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"Firefly" has been picked up by the Sci Fi Channel...
http://www.scifi.com/events/event.php3?event_id=11282
They'll be playing the old episodes (including the unaired ones) up until the release of Serenity. Great news for Joss Whedon fans!! EDIT: Oops...jumped the gun a bit and misread the news release. Looks like the unaired ones ARE the "new" ones. Here's hoping it does well enough that they DO make some new ones. Though I imagine Fox has some sort of lock on that. |
Originally Posted by hahn
http://www.scifi.com/events/event.php3?event_id=11282
They'll be playing the old episodes (including the unaired ones) up until the release of Serenity. And then they picked it up for new shows as well. Great news for Joss Whedon fans!! |
Don't tease us by saying the series will continue without a proper link!
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And the award for the biggest cock tease of the year goes to...
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This really should help bringing folks up to date to the story before the film. But I wouldn't be hoping for any ongoing series anytime soon. Atleast not till Universal sees some box office numbers
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I can always hope. And maybe if the losers at fox had not aired the shows out of order, it would still be on.
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I heard about this earlier, so I knew there would be no new episodes, but it doesn't make it hurt any less :(
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Sci-Fi only has the rights to air the episodes. That's it. The plan is to air all 14 episodes before the release of Serenity in September.
As I mentioned in the Serenity thread: there's a bigger chance that a busload of supermodels will come to my house and fuck me before we ever see new episodes of Firefly. The television show has been over and done with. If Serenity does well, we will get movie sequels, not a continuation of the series. |
Originally Posted by Matthew Chmiel
Sci-Fi only has the rights to air the episodes. That's it. The plan is to air all 14 episodes before the release of Serenity in September.
As I mentioned in the Serenity thread: there's a bigger chance that a busload of supermodels will come to my house and fuck me before we ever see new episodes of Firefly. The television show has been over and done with. If Serenity does well, we will get movie sequels, not a continuation of the series. |
What else are the actors doing? Why couldn't it be picked up for a new series? Did we ever think Battlestar Galactica would kick ass in a new series? I recall reading post after post after post pre-BG about how much that series would suck and never work, and now it's the golden child of the Sci-Fi network.
I hope the movie performs well. I am not sure how huge the fan base is that has followed the show from it's days on Fox and how many more fans it has gained on DVD, but I do know that when I saw the trailer last night at Batman Begins and they put on the screen "From Joss Whedon creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel" there was a group of guys sitting behind me commenting that they were interested but now they weren't. I think for the majority of movie goers this is a new thing, not the continuation of a cancelled potential franchise. This movie, for the most part, will have to stand on it's own to be successful. |
Originally Posted by calhoun07
What else are the actors doing? Why couldn't it be picked up for a new series? Did we ever think Battlestar Galactica would kick ass in a new series? I recall reading post after post after post pre-BG about how much that series would suck and never work, and now it's the golden child of the Sci-Fi network.
2. Gina Torres is going to be a regular on the new show Soccer Moms. 3. Alan Tudyk is currently on Broadway. 4. Morena Baccarin is available. 5. Adam Baldwin is currently on FOX's The Inside and will be unemployed when FOX cancels it shortly. 6. Jewel Staite still hops around doing multiple television and film apperances. 7. Sean Maher is available. 8. Summer Glau is on The 4400 on USA. 9. Ron Glass is available. |
Originally Posted by Matthew Chmiel
4. Morena Baccarin is available.
6. Jewel Staite still hops around doing multiple television and film apperances. |
Soccer Moms was not picked up
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Details
From Variety
'Firefly' spreading wings Sci Fi snatches up Whedon's canceled Fox show By JOHN DEMPSEY 'Firefly' has produced its own glow in ancillary markets. For a busted TV series that the Fox Network canceled back in December 2002 after only 11 episodes, JossWhedon's "Firefly" is building up quite a profile in ancillary markets. The Sci Fi Channel has bought exclusive cable rights to "Firefly" from Twentieth TV for a total license fee of about $450,000 in a deal that includes three episodes Fox never ran. The cable sale arrives a year after Universal Pictures signed a deal to produce "Serenity," a theatrical movie version of "Firefly," to be written and directed by Whedon. (Serenity is the name of the spaceship on the show.) Universal plans to put "Serenity" in theaters in September. Beginning July 22, Sci Fi will air reruns of "Firefly" in the high-visibility Friday at 7 p.m. timeslot, which leads into the net's successful block of scripted series: "Stargate SG-1," "Stargate Atlantis" and "Battlestar Galactica." Whedon was co-exec producer of "Firefly" with Tim Minear. Gareth Davies was producer. Date in print: Wed., Jun. 15, 2005, Los Angeles |
No excuses now for people to not watch this wonderful show... well, unless you aren't a fan of sci-fi and don't have cable. And with Star Wars and Star Trek pretty much out of the picture, SERENITY should do pretty well in filling that sci-fi fix.
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Originally Posted by darqleo
No excuses now for people to not watch this wonderful show... well, unless you aren't a fan of sci-fi and don't have cable. And with Star Wars and Star Trek pretty much out of the picture, SERENITY should do pretty well in filling that sci-fi fix.
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Originally Posted by Matthew Chmiel
Sci-Fi only has the rights to air the episodes. That's it. The plan is to air all 14 episodes before the release of Serenity in September.
As I mentioned in the Serenity thread: there's a bigger chance that a busload of supermodels will come to my house and fuck me before we ever see new episodes of Firefly. The television show has been over and done with. If Serenity does well, we will get movie sequels, not a continuation of the series. Fox had cancelled Family Guy and it was off for a while and now it's back on. We can say it may not be likely but possible? |
Originally Posted by darqleo
No excuses now for people to not watch this wonderful show... well, unless you aren't a fan of sci-fi and don't have cable. And with Star Wars and Star Trek pretty much out of the picture, SERENITY should do pretty well in filling that sci-fi fix.
This Firefly movie will be the first movie I will go pay and see in the past 3 years. I normally wait for the DVD release, but this movie is pulling me. |
Originally Posted by elektra
Did you want to pick out which ones or should I? ;)
Fox had cancelled Family Guy and it was off for a while and now it's back on. We can say it may not be likely but possible? |
Good points. Hey - Jack - look over there - boobies!!!! ;)
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OMG! An Elektra sighting!
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Paaaaatmaaaaan!!!! Yo, dude! How about a hug?
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Originally Posted by Matthew Chmiel
Sci-Fi only has the rights to air the episodes. That's it. The plan is to air all 14 episodes before the release of Serenity in September..
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Originally Posted by shadowself
it's 15 episodes, i'm sure.
But great way to count nevertheless. And nobody knows yet if Sci-Fi is splitting the pilot into two episodes or keeping it at it's original length. |
Originally Posted by elektra
Good points. Hey - Jack - look over there - boobies!!!! ;)
I'll be in my bunk. |
Bump, the reruns of Firefly start tonight on SciFi
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Will they be advertising it as a "Sci-Fi Original Series"...?
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Originally Posted by Rogue588
Will they be advertising it as a "Sci-Fi Original Series"...?
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Its so great to see the show on tv again. even if I have seen these a dozen times :p
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Originally Posted by Meatpants
Bump, the reruns of Firefly start tonight on SciFi
For some reason, my Tivo isn't actually recording the episode right now, but is set to record the repeat next friday at 7, but not the one an hour earlier... Anybody else's do this? |
I have DVR with time warner and its not acting up.
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Its nice to see as I missed the first run on fox, but wanted to see it. Yet, i dont want to buy the dvd's.
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I have almost bought the dvd set several times since it came out. And now after seeing it tonight for the first time...I am HOOKED!! I loved the whole Old West feel to the show! SciFi and Westerns are a hard thing to merge together sucessfully and Firefly looks to be off to a good start. Fantastic eye candy on the show too!!
By the time SciFi finishes showing this show and the September release of the Serenity movie the next DDD sale will hopefully be around the corner and I will get the dvd set then! Looking forward to a weekly thread on the episodes!! Take care all!! |
Serenity Trailer #3
From Universal's official Serenity site:
New Serenity Trailer to Debut on SciFi Tune in to SciFi this Friday night to see the world premiere of the brand new Serenity trailer! The final domestic trailer for Serenity will premiere on the SciFi channel, Friday, July 29th between 7:45-8PM EST during the airing of "Serenity Part 2". It will have its Internet premiere shortly thereafter (more details to come) and will be in theaters in August. |
I watched the Pilot episode. This was my first introduction to Firefly. Quite frankly, I can see why this show didn't last long. This was a very poor pilot. The whole time I kept thinking "Did I miss an episode? What are they talking about?" I felt like I was thrust into the middle of the action without a lot of explanation.
I can't help but wonder if this show's reputation is based on blind fandom of Joss Whedon, rather than its actual quality. HOWEVER, I recognize that I haven't given this show a fair shake, so I will continue to watch. I'll also admit that I'm intrigued by a lot of it, and I enjoy the blending of genres (even though it's been done before). |
Originally Posted by Groucho
I watched the Pilot episode.
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The full pilot will air this Friday on SciFi starting at 6 PM EST.
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To answer the question on whether the rep is based on blind fandom of Whedon, I don't like any of Whedon's other stuff AT ALL. But I LOVE Firefly. I loved the pilot but after that while I LIKED the show it took a few episodes for mte to start LOVING it.
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Originally Posted by Kevin M. Dean
It's worth noting that you've only seen half of the pilot. The full pilot ep is a 2-hour block.
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I DVR'ed Part 1 this past friday since I thought they were only showing part 2 this coming friday (29th). I wanted to watch it without having to wait a week. Oh well, I guess I can delete the first part 1 and watch part 1 and 2 together this coming friday. I hope this show is as good as everyone says. My friday evening is filling up fast and I am loving it.
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