how come its been axed but they have made a film by shoma

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how come its been axed but they have made a film

POSTED BY: SHOMA
UPDATED: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 03:05
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Saturday, June 18, 2005 11:31 AM

SHOMA

i dont understand why the series was axed yet a film has been commissed. does not make sense. does any one know?

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Saturday, June 18, 2005 11:36 AM

WHOISRIVER

Two things: it's got a fairly large fan base Universal know will help up any initial takings and will help market the film.

Secondly, it has Joss Whedon. Joss knows how to write. And he also knows how to write films (he wrote 95% of the dialog in Speed, Toy Story yadadadada).

Joss is a *HUGE* asset here. He's very intelligent. I suspect he's a large part of what sold the movie.

Movies based on failed TV series don't happen. Well, not very often at all - like, about twice now.

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Saturday, June 18, 2005 11:38 AM

FRAY101

Credit not only to Joss's talent, but also his determination that the Firefly story would live on in one format or another.

Just too pretty to let die...!

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Saturday, June 18, 2005 11:45 AM

KNIBBLET

Try refreshing your screen to avoid posting twice. Thanks.

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Saturday, June 18, 2005 4:47 PM

BATMARLOWE

When "they" saw the DVD sales of this show that "they thought no one knew existed go through the roof, somebody said "I smell a franchise". I don't know if Joss was pitching the movie before the DVD's came out or after but my undertstanding is that it was the DVD sales that got the movie greenlighted. Also the studio releasing SERENITY (Universal) is not the same as the one that produced the TV show (20th Century Fox). Hence the title change.

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Saturday, June 18, 2005 4:54 PM

3HEADEDMONKEY

cause no power in the 'verse can stop us. simple as that.

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Saturday, June 18, 2005 5:02 PM

SUBGUY

Quote:
Originally posted by batmarlowe:
Also the studio releasing SERENITY (Universal) is not the same as the one that produced the TV show (20th Century Fox). Hence the title change.

Actually, Joss has stated in interviews he decided to call the movie 'Serenity' to differentiate it from the TV series, not the studio.

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Saturday, June 18, 2005 10:16 PM

SPQR

Same reason they made Star Trek into movies, MONEY, that is what it came down to. The DVD sold very well, 200k last I heard & still selling

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Tuesday, June 21, 2005 12:53 AM

JUTIN77

"Movies based on failed TV series don't happen. Well, not very often at all - like, about twice now."

What other show(s) got cancelled only to get a movie made of them?

I was under the impression that we're living in a time of firsts... because FOX is stupid.

A cancelled TV show being uncancelled (Family Guy)...

and a cancelled TV show hitting the big screen (Serenity)...

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Tuesday, June 21, 2005 1:15 AM

RELFEXIVE

Everyone always forgets the two first ones...

Star Trek: got cancelled, massive fan outcry. Gets another series (I think). Years later, a movie, another one, some more, four new TV series' and more movies besides.

Farscape: got cancelled, massive fan outcry. The miniseries gets funding entirely due to that outcry. Miniseries gets made. Miniseries wins big at the Saturn Awards.

As much as I love Firefly, don't forget that others made a comeback before Firefly did. Maybe not always to the level of a movie, but they did. Firefly is not *that* unique.

"My God - you're like a trained ape. Without the training."

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Tuesday, June 21, 2005 1:51 AM

DAIKATH

Quote:
Originally posted by RelFexive:
Everyone always forgets the two first ones...

Star Trek: got cancelled, massive fan outcry. Gets another series (I think). Years later, a movie, another one, some more, four new TV series' and more movies besides.

As I understood it Star Trek was first meant to only run two seasons and then got an extra one, being the only tv series that ran longer then planned too.

But it still ended up being the first tv show that ended when poeple weren't sick of it.

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Tuesday, June 21, 2005 3:05 AM

DUG

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But it still ended up being the first tv show that ended when poeple weren't sick of it.

But what show was cancelled while in the top 10?

Lawrence Welk. Because Geritol pulled it's ads due to some idiots decision to market to a younger audience.

Clearly a parent of a F%X exec.

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