# Firefly: the Movie! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 4, 2003, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-the-movie/199520 "2003-09-04T14:09:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-the-movie/199520/1 "2003-09-04T14:09:41Z")
[Hollywood Reporter say Joss has gotten the go-ahead to turn the show into a movie](http://hollywoodreporter.com/thr/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1969026): > [@](#): > > The short-lived TV series “Firefly” is moving to the big screen. After taking his “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” feature film and turning it into a successful TV series, Joss Whedon is about to do the reverse with another one of his creations. Whedon has teamed with Universal Pictures to turn “Firefly,” a TV cult favorite, into a feature film. > > In addition to having adapted it for the big screen, Whedon will also make his feature directorial debut with the project. Plans are to see “Firefly” go into production in first-quarter 2004. Yay! Yippee! Wahoo! and W00t! Daniel ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-the-movie/199520/2 "2003-09-04T14:27:02Z")
Yeah, what _he_ said. ---
**Author:** ![Kn\_ckers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/96bed5/32.png) [@Kn\_ckers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kn_ckers)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-the-movie/199520/3 "2003-09-04T15:42:40Z")
Rock on!! Suck this, Fox. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-the-movie/199520/4 "2003-09-04T16:08:09Z")
> [@](#): > > Buchanan said fans created such a demand that DVD presales on [Amazon.com](http://Amazon.com) sold out within 24 hours. It’s been a long fight and it’s really nice to see Fox’s nose rubbed in it! There should be little trouble getting most of the cast back. Nathan Fillion still calls himself “Cappy” online. ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-the-movie/199520/5 "2003-09-04T17:08:48Z")
That’s damn good news. Might be a good time for me to do a marathon viewing of the tv show, too… ---
**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-the-movie/199520/6 "2003-09-04T18:44:03Z")
More from [TVGuide.com](http://TVGuide.com): > [@](#): > > BACK TO THE FUTURE: It’s official: Buffy sire Joss Whedon has signed a deal with Universal to turn his short-lived Fox series Firefly into a feature film. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Whedon — who will pen the script — will make his big-screen directorial debut with the project. Shooting is expected to begin in early 2004, and it’s Whedon’s hope that the show’s original cast will return. [http://www.tvguide.com/newsgossip/inthenews/](http://www.tvguide.com/newsgossip/inthenews/) ---
**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:** [September 4, 2003, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-the-movie/199520/7 "2003-09-04T19:37:10Z")
I saw this yesterday. And you can’t see me right now, but I’m spinning around on my chair while great showers of happy sparks fly out of my ears. Okay, not really. ---
**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:** [September 4, 2003, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-the-movie/199520/8 "2003-09-04T20:10:49Z")
Finally, concrete evidence of a just and loving God. If y’all will excuse me, I’m going to Church now. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-the-movie/199520/9 "2003-09-04T20:21:06Z")
And don’t forget the DVD set coming out in December. Just goes to show that a bunch of suits can’t keep a great show down. Long live Firefly! Let’s hope this is the start of a new franchise. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-the-movie/199520/10 "2003-09-04T20:22:31Z")
Will this be a theatre movie or a TV movie? I can’t really think that _Firefly_ will make a producer see dollar signs, since it’s got more of a cult following instead of a large audience. But maybe if Whedon promises to have more scenes of Kaylee chasing River all over the ship, it’ll fly. get it? _FLY???_ I kill me! HAH! ---
**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:** [September 4, 2003, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-the-movie/199520/11 "2003-09-04T20:45:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Knowed Out \* > \*\*Will this be a theatre movie or a TV movie? I can’t really think that _Firefly_ will make a producer see dollar signs, since it’s got more of a cult following instead of a large audience. But maybe if Whedon promises to have more scenes of Kaylee chasing River all over the ship, it’ll fly. > > get it? _FLY???_ I kill me! HAH! \*\* This argument seems to pop up in any thread related to a Firefly movie: the TV show failed, so why do people think the movie will do well? The problem with this argument is that it implies that, for a movie to be succesful, it has to be based on a succesful TV show. _Star Wars_ had no pre-established fan base. Lucas didn’t even have a reputation as an sf filmmaker. _2001_ didn’t have a TV show, and ditto for Kubrick. The same goes for _E.T._, _Close Encounters of the Third Kind_, _The Matrix_, and many, many more. Certainly, the small size of the established _Firefly_ fanbase won’t give it the sort of boost that helped establish the _Star Trek_ movie franchise, but it’s certainly no worse off out of the gate than any wholly original sf movie. Oh, and yes, the plan is for a theatrical release, although really any celebration before the film lands in theaters (or, really, before the report on the first week’s gross comes in) is premature. There are still a lot of pitfalls between now and then. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-the-movie/199520/12 "2003-09-04T20:54:16Z")
Theatrical!!! So we dould get some more nudity. (Morena Baccarin nude! Heart, be still!) I’m not surprised it’s doing well in Great Britain. Fox was SO dumb cancelling this show before the overseas markets saw it. Some people over here dismissed it as a western in space but can you imagine how gaga the Germans, for instance, would go over a WESTERN in space? As I spent much of my absence from the SDMB at a _Firefly_ site, proving incidentally that it was internet access and my addictive personality and nothing intrinsic about the SDMB that made me such an addict, I missed any discussions here of the show and its themes. Were there any? I tried searching and couldn’t find any. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-the-movie/199520/13 "2003-09-04T21:31:25Z")
Man, if Joss can get me and **Sam Stone** in wholehearted agreement about an issue, that bastard can do ANYTHING. As for nudity – c’mon, now. Who on that cast **wouldn’t** you want to see naked? A hottier bunch of hotties I’ve never seen. I would, obviously, love for the movie to jump-start the TV show; as **Miller** points out, it’s a little early to be counting chickens. Still, I’m very very hopeful; this is the most excited I’ve been about a movie announcement since… …um… …since I first heard about _Alien Resurrection_. Please, dear Joss, please let it be coincidence. Daniel ---
**Author:** ![Wearia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Wearia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wearia)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-the-movie/199520/14 "2003-09-04T21:47:33Z")
Sweet! ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-the-movie/199520/15 "2003-09-05T00:20:25Z")
I’m happy about it, too. I’d be even happier if they made a Buffy movie (not really counting the Kristy Swanson/Luke Perry vehicle–although, IPU forgive me, that movie made me laugh so much with its campiness that it was the entire reason I tuned into the televison series on its premier night) with the television cast. But Firefly? I’m there. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-the-movie/199520/16 "2003-09-05T01:36:09Z")
Yay! Serenity Now! ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-the-movie/199520/17 "2003-09-05T01:56:57Z")
Yay! Serenity Now! ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-the-movie/199520/18 "2003-09-05T05:25:54Z")
Yee ha! ---
**Author:** ![Rythefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d07c76/32.png) [@Rythefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rythefly)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-the-movie/199520/19 "2003-09-05T06:19:28Z")
Anyone else think that Universal only agreed to this if Joss Whedon agreed to allow them to make a future Buffy movie, if the cast agreed to one? Seems to be the only thing that makes sense to me. ---
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-the-movie/199520/20 "2003-09-05T07:09:08Z")
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