Serenity 2?

[The IC]

I love “Firefly” â€" so much so every time I’d see it I’d squeeze its cheeks, bring it in closer and share saliva with it. It’s a show that had the danglers to say “screw you! We’re not going anywhere!” despite the fact the network yanked it after 12 episodes. And then, just when it looked like it was done, it remerged as a full-length mother-hoppin’ movie â€" and by golly if it didn’t bring a lump to George Lucas’s throat.

When Alan Tudyk told me on the phone this morning that a sequel to “Serenity” â€" that’s the name of the “Firefly” movie for those who’ve been up at Guantanamo Bay for the past couple of years â€" could be happening I just about dropped the phone (I didn’t though, because the last time I did that it landed in the loo. Fried itself. And as a consequence, I lost all my numbers.) Tudyk says the newly-released “Serenity : Special Edition“ DVD has been selling so hot, that there’s talk in doing another movie.

“They had to put [the new DVD] out because they’ve been selling out of the other one and so Universal’s like ‘So, let’s do another one’. And now… there’s now a chance there’s going to be another movie”.

Tudyk agrees that even if it was a direct-to-DVD movie, it’d still be worthwhile. Especially since the whole DVD sequel is a big trend.

“It really is”, says Tudyk. “Everybody in the Firefly crew â€" and that includes the ones who died in the movie â€" are excited about the prospect of doing another”.

Nathan Fillion, says Tudyk, is especially keen. “We were out a couple of weeks ago together at a party and there was a bunch of people there, and he was like ‘Oh, look we’re Browncoats”.

Great to hear Fillion’s still as crazy as ever about wearing the Tightpants again.

Tudyk says he heard from creator Joss Whedon a few weeks back â€" but mainly about Tudyk’s role in the new Western “3:10 to Yuma”. “He sent me an email when it first came out because at first he thought I was a different character â€" by the trailer”, he laughs. “He was like ‘My god! You’re playing such a bad-ass!’ That was Ben Foster, who is such a bad-ass in that movie, and is just brilliant, just brilliant, and we both have a similar look â€" we both have polish genes â€" and anyway, Joss writes back ‘Sorry, I didn’t realise you were the sympathetic funny character â€" how would cast you as that?’. Joss, that would be you!”.

The actor, who appears in the new Frank Oz film “Death at a Funeral”, is absolutely blown-away by the life “Firefly” has had. He’s even headed downunder next week to appear at a science fiction convention. It amazes him even more that he got to do a feature film version of his 12-episode series. “That’s wild; you don’t see that happen until years later when it becomes a campy spoof of the thing. But even then, shows like Dukes of Hazzard and Starsky and Hutch were huge hits [from the beginning, and they didn’t do movies straight away] this was something that was a hit only with a group of people and it just grew.”

Likely to happen before a “Serenity” sequel though is an “I, Robot” sequel. Tudyk visited the set of Will Smith’s latest movie “I am Legend” to talk about the movie recently, and says he’d be super excited to play Sonny the robot again.

Yep, but what about Wash? Now that there’s the shizzle.

http://www.moviehole.net/news/20071004_serenity_2_a_new_hope.html


please please please please please please please please

[Geekyfanboy]

I just read this as well... I'm keeping my fingers, toes and anything else I can cross....

I'd be happy with a direct to DVD. I just want/need more of that universe.

[Rico]

I'm with you Kenny.  Love to see more "Serenity."  Anyway we can get it! 

[Ktrek]

I loved Firefly for the most part but was really dissatisfied with Serenity. However, I would not mind giving Serenity another shot if Joss would give it a go.

Kevin

[Geekyfanboy]

I loved Firefly for the most part but was really dissatisfied with Serenity.
Kevin

Hey Kevin.. what made you dissatisfied with Serenity?

[Jen]

I haven't seen Serenity...so please don't tell Kenny here. I just bought the Firefly DVD Box Set and my husband and I are working our way through them. I LOVE THIS SHOW. Incidentally, so does my NON-geek husband.

I WOULD love to see this universe continue to expand.

[Ktrek]

Out of respect for Jen I will not go into plot specifics but I will say that I was hoping that Serenity would have been more of a feature film, like the TOS films, and catapulted the characters out of TV. Unfortunately the film was more like a big budget two hour TV movie shown in a theater than it was a real Hollywood blockbuster feature film. I do appreciate the continuation of the story and some of the character development in the film but I really think this was more of a direct to DVD type of film than it was a theatrical worthy effort. I would however, love to see Joss do more Serenity in a direct to DVD format and continue the story but I think it's unlikely.

Kevin

[MrOsterman]

I'll agree with Kevin's take and raise it a "I don't agree with plot direction choices" and leave it at that.  Characters went places that felt out of place.

I hate to say this but I hope that if we do see a Serenity 2 or a prequel or a resurgance of the show, that they keep Mr. Whedon on a tight leash, plot wise.  The man writes amazing dialogue but I don't care for some of his overall choices.

Of course, I REALLY hate Marti Noxton's plot choices too.. so I guess maybe Joss isn't that bad.

Mr. O

[Rico]

Everyone (as always here) is entitled to their view, but I enjoyed the movie - a lot.  I felt it was a good follow up to the series and took the characters (intentionally) to places and things that hadn't been explored before.

Also, Firefly (like Buffy and Angel) are basically Joss.  They are his babies.  While you may not always like what he does with them, I wouldn't expect him to give up control of the "Verse anytime soon.

[MrOsterman]

Ya make a good point.  Firefly is his and if there's a movie he will surely have a strong hand in it's writing.

But looking for a moment at the Pilot of Buffy tVS, he wanted to make a special opening credit squence specifically to put in a character who died in the pilot.  He wanted people watching the first show to think "Wow, no one in this show is safe; anyone could die, even people in the opening credits!"  That's a writing paradigm that I don't jive with and makes me nervous about his work as a general rule.

I love just about anything he writes or directs, but... I like to feel attached to my characters and not be always thinking "is this the episode that is this character's last?"

*shrug*

But then again even Joss knew better then to make Buffy get a dead end job at a fast food resturant.  :)

Mr. O

[Geekyfanboy]

That's what I love about Joss's writing. It's very real.. he deals with space battles, vampires and demons and we are to expect that know one ever dies.... Joss is my Master!!!!

[Ktrek]

That's what I love about Joss's writing. It's very real.. he deals with space battles, vampires and demons and we are to expect that know one ever dies.... Joss is my Master!!!!

Ummm...I'm sorry Kenny but I have a hard time believing that SPACE BATTLES, VAMPIRES and DEMONS are anywhere near being real. I like Joss Whedon's imagination but that is where I leave it...IN THE IMAGINATION! It is nowhere near reality in the least!

Kevin

[Geekyfanboy]

Wow.. guess I'll just keep my mouth shut and stay in my little "fantasy" world.

[Jen]

I think it's rather obvious that vampires and space battles are fantasy, you don't have to point that out.

You know...dust in the wind and all that stuff—that's what Kenny's getting at. He enjoys the fact that it's a surprise when a beloved character is written off the show. And just because vampires are a figment of our imaginations, doesn't mean the show can't parallel reality, especially when a character dies unexpectedly. I believe that's all he was saying. It doesn't mean I agree with it, but that's his two cents—I don't have to spend it anywhere if I don't want to.

[MrOsterman]

But the problem I have with Msr. Whedon is that I feel reluctant to care about his characters.  If I become invested in a character that dies suddenly one day, and doesn't have the dramatic decency of a "Good Death" then I'm left wondering why I should watch.

I get enough of that kind of stuff in the real world, thankyouverymuch.  I like my fantasies, be they "realistic" or not, to have a certain "dramatic immunity" so that I can get invested in characters and see them grow (or at least have "Good deaths") and not be shocked with sudden (if realistic) developments.

Mr. O