# Firefly has the green-light **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 3, 2004, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-has-the-green-light/232364 "2004-03-03T19:02:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2004, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-has-the-green-light/232364/21 "2004-03-04T19:18:25Z")
It is so awesome to have this to look forward to. Of course, I’m still looking forward to watching the whole series, since I’m only halfway through Disk 3, and still have three brand new unseen episodes to watch, but now I don’t have to feel _quite_ so miserly. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2004, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-has-the-green-light/232364/22 "2004-03-05T00:17:38Z")
[Official Universal Press Release](http://www.universalpictures.com/press/index.php?inc=serenity.inc) > [@](#): > > UNIVERSAL CITY, CA, March 3, 2004 – Joss Whedon—the Oscar®- and Emmy-nominated writer/director responsible for the worldwide television phenomena of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel—is set to make his feature film directorial debut with the futuristic action-adventure Serenity, it was announced today by Mary Parent and Scott Stuber, vice chairmen, production, Universal Pictures. > > Based on Whedon’s cult hit television series Firefly (which has taken on a second life following its December 9, 2003, DVD release, winning new fans and critical praise worldwide), Serenity will continue and expand upon the adventures of the memorable characters launched in the series, who will be joined by new characters created expressly for the motion picture adaptation. Whedon will act as both screenwriter and director, with Barry Mendel (The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable and the upcoming Wes Anderson film, The Life Aquatic) producing and Chris Buchanan (president of Whedon’s Mutant Enemy production company) and Alisa Tager (of Barry Mendel Productions) serving as executive producers. The Serenity cast will include such returning Firefly cast members as Nathan Fillion as Captain Malcolm ‘Mal’ Reynolds, Gina Torres as Zoë Warren, Morena Baccarin as Inara Serra, Jewel Staite as Kaylee Frye, Adam Baldwin as Jayne Cobb, Sean Maher as Dr. Simon Tam and Summer Glau as River Tam ---
**Author:** ![Goofus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7feea3/32.png) [@Goofus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Goofus)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2004, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-has-the-green-light/232364/23 "2004-03-05T00:50:02Z")
Uh oh, no Ron Glass? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2004, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-has-the-green-light/232364/24 "2004-03-05T00:54:15Z")
> [@Goofus](#): > > Uh oh, no Ron Glass? No, it’s the full cast. Ron Glass and Alan Tudyk apparently don’t rate mention in the Universal press release, but other sources (such as **dropzone** ’s link) confirm that the entire original cast is already signed on for the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2004, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-has-the-green-light/232364/25 "2004-03-05T01:10:13Z")
YES! This is damn good news. Sorry I’m so late to the celebration, but anyway…This is very sweet… I wonder if Joss will slip in any cameos from Buffy and Angel…probably not… ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2004, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-has-the-green-light/232364/26 "2004-03-05T01:43:43Z")
Incidentally, what did Joss get an Oscar nomination for? ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2004, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-has-the-green-light/232364/27 "2004-03-05T02:33:40Z")
He co-wrote the screenplay for _Toy Story._ (_Usual Suspects_ won that year.) ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-has-the-green-light/232364/28 "2004-04-27T17:37:50Z")
_Yeeehaaaw!!!_ I just finished watching the DVD set of the TV series yesterday. That was absolutely excellent stuff! (I’m glad that when they named a TV series after me, they made it a good one. ;)) The end of _The Message_ (one of the unaired episodes) was one of the most moving moments I’ve seen on a TV show. So I’m looking forward to the movie coming out next year. The [IMDB page](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0379786/) for _Serenity_ lists all of the original cast except Ron Glass. But I’ll trust **dropzone** ’s link which says all nine have been signed up. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-has-the-green-light/232364/29 "2004-04-27T19:59:14Z")
Another latecoming fan here. I got turned on to this show about a month or two ago, and am now actively evangelizing it, forcing my DVDs on friends and family and forcing them to watch them at gunpoint. So far, it’s working brilliantly. And about Ron Glass, there was another thread recently about him that confirmed that he’s in. Apparently he was under some contract that prevented the Firefly people from publicly confirming him, but that’s up now, and he’s in officially. Or something like that. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-has-the-green-light/232364/30 "2004-04-27T20:32:40Z")
And, of COURSE, a movie setting is the perfect opportunity for Inara to get naked for us … right? RIGHT? I mean, it’s not like it would be out of character; SHE’S A COMPANION, after all. Bakers bake, plumbers plumb, Companions get naked – sounds reasonable to me! ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-has-the-green-light/232364/31 "2004-04-27T20:35:26Z")
Kaylee so cute. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-has-the-green-light/232364/32 "2004-04-27T21:56:36Z")
> [@Snooooopy](#): > > And, of COURSE, a movie setting is the perfect opportunity for Inara to get naked for us … right? RIGHT? I mean, it’s not like it would be out of character; SHE’S A COMPANION, after all. Bakers bake, plumbers plumb, Companions get naked – sounds reasonable to me! I’m hoping she and Mal get naked together. ---
**Author:** ![the\_Lady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bb73d2/32.png) [@the\_Lady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_Lady)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-has-the-green-light/232364/33 "2004-04-27T22:07:28Z")
I’ll second that. Motion carries. Mal and Inara will get naked, together. ---
**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-has-the-green-light/232364/34 "2004-04-27T22:08:02Z")
Yeah, but we’ve already seen Mal nekkid. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-has-the-green-light/232364/35 "2004-04-27T22:26:24Z")
::_Family Guy_ firebug:: “Good…_good_…” ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-has-the-green-light/232364/36 "2004-04-27T22:33:56Z")
> [@tanstaafl](#): > > Yeah, but we’ve already seen Mal nekkid. Yes, but we need to see him naked with Inara while having mad hot monkey sex. ---
**Author:** ![Mauvaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mauvaise/32/11084_2.png) [@Mauvaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauvaise)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2004, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-has-the-green-light/232364/37 "2004-04-28T00:34:13Z")
> [@tanstaafl](#): > > Yeah, but we’ve already seen Mal nekkid. I’m not seeing the point. 😉 One can never have too much nekkid Mal. Mmmmmmmm. “I’ll be in my bunk” ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2004, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-has-the-green-light/232364/38 "2004-04-28T04:47:02Z")
Okay, you can have your naked Mal. Can Zoey get naked and beat some guys up? ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2004, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-has-the-green-light/232364/39 "2004-04-28T04:54:27Z")
> [@Baldwin](#): > > Okay, you can have your naked Mal. Can Zoey get naked and beat some guys up? Yes. Everybody needs to get naked at least once, except Book and maybe River. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2004, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-has-the-green-light/232364/40 "2004-04-28T05:00:06Z")
I think, in the interest of fairness, the movie should be all-nude. But they don’t ever explicitly mention it: nobody in the movie even notices. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-has-the-green-light/232364.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-has-the-green-light/232364.md?page=3)