Whedon sounds death knell for Firefly/Serenity

[fett527]

I hadn't actually seen this posted and waited cause I figured someone would. Pointed out to me by dshai527, but he doesn't post much.

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/12/20/2050214&from=rss

Ant writes "Entertainment Weekly is reporting on the end of Firefly." From the article: "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."

Original article is from Entertainment Weekly but you have to register a lot of info to read it

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

If someone's already posted or discussed this then ridicule me till your heart's content.

 

[KaosDevice]

Well that is a complete and utter bummer.

 

[Dark Jezter]

This is disappointing news to hear, but not too suprising (I was kinda expecting this to happen after Serenity's disappointing box office returns) and not something I'm going to fret over. I liked Firefly (despite how annoying I find the "Whedon is God!" fanboys who constantly put down other sci-fi movies and TV shows while trumpeting Firefly as the greatest thing ever) and wouldn't have minded seeing more movies set in the universe.

 

[KaosDevice]

Well, here's hoping for possible comic spin-off or novelizations.

 

[Hand of Evil]

It is a shame for it was the best movie of the year

 

[Henry]

Ironically, I just checked out the Sales figures for this yesterday.

I wonder what the DVD sales will look like after the Christmas holidays? It'd be funny if they wound up higher than the movie intake.

It's definitely one DVD I'll be picking up shortly, though -- that was one of the three or four best movies I've seen all year - probably #1 or #2, if I analyze it.

 

[fett527]

..that was one of the three or four best movies I've seen all year - probably #1 or #2, if I analyze it.

#2 easy, I'd have to debate on #1. Course I haven't seen King Kong yet.

 

[Truth Seeker]

Clarification!!!!

Okay, everyone hold thy horses!!!

Read this and see what actually happened.

 

[Henry]

#2 easy, I'd have to debate on #1. Course I haven't seen King Kong yet.

I have seen both, and those are the two I debate.

 

[fett527]

Okay, everyone hold thy horses!!!

Read this and see what actually happened.

now see, this is why I usually shy away from posting news items like these. From the site Truth Seeker linked:

All right, now I have to jump in and set the record straight. EW is a fine rag, but they do take things out of context. Obviously when I said I had 'closure', what I meant was "I hate Serenity, I hated Firefly, I think my fans are stupid and Nathan Fillion smells like turnips." But EW's always got to put some weird negative spin on it. But so we're clear once and for all: If you read a quote saying "I'd love to do more in this 'verse with these actors in any medium" all I'm saying is that Nathan has a turnipy odor. It's not his fault, he doesn't eat a lot of them but everyone else in the cast noticed it and tht's not really something I'm prepared to deal with any more. And Jewel said outright she wouldn't do scenes with him except stuff like the SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER funeral scene which was outside in a high SPOILER wind. So if I do manage to find another incarnation for my beloved creation, it will have been totally against my will.

I hope that clears everything up. Oh, and when I say I want to do a Spike movie, it means I have a bunion on my toe.

-joss (by which I mean Tim)

(no, actually me.)
joss | December 21, 02:12 CET