# Firefly reboot on Disney+ rumored **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [December 15, 2020, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-reboot-on-disney-rumored/928142 "2020-12-15T23:42:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2026, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-reboot-on-disney-rumored/928142/101 "2026-03-08T04:38:40Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > there are rumors that Fillion isn’t as likeable in real life as his public persona. If true, it would explain why he makes such a great Guy Gardner in the DCU. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2026, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-reboot-on-disney-rumored/928142/102 "2026-03-08T13:57:02Z")
I’ve heard the same about Fillion, but he does keep getting jobs. Hollywood often blacklists difficult people. He seems to get work. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2026, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-reboot-on-disney-rumored/928142/103 "2026-03-08T14:06:35Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I’ve heard the same about Fillion, but he does keep getting jobs. Although, as he mentions in the intro to the “Once We Were Spacemen” podcast, he once didn’t get a job where they were looking for a “Nathan Fillion type”. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2026, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-reboot-on-disney-rumored/928142/104 "2026-03-08T17:43:56Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > Although, as he mentions in the intro to the “Once We Were Spacemen” podcast, he once didn’t get a job where they were looking for a “Nathan Fillion type” Worse, Ernie Hudson was told he had to audition to voice Winston on the cartoon show. He needed the money, so he did. He was rejected. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2026, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-reboot-on-disney-rumored/928142/105 "2026-03-10T14:19:48Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I’ve heard the same about Fillion, but he does keep getting jobs. > > Hollywood often blacklists difficult people. He seems to get work. He’s an actor. He can present a different public image than his real personality. And if fans like his public image, they’ll keep watching. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2026, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-reboot-on-disney-rumored/928142/106 "2026-03-10T14:23:09Z")
We may be in for a letdown. Jewel Staite has just posted there’s going to be a Firefly reunion… Of the actors appearing in a panel together at a fan convention. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2026, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-reboot-on-disney-rumored/928142/107 "2026-03-10T14:24:51Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Worse, Ernie Hudson was told he had to audition to voice Winston on the cartoon show. He needed the money, so he did. He was rejected. It’s got to hurt to lose a job to Larry Storch. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2026, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-reboot-on-disney-rumored/928142/108 "2026-03-10T15:01:25Z")
But apparently **merely** a convention reunion was specifically denied. Brian ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2026, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-reboot-on-disney-rumored/928142/109 "2026-03-10T15:52:50Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Alan Tudyk’s involvement in whatever this is raises questions. It seems to eliminate a post-Serenity storyline. But the actors all being twenty years older makes a prequel storyline seem unlikely. I agree with others who suspect an animated series or something disappointing. But if it somehow is a live-action show, my guess is Tudyk comes back as some kind of cyborg with Wash’s brain. Tudyk has the robot-acting thing down (_Rogue One_/_Andor_, _I Robot,_ _Superman_ (2025), and more). ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2026, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-reboot-on-disney-rumored/928142/110 "2026-03-10T15:55:51Z")
I’m so convinced it isn’t new live-action episodes, I"m up for making a bet of sorts. No way are they doing more. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2026, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-reboot-on-disney-rumored/928142/111 "2026-03-10T15:56:15Z")
I would be excited by an animated series. That’s a lot more flexible than live-action in terms of timeline and such, and maybe even in terms of budget. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2026, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-reboot-on-disney-rumored/928142/112 "2026-03-10T16:10:29Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > He’s an actor. He can present a different public image than his real personality. And if fans like his public image, they’ll keep watching. Other than Stana Kanic I’m not sure who else didn’t like working with him. It certainly doesn’t seem universal. He’s close with Alan Tudyk for instance. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2026, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-reboot-on-disney-rumored/928142/113 "2026-03-10T21:23:34Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Jewel Staite has just posted there’s going to be a Firefly reunion… I have that same post from her Facebook group, about a convention this weekend which will feature, as guests, seven of the eight living main cast (everyone but Baldwin). She then literally says, in her comment under the convention’s ad: > [@](#): > > See you this weekend! > > \*and no, this is not “the announcement”. > > - it’s not a convention > - not a podcast > - not Alan’s birthday party (?? Where did that come from?) ---
**Author:** ![Galactus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galactus/32/3581_2.png) [@Galactus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galactus)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2026, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-reboot-on-disney-rumored/928142/114 "2026-03-11T01:55:06Z")
Maybe a computer game? That could be fun. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2026, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-reboot-on-disney-rumored/928142/115 "2026-03-11T01:56:56Z")
That would get me playing something other than Civilization, I’ll admit. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2026, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-reboot-on-disney-rumored/928142/116 "2026-03-15T15:41:13Z")
They have announced an _animated_ show. They have: - the rights - the script - the showrunners - the cast They need a place for it to stream. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2026, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-reboot-on-disney-rumored/928142/117 "2026-03-15T15:58:03Z")
Fantastic! I think that has the best chance of success. Voice acting is much easier to schedule around for actors’ other projects. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2026, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-reboot-on-disney-rumored/928142/118 "2026-03-15T16:05:52Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > They have announced an _animated_ show. Again? > **[Buffy: The Animated Series](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffy:_The_Animated_Series)** > > Buffy: The Animated Series is an animated television series concept based on Buffy the Vampire Slayer created by Joss Whedon. Initially greenlit by 20th Century Fox in 2002, it went ultimately unproduced and unaired when no network was willing to buy the series. The series would have taken place in the middle of Buffy season 1, as writer Jeph Loeb described the continuity as "Episode 7.5". However, it would have included the retroactive addition of Buffy's younger sister Dawn, who was created Wh... ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2026, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-reboot-on-disney-rumored/928142/119 "2026-03-15T16:36:51Z")
Here is Deadline’s write up: > **[Nathan Fillion Says 'Firefly' Animated Series In Development](https://deadline.com/2026/03/nathan-fillion-firefly-animated-series-development-1236754122/)** > > Nathan Fillion says 'Firefly' animated series is in development with costars to voice their original roles. Concept art revealed. Facebook reel: > **[24K views · 924 reactions | 🚀 FIREFLY IS BACK… BUT WITH A TWIST A new...](https://www.facebook.com/reel/1621755962195718)** > > 🚀 FIREFLY IS BACK… BUT WITH A TWIST > > A new animated Firefly series is reportedly in the works, and the original cast are expected to return to voice their characters. > > Nathan Fillion has been pushing... Brian ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2026, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-reboot-on-disney-rumored/928142/120 "2026-03-15T16:44:11Z")
Youtube: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/gfK-s3FNMpo/maxresdefault.jpg "🚀 Firefly is returning… as an ANIMATED series with the original cast!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfK-s3FNMpo) Brian [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-reboot-on-disney-rumored/928142.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-reboot-on-disney-rumored/928142.md?page=7)