me is amazed that the movie idea has came this far. Not because it wouldn't make a good movie, but because of all the difficulties involved. On the day I sit in a darkened theatre and see Serenity flying across the screen you'll hear me renounce atheism with a joyous "hallelujah", because miracles can happen.

Which reminds me of the story that after the show was cancelled Alan Tudyk (I think) gave Joss the big red button used in "Out of Gas", telling him to hit it when his miracle arrives. Perhaps us browncoats should all attach big red buttons to the side of our computers...

Hans

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Wednesday, February 18, 2004 6:28 AM

ADEPTUS


Quote:

Also why call it 'Serenity', I hope they come up with a new title.
According to the update by Saffy, "Serenity" is just the working title. I don't think a great many movies keep the working titles, or at least it's not unusual for the release title to be different.

No power in the 'verse can stop me.

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Wednesday, February 18, 2004 6:36 AM

ASTRIANA


Quote:

Originally posted by SerenityNow:
Quote:

Ahhh, but you'll be even more depressed if you find that you just got your hopes up.


This is a philosophical question that we happen to disagree on.

Go on, lay the good news on me. I can take it. I'm doing my monkey dance right now.

http://dryope.typepad.com/superfly/




Exactly right, SerenityNow. That's one folks'll just have to agree to disagree on...

Me too!

*Monkey Chair Dance of Joy ensues*


~A~

...I'm still free,
You can't take the sky from me.

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Wednesday, February 18, 2004 4:48 PM

RICHARD


WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY JOY JOY
Give us the official Word SOON !!!!
Can't wait for the filming to start.
Now lets keep our fingers crossed about a new series after the movie.

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Friday, February 20, 2004 5:25 PM

SNIPER


Shiny!

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Friday, February 20, 2004 5:51 PM

CAPTAINTIGHTPANTS


Quote:

Originally posted by WhooDahn:
Quote:

I wish I could have been a fly on the wall at that film meeting last week.


I want to be in the movie!

Joss, you listening?

Do you need 1789 extras?

Here we are!!!!

(Haken, how many registered members are there?)



Oh yeah! I have three extras right here for you! No payment necessary! When and where do you need us?

You're gonna come with us...

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Friday, February 20, 2004 5:51 PM

CAPTAINTIGHTPANTS


Quote:

Originally posted by WhooDahn:
Quote:

I wish I could have been a fly on the wall at that film meeting last week.


I want to be in the movie!

Joss, you listening?

Do you need 1789 extras?

Here we are!!!!

(Haken, how many registered members are there?)



Oh yeah! I have three extras right here for you! No payment necessary! When and where do you need us?

You're gonna come with us...

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Friday, February 20, 2004 6:56 PM

MAKEROFPATHS


Hans wrote:
>>Perhaps us browncoats should all attach big red buttons to the side of our computers...<<

A fine idea. It would give me great pleasure to slap that button. Only I think I'll put one *beside* my computer. Helps to keep my Mac in working order so I can celebrate in the virtual world.

And Act 2: I will immediately send out the news via my tiny little email list of FF fans who don't keep up with stuff like I do. Smile.

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Friday, February 20, 2004 10:49 PM

TRILLY


Quote:

Originally posted by Saffy:
This weekend through professional contacts at a trade show, I was able to spend an hour or so with someone who does licensing for Universal.

I brought up the movie project rather slyly, and this is what she said:

1. Definitely in the works.

2. First film meeting was last week.

3. Working title is "Serenity." ("That's the name of the ship," she said.) :-)

4. They are "very excited to be working with Joss Whedon."







I just looked on www.Universalpictures.com and it said serenity in comming soon!!!!!!!!!!!!

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