# Firefly - The Movie

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**Created:** [September 4, 2003, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-the-movie/199544 "2003-09-04T16:28:46Z")\
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**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, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-the-movie/199544/1 "2003-09-04T16:28:46Z")

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There are a lot of Firefly fans here, so I thought I’d let you know that the Firefly movie has been greenlighted and will go into production early next year!

[Confirmation from the Hollywood Reporter](http://hollywoodreporter.com/thr/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1969026)

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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Universal recently acquired the rights to “Firefly” from 20th Century Fox Television, where Whedon’s Mutant Enemy Inc. production company has a television deal.
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> The action-adventure series was set 500 years in the future and centered on a crew aboard a spaceship. The feature version will incorporate the mythology from the show but will take on a more epic feel. Whedon hopes to enlist the entire cast to come back for the feature, depending on their previous commitments, with new characters added as well.

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**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, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-the-movie/199544/2 "2003-09-04T16:32:17Z")

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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-the-movie/199544/3 "2003-09-04T17:28:36Z")

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