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Posted: 12/20/2005 5:18:56 PM EDT
Goddamn, motherfucking son of a BITCH!
    www.ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,1141343_1_0_,00.html Adios, 'Firefly'... Joss Whedon lets ''Firefly'' go -- The ''Serenity'' director may turn to ''Buff the Vampire Slayer'' for his next big-screen project by Jeff Jensen When Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon looks back on 2005, he can take comfort in knowing that his film-directing debut, the sci-fi Western Serenity, resurrected his canceled-too-soon cult classic TV series Firefly, and was also one of the year's best-reviewed movies. ''I should say I'm above reading reviews,'' he says. ''But I would be lying.'' Alas, Whedon's fond memories are also tainted by Serenity's status as a franchise nonstarter; despite Universal's best marketing efforts, the film only mustered $25 million. ''In the end, it was what it was: a tough sell,'' says Whedon, adding that it appears the Firefly saga has reached its conclusion. He has no regrets — and he's moving on. He's currently penning a Wonder Woman flick for Warner Bros., and has the thriller Goners set up at Universal; he'll direct whichever... Subcription required for the rest of it... 
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Posted: 12/20/2005 5:21:10 PM EDT
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I watch the first 3 episodes of Firefly, but never got into it. I was a big Joss fan, but imo this wasn't his best work.
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Posted: 12/20/2005 6:02:19 PM EDT
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Actually, the overseas sales brought the total gross to $38.3M - which is almost exactly what the movie cost to make. The DVD is currently in first place on Amazon.
My guess is that Whedon will eventually find some way of continuing the series. He's weary of it now, but it'll keep coming back to haunt him until he finally figures out some profitable venue for it. |
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Posted: 12/20/2005 6:06:30 PM EDT
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Mother Fucker!
They need new firefly to replace Stargate. It has gone down hill with out RDA. Let the show die it has been ten years. Battlestar Galatica SG Atlantis Firefly |
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Posted: 12/20/2005 6:07:32 PM EDT
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After all the sales come in after a year, it will be a modest money maker.
Hell, it will do better than half the hollywierd politically charged crap they try to shove down our throats. i.e. Amistad and Brokedick Mountain. |
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Posted: 12/20/2005 6:13:15 PM EDT
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Not a chance. The movie grossed $38.3 million and it cost a similar amount to make NOT COUNTING marketing cost (they spent a lot marketing this movie), distribution cost, the theaters cut, ect… So you can double what it cost to make the movie to get to the break even point...maybe $70 million. They are going to have to sell 5-8 million DVDs to break even… not going to happen. If he wanted too I doubt he could find a studio to go along. |
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Posted: 12/20/2005 6:13:48 PM EDT
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It should do really well in DVD, the series is a top seller..
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Posted: 12/20/2005 6:16:04 PM EDT
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Sure as hell didn't show.... As far as the EW article goes, I'm thinking Joss might have been taken out of context. At least I hope so... |
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Posted: 12/20/2005 6:59:08 PM EDT
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The basic problem here is that not enough people knew about Firefly. Fox screwed up the original airing schedule so badly that only a handful of people ever saw it. Those that did manage to keep up with the horrible scheduling generally LOVED the show, but the average person simply didn't know about it.
Then, the series was made into a movie, but due to the fact that Fox owned the name "Firefly", that word could not be used in any of the marketing for the movie Serenity, which meant that many people weren't able to connect the two. And, let's be honest: the Serenity marketing was clearly aimed at existing Firefly fans more than at the moviegoing public in general, and the existing fan base was just too small numerically to help this movie out. Had the series been able to go a couple more seasons, it would have been able to build a big enough following to support a movie, but sadly, that didn't happen. Really, Firefly belongs on TV anyway; you need all that screen time to tell the story the right way, and if you try to cram it all into a movie, it seems rushed and you don't get the needed character development. Unfortunately, FOX isn't about to sell the rights to Firefly, and that effectively kills the whole Firefly concept. At least I was able to pick up Serenity tonight, with $10 off for also buying Battlestar Galactica Season 2... -Troy |
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Posted: 12/20/2005 7:51:35 PM EDT
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