Joss Whedon Would Love To Bring The ‘Firefly’ Cast Back Together
Nearly two years ago fans rallied to raise money for Joss Whedon so he could purchase the rights to Firefly and ideally, bring the series back to TV. The effort was brought on in response to a joke made by Whedon where he said if he won the lottery he’d bring the show back. Unfortunately for the fans who pledged their support, Whedon and co. did not approve of the movement and it was immediately shut down.
That certainly doesn’t mean that Whedon doesn’t want to see Nathan Fillion suit up once again as Captain Malcolm ‘Mal’ Reynolds. In fact, bringing the crew of the Serenity together again is something he’d “love to do.”
In chatting with Steve Tilley of th Toronto Sun ewspaper, Whedon reflects on the canceled-too-early sci-fi television series that won the hearts of millions, many of them after the show ended its short run on the air, leading to an eventual feature film Serenity.
“I’ll never really accept it. And I always, in the back of my head, think, ‘What if I could get the old gang back together?’ “
Is Whedon actually interested in bringing back the cast o Firefly? After all, they did have a near-complete reunion at Comic-Con last summer which resulted in a very emotional “thank you” to the fans, while providing a reminder of just how special the chemistry was for everyone involved.
“Well, you know, it’s something I would love to do. When I made Serenity (2005′s feature film continuation of Firefly’s storyline), I said here’s one thing I’ll never do again — a movie based on something that some people know about and some people don’t, with tons of characters who all know each other and who you have to introduce… And then my second movie was The Avengers.”
Is such an endeavor possible given Whedon’s commitments after having signed a three-year exclusivity deal with Marvel Studios to not only develop the S.H.I.E.L.D. V show for ABC and to write/direc The Avengers 2, but to help oversee all of the Phase Two Marvel movies?
“Part of me is like, ‘God, it would be great when I finish Avengers 2 to do that. I suspect very strongly that after Avengers 2 the next thing I do will be a one-man show. Possibly one monkey.”
While Whedon’s words could very well be getting fans’ hopes up, by the tim The Avengers 2 eleases in 2015, some of the key cast members will have more availability. Nathan Fillion is currently tied up wit Castle, while Morena Baccarin is keeping busy with the award-winnin Homeland.
Serenity equel or a follow-u Firefly iniseries would ideally see the return of stars Nathan Fillion, Adam Baldwin, Gina Torres, Morena Baccarin, Jewel Staite, Sean Maher and Summer Glau. For obvious reasons, Alan Tudyk and Ron Glass would likely not.
I mean besides the fact that she's dying.
Edited at 2013-01-30 06:33 pm (UTC)
'What were some of the Firefly stories you never got to tell ?
He hemmed and hawed, “Should I tell you this ?... Oh well, what’s he going to do, fire me ?” The original show was darker and this story was more in keeping with that tone.
It opens with Mal and Inara fighting (as they do). Mal tells her she pretends to be a lady and wants everyone to bow before her and kiss her hand but she’s just a whore. Then the Reavers attack and take Inara. While trying to get her back they learn that she had something that would make anyone who had sex with her die. When they finally track down and board the ship they find all of the Reavers dead and Inara shaking and traumatized. They take her back to the ship and Zoe guards her room. Mal tries to get in to see her and Zoe tells him he’s the last person Inara needs to see. He pushes past her, kneels before Inara and kisses her hand.
Of course someone asked, “Is that what the syringe [that Inara gets out when the Reavers approach in the pilot episode] was for ?” To which he replied, “I don’t know. Next question.”'
Source: http://www.whedon.info/article.php3?id_
I have no issues with rape being part of a story as long as it's done right (I thought Dollhouse did a decent job of that, with Sierra), but this was NOT an example of that, and I might have thrown things if it ever happened.
Also not a fan of Mal/Inara that probably would've happened because he keeps calling her a 'whore' and expects her to what? Throw herself at him and he can ~rescue~ her and they can live happily ever after? Ugh at all of this.
Yeah, it all comes off as a way for Mal to ~learn his lesson~ about treating Inara with respect, but it's only because she DIDN'T want to have sex that he considers her a lady now. So the story demeans a female character and makes the male lead look like a callous asshole.