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"Firefly" Glows Again
Fox's defunct series Firefly has scrapped itself off the network's windshield and will take flight again
Creator Joss Whedon is taking his misunderstood sci-fi show to the big screen, teaming up with Universal to turn it into a feature film, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
Whedon had incredible success with the reverse move when he turned his 1992 feature film Buffy the Vampire Slayer into a long-running TV series, first on the WB and then on UPN.
He'll be doing an about-face adaptation with Firefly, which also marks his directorial debut. Production is due to begin early next year.
Universal will distribute after buying the rights to Firefly from 20th Century Fox Television, where Whedon's production company, Mutant Enemy Inc., has a TV deal.
Firefly chronicled the adventures of a band of space pirates aboard the ship Serenity. Set 500 years in the future, the series was part sci-fi fantasy, part old-fashioned western and all dud on TV--it averaged a measly 4.7 million viewers and ranked 98th in the Nielsen ratings when it was pulled in December.
The feature version is expected to incorporate mythology from the show but will reportedly take on a more epic feel. Whedon also hopes to reunite the original cast for the feature, as well as add new characters.
The prolific scribe, whose screenplay credits include Titan A.E., Alien: Resurrection and Toy Story, will produce through his shingle along with studio-based producer Barry Mendell. Mutant Enemy prez Christopher Buchanan is executive producing.
"Ever since the show went off the air, our fan base has grown even more, Buchanan told the Hollywood Reporter. "We've had tremendous outpouring from the U.S. and Canada as well as the U.K., which just finished a run of Firefly over there. Every comic book and sci-fi convention has had a Firefly presence since the show first aired."
Fifteen episodes of the show were produced last season, including a two-hour pilot, though three episodes never aired on Fox. The entire season is expected to be featured on the series' DVD release, due in December. In fact, the show's cult following caused DVD presales on Amazon.com to sell out within 24 hours, said Buchanan.
Meanwhile, Whedon's also expected to take a more active role in his remaining television series, the WB's Angel. The show's fifth season, which features Angel & Co. working from the offices of sworn enemies Wolfram & Hart, kicks off October 1.
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