Hmmmmm... 'Firefly' getting renewed on the new CW station?

Basq

Check this out from the always reliable Kristen at E!Online:

A friend just saw Nate Fillion, Summer Glau and Gina Torres coming out of one of the exec buildings at Paramount where they are putting together the new CW unit.

Hmmmmm? Will Firefly fly again?

Interesting but hardly concrete!

Still, 3 of the stars of 'Firefly' coming out of a building together from the newly formed CW (merger of UPN and WB) station.... gotta be more than a coincidence, right?

Still, let's not get our hopes up TOO much!

Kevok

Kristen loved firefly when it was on. Although the first thought of this would be 'yay, firefly is coming back' fox still has the rights to firefly on tv so I don't see why warner/paramount would be bringing them in for firefly.

Speculation almost always leads to dissapointment so until something is said by Joss I'm going to pretend that they were there for another project.

madrab

damn it Picard make it so

Basq

DAMNIT! Whedon's dismissed the rumour!

Apparently my lanky and excitable E! pal Kristin Vietch keeps posting that the new CW network (which will replace both UPN and the WB this fall) is actively contemplating a new “Firefly” series or miniseries or TV movie. Says she:

I've heard the CW is considering ["Firefly"] back as a series, miniseries or movie for next season. Hurrah! For you who missed my message board posting, on Tuesday, Nate Fillion, Summer Glau and Gina Torres were seen coming out of one of the exec buildings at Paramount, where they are putting together the new CW unit.

But Joss Whedon just posted on whedonesque.com very early Wednesday to say it ain’t true. The key excerpts:

Call me joss Whedon: Rumor Crusher! (Or "Mister Fendendo", if we're being intimate.)

No, there haven't been any overtures from the CW as regards a SereniFly spin-off. I haven't even heard the orchestra tuning up.

Source: AintItCoolNews.com

Earthhorse

Yeah, but he's also confirmed that he's working on a Serenity comic!

Yay!

http://www.iesb.net/upcomingfilm/021406.php

Basq

It's worth reading the full text of Whedon's post... quite funny!

Since everyone's all abuzz with the CW rumor, I have to get all official and say: WE'VE STARTED FILMING NEW EPISODES! Of Dateline. I'm such a troll.

No, there haven't been any overtures from the CW as regards a SereniFly spin-off. I haven't even heard the orchestra tuning up. But if they happen to come calling, I do know what I would do:

1) In order to keep the show cost efficient, we would get rid of a few things we don't need, like spaceships, floors, and Jewel. (You thought I was gonna say 'costumes', didn't you? Porn guy.)

2) Nathan is busy making movies, but since I don't want new cast members, everybody in the cast would just move over one. Jewel (she's back!) would play Mal, Ron would play Kaylee, Morena would play Book, and so on.

3) People love a happy ending. So every episode, I will explain once again that I don't like people. And then Mal will shoot someone. Someone we like. And their puppy.

4) The actors can make up their dialogue. I'm bushed, and they're all funny, and the hell with it. Maybe I'll give them a premise to work off of, like "You're all in trouble" or "Wash has a thing". They could maybe light it too.

5) Klingons, but not alien Klingons. But still Klingons.

So already the show is running like a well oiled companion. I'm just proud to be a part of the Country Western network, and I know this will be their biggest hit since "Have Space-Gun, Will Travel."

I hope, as always, this clears things up. And I hope the executives at the Carnie Wilson network DO give me a call. I've got a million ideas for redoing their offices.

madrab

rofl