Sci-Fi picks up Firefly

[Raina]

Firefly, a science fiction series that was canceled midway through its first season on Fox, has found a new home on the Sci Fi Channel.

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Fans of the cult-hit series Firefly will be pleased to learn that the show has been picked up by the Sci Fi Channel--just two months before the release of Serenity, a Universal Pictures film based on the series.

For the uninitiated, Firefly is a "space Western" set 500 years from now, in a spaceship that cruises the outer borders of the planetary system that humanity has taken as its new home. The crew is made up of rebels who are fleeing persecution by the unified government known as the Alliance.


Firefly made its debut on Fox in 2002 but was canceled before the end of its first season. The Sci Fi Channel will air all 15 existing episodes, including the three that never made it to TV, starting on Friday, July 22.



Sci-Fi Channel Picks up Firefly! (http://www.tv.com/story/story.html&story_id=335)

[Dara]

Still no guarantee of a second season (though the actors are contracted for 3 films!)...but there's at least more of a chance now than there was yesterday!! =D

-Dara

[Erimel]

is coming out this year (I believe) Called "Serenity".....

[Dara]

But if the movie does well, the actors are contracted for 2 sequels, so the next step would most likely be pre-production on another movie instead of another season of the TV show. If the trilogy as a whole does well, though, then there's a decent chance we'll see at least a second season. ^_^ That, o'course, is years away, though. >_<

http://www.spiritwood.net/forums/showthread.php?p=872&highlight=firefly

DarkHorse Comics is also publishing a comic adaptation of Serenity...issue 1 should be out next month in 3 variant covers! =) Collect 'em all, impress your friends! ^o^

-Dara