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| Exclusive: A Serenity Sequel? This one's for the Browncoats. by IGN FilmForce December 1, 2005 - IGN FilmForce has heard that, although it was very disappointed in the poor boxoffice showing for Serenity, Universal may not have retired Captain Malcolm Reynolds and his renegade crew just yet. Sources said that, given the strong sales of the TV series Firefly on DVD, Universal is planning a sequel film to Serenity that will be produced with and to broadcast premiere on the Sci Fi Channel, which is part of the NBC Universal family. The project is said to be a lower budget undertaking streamlined for the small-screen. IGN FilmForce checked with Joss Whedon's camp who denied the claim; Universal did not comment. Time will tell if this rumor pans out. |
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| I met all the cast at the convention a couple of weeks ago and they pretty much guarenteed it!!! they said they know Josh's plans for all the characters; Book's past, irana's secret etc and we will be (to quote Nathan) BLOWN AWAY! |
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| This could well be the best possible outcome. The movie doesn't do well enough to generate another big screen adventure, but does prompt a further TVM. Airing on Sci-Fi would be great. Lower expectations, numberswise, and with the distinct possibility of it serving the purpose of a backdoor pilot to a potential continuation of the series. Perhaps Universal/Sci-Fi see it as an eventual replacement for SG1 :shrug: |
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| Serenity II, a Sci-Fi Original? Posted on Friday 2 December 2005 Well this is interesting. I was talking with a publicist from a major studio a few days back, and he tells me he’s got a friend who’s connected with the Serenity production. He makes this claim: that, in light of Serenity’s disappointing box office performance, there are still plans to go ahead with another film, but it will be done at a much lower budget, and instead of getting a theatrical release, it will be aired on the Sci-Fi channel as a Sci-Fi original. Now first, let me immediately disclaim like holy hell, and then we’ll talk about this a bit more. First disclaimer: The source for this is a studio publicist, but not from Universal, which would be the studio making the decisions about any future movies based on the property, and he was not speaking in any official capacity whatsoever, but just talking shop outside the office about something he’d heard. Second disclaimer: Although I on occasion write for the Sci-Fi Channel, I am not in any way whatsoever speaking for them. I have not heard anything official, or even unofficial from the Channel. I asked people I know at Sci-Fi about this and none of them had ever heard of it. That’s not surprising, as they’re in parts of the company that wouldn’t hear about this until it was either public or very close to it. So this is gossip - nothing more. It is industry gossip rather than fanboy gossip in case that means anything, but it’s still just gossip. It could be right on target, or it could turn out to be completely and utterly wrong. It could be a real plan at the moment, but one that’s dumped before it ever comes to fruition. There’s just no way of knowing. Time will tell. As it turns out, I wasn’t the only one in that conversation and IGN has checked up a bit. Apparently Joss Whedon’s camp denies it, and Universal has no comment. But with that in mind, let’s consider the scenario for a moment. Serenity wasn’t as successful as it should have been at the box office, but it’s not as bad as it might be. Domestic gross topped out at a little better than $25 million. It’s still bringing in money overseas - a bit less than $12 million to date bringing its worldwide box office to about $37 million. It just opened in Italy, for example, so that total will continue to rise - though don’t think it’s going to suddenly make $100 million in Asia or anything. Then there’s the DVD money, which will be impressive. The pre-order is currently #30 on Amazon. Obviously the studio doesn’t make all that revenue, but they’re not going to do too badly out of all this. They know there’s a devoted fan base for this material. Now they know what kind of audience it can generate. That might not be enough to justify a second theatrical feature on the scale of Serenity. But it would make a very appealing audience for a cable movie. Remember it all began as a TV show. Firefly worked on that level without necessarily having to be scaled up to the range of a $45 million Serenity - although obviously the material worked very well at that level too. I personally think that a very credible Firefly movie could be made on an MOW budget. The cast (trimmed down a bit now) are still not major names and, on TV, there won’t be as much pressure to make the movie big big big! to compensate for that lack of starpower. And, of course, producing another movie would give Universal something else to release on DVD, which is still where the money is expected to be. They could, in fact, just release it directly to DVD, but premiering it on cable first both helps boost the revenue, and helps make sure everyone’s waiting for the disc when it comes out. But why the Sci-Fi Channel? Because it’s all part of Universal. That’s part of that cross-sectional cooperation big companies like to take advantage of. That’s why the Channel had NBC News throwing its not inconsiderable weight behind a Bermuda Triangle documentary to run alongside the upcoming Triangle mini-series. Running a second Serenity movie on Sci-Fi would be the obvious thing to do with it if they don’t want to spend the money to take it to theaters. And it would be great for the Channel. Look at the numbers for Battlestar Galactica. A two-hour movie, or four-hour miniseries along the lines of Farscape’s Peacekeeper Wars would pull serious audience by cable standards. It would be a win all around. So overall, this remains highly, highly speculative gossip. In fact, go re-read the disclaimers up above again, and then come back here. It’s even more speculative if the Whedon camp is not declining comment but outright denying it. But it’s not an absurd scenario on its face and, should it actually pan out, I think it would be a great move for fans. |
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| "Serenity 2" Might Be Heading to TV From Rottentomatoes.com - By Scott Weinberg - 2005-12-4 Gareth writes: "Despite some disappointing box office figures (it didn’t do too bad, but disappointing performances in some countries led to others cancelling its theatrical outing altogether) the brilliant "Serenity" looks like it might be set to spawn a sequel. That’s the good news. The bad news? It won’t be in 35mm. According to IGN FilmForce, Joss Whedon’s space serial might continue as a telemovie series, with "Serenity 2" going straight to the tube - the SciFi Channel, in fact. The SciFi Channel is part of the NBC Universal family. Though Joss Whedon’s camp - that’s his camp, not the man himself...yet - has denied that a plan for a lower-budget telemovie sequel is in the works, it’s still possible that there is something simmering away here. And yes folks, they would have to have Whedon’s approval if they were to do it, even if he didn’t helm it. (Just like the “Buffy” film sequel they wanted to do that would’ve starred Kristy Swanson again - and also, the new “Buffy” TV show that they tried to do ‘without’ Captain Tightpants pop.) So keep your fingers crossed, Browncoats, and be sure to hit a DVD store on 12/20. That’s when you can add "Serenity" to your DVD collection. |
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| and also, the new “Buffy” TV show that they tried to do ‘without’ Captain Tightpants pop.) :unsure: |
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That strange language 'American' is tripping me up here. What new Buffy exactly? sk |
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:shrug: Nope. I haven't a clue either. |
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| the new “Buffy” TV show that they tried to do ‘without’ Captain Tightpants pop.) :unsure: [/QUOTE] That strange language 'American' is tripping me up here. What new Buffy exactly? sk [/QUOTE] :shrug: Nope. I haven't a clue either. [/QUOTE] Glad to see I wasnt the only one confused by that particular coment....... :shrug: |
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Fox still own the TV rights to 'Firefly' and possibly the characters. One way around that which was suggested was that they simply change the series name to something else and rename the characters. |
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| One way around that which was suggested was that they simply change the series name to something else and rename the characters. It's an obvious non-starter but a lot of people seemed to think it would w**k :rolleyes: |
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| Hopes for a Serenity Sequel Remain High - Scifibrain.com Interviews From Scifibrain.com - By Aelora Lane - 2005-12-20 If there was one sense you get from talking to members of the cast of Serenity, it’s one of hope. While the film may not have performed as well at the box office as the cast and their fans would have liked, that doesn’t necessarily mean that anyone has given up. This coming Tuesday, December 20th, Serenity will be released on DVD, and Universal pictures has stated that they will be keeping a close eye on the numbers. Should the DVD sell as anticipated, the prospect for a sequel to Serenity is a good one. Today we begin a week of Serenity coverage with an interview with Ron Glass, Alan Tudyk, and Christina Hendricks. Alan Tudyk, Serenity’s much beloved pilot Wash Hoburn, is one of those who hasn’t given up on the show. “I think the DVD will do really well,” he told us during a press lunch at the Big Damned Flanvention last weekend. “I also think that when it comes out on the likes of HBO it will be huge. It was an unconventional movie in that it was born out of a cancelled TV show. It was also one that wasn’t driven by star power. But it was a good movie, and the story was good, and people are going to be flipping through channels like we all do, and say, ‘Oh I didn’t see this!’ and they’ll get sucked in. And I think then it’s going to be huge...there’s going to be a lot of converts.” It was impossible not to mention that the release of the movie alone in the theaters seemed to double the sales of the Firefly DVD, if the numbers at Amazon and the Internet Movie Database were to be believed. “Yeah, that was big,” Alan agreed with a nod. “So, why shouldn’t it happen again? And you know, we got a hell of a lot more publicity as a movie than we ever did as a TV show and a ton of a people found it on TV, so..." So, does that mean there just might be a really good chance for a sequel? Luckily, the cast loves this series enough that they have all signed for two more sequels, should more films be green-lighted by Universal. Serenity’s Sheppard Book, actor Ron Glass, is another individual who is looking forward to how the DVD sales do on Tuesday. While he’s been in the acting business long enough to know that sometimes a TV series can get cancelled before its time, that doesn’t mean the abrupt end to Firefly didn’t come as a shock to him. Unfortunately, it happened before we were given any insight into the back-story of his character, something the fans are looking forward to learning. “I’ve heard a couple possibilities,” Ron replied. “But Joss never really told me a lot about Book’s background. Although, someone asked me at a convention in London what Book did and I said he was a ballet master,” he laughed. “I haven’t been able to top that one!” Sorry, guys! We tried to get an answer - we really did! Although she didn’t appear in the film, Christina Hendricks, who portrayed the fan favorite recurring character of Saffron in Firefly, has her own reasons to hope that a sequel or two will be made. After all, who wouldn’t want to see the mischievous YoSafBridge make yet another appearance to harass the crew? Is there a possibility of such a storyline occurring? “I hope so!” responded Christina with a bright smile. “I hope that everyone talks about it, and Joss hears about it and gets the idea. I would love, love, love to do one of the films. I think it would be so much fun, so let’s keep our fingers crossed!” There’s a tantalizing allure to the character of Saffron that made her a huge hit among fans, even though she only appeared in two of the Firefly episodes, Our Mrs. Reynolds and Trash. “I think Saffron was such a hit because she is just so good at being bad,” Christina explained. “And you never knew what was going to happen at any twist and turn, you know? She would use all of her devices to scheme and get away with things, which I think is brilliant.” “Of course, we’re certain the fact that Christina happens to be such a gorgeous individual doesn’t hurt the character, either. But is Saffron really all bad? "I honestly believe that everyone is really good inside somewhere, and I don’t think that people necessarily think they are doing bad things when they do them. They somehow justify them.” Christina went on to provide an even deeper insight into the character. “Saffron had to make a living just like everyone else, and had to get by. She’s alone out there. The people on Serenity w**k together as a team, doing basically what she’s doing by herself. So, she’s a pretty clever girl.” Having enjoyed her character as much as anyone else, we commented to Christina that had the series not been prematurely cancelled, we would have loved to have seen Saffron return. “I would have hoped so,” she enthused. “I think that people had a fun time with her, and I think the way that Joss wrote Saffron was so great. She could have done a million twists and turns, and changed and popped up in so many different arenas. I would have liked to think that she would have come back. I would have liked to come back!” While there may not be a chance to tune into a new episode of Firefly to see Christina return as Saffron, you can see her in the hit series, Jake in Progress. She has been signed for five upcoming episodes, with the possibility of more in the future. Here’s hoping that we’ll also get to see Christina, along with the crew of Firefly, in a much hoped for sequel to Serenity. For now, be certain to pick up your copy of the DVD, in stores tomorrow, December 20th |
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| Return To Serenity DIY trailer described as "a fake trailer for a hypothetical sequel to Joss Whedon's Serenity. Hey, we can dream!" link :blink: :o :thumbsup: |
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| From Canmag.com - Joss Whedon Confirms No Serenity Sequel Rumors had begun to circulate the internet claiming that Joss Whedon was in the process of getting the necessary heads together to get a sequel to Serenity out on the table. Well, all you Browncoats better put your excitement to rest, as Whedon has recently confirmed that rumors are rumors and that a Serenity sequel is not even close to clear for launch. Though we have always teased with the idea of having a Serenity sequel, the recent rumor raised the hopes of many. In order to get in some quick damage control, Joss Whedon has recently posted an update on his blog, Whedonesque, to report that the rumor is in fact false. "There’s no sequel, no secret project regarding Serenity or somesuch and I’m not even sure how anyone thought there was talk there. I’ve seen Nathan and Tim (and Summer and Alan) recently because they’re my friends because I’m so, yeah, awesome. So let’s put that to bed and smother it with a pillow." |