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| Serenity Set about six months after the last events seen on the TV show. Whedon says, "The movie is bigger, more epic than anything you can do in a series." |
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| Wherever I Am, I'm There Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Greater London
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| Cast Signed Up For Sequels Quote:
"a TV series... is more mundane." -- not always! If it is it's because of the budget it has to live with. | |
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| On a note related to sequels - At this years DRAGONCON, held in Atlanta a couple of weeks ago, Adam Baldwin (along with Morena Baccarin, Jewel Staite & Ron Glass) said it was an open secret that the opening weekend would be critical to the decision-making process. There will be a pretty quick GO or NO-GO on rather the movie has "legs" to support sequels after that. The goal is $100 Million. (ex: Fantastic Four took 10 days to generate that much but probably locked in a sequel.) So, go early and go often and drag all your friends that you can cajole, bribe or blackmail into going. === A few thoughts on marketing Joss === I look forward to a day when Serenity becomes a movie staple, like James Bond films. I keep thinking that Mal Reynolds is at least as interesting a character as Indiana Jones and people kept flocking to see his next adventure. I also think that Joss should consider rather there is a secondary market for his work - for instance, would enough of us buy DVDs of his work without a supporting movie or TV show? Mutant Enemy productions might be able to shake off the onus of the "direct to DVD" label and turn it into a marketing strategy. Or maybe I've been in the heat too long - who knows. |
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| According to Reuters News Service - "Serenity," a film based on the short-lived Western-flavored sci-fi TV series "Firefly," opened at No. 2 with $10.1 million, a figure within the modest expectations of its distributor, Universal Pictures. It marks the feature directing debut of "Firefly" creator Joss Whedon. |
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| No More TV Apparently the Box Office figures were poorer than hoped, not sure what they expected, but more films are still possible. I can't find the original USA Today report this relates to online, if someone read it it may have more details? Quote:
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Feel free to hop over there and add your comments in more detail. Edit: Hyperlink edited to a Chronicles URL Last edited by Dave; 16th October 2006 at 10:52 PM. | |
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| Me too, but only because I would expect we would see it quicker in the UK if it came out on DVD. As yet, Firefly has still not been shown on terrestrial TV here, only on the European Scifi Channel. |
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| Questarian Gaterider P3g Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: California
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| Yeah. Similarly I was thinking it would be more available to the masses. The masses being those who have or haven't seen the show or the movie. I know a few people who have tvs but don't have cable. Then theres those who may have seen the movie but not the shows. It just seems better to release it in a format that more people would be able to see it or even more likely to see it. |
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| I found the article I was thinking of, it was in the latest issue of SFX. Quote:
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| It may be that Joss is trying to cement a reputation as a movie-maker instead of being catagorized as a TV producer/director. A lot will ride on the upcoming Wonder Woman project. I hope that the suits behind the project don't start shopping it around on him, based on lack-luster "Serenity" sales. The super-hero movie game can be very tough on egos with scripts and directors being changed every time you blink. He just needs one big splash. Take Paul Haggis for instance. He started producing several failed TV shows, including one of my favorites "Due South" - about an archtypical Mountie transplanted to the streets of Chicago. Then he wrote the screenplay for "Million Dollar Baby". Then he was green-lighted to write and direct the critically-acclaimed "Crash". Joss is in a similar position - he just needs to be connected with one widely-recognized big screen hit. Unfortunately, as good as "Serenity" is, this is not the one. But that might explain why he's trying to burn his bridges as to TV projects. |
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| There may be rights issues here too. Fox may still hold the rights to the name "Firefly" even though Mutant Enemy holds the rights to the characters and story, hence the film being called "Serenity" instead. I've noticed that Joss is often not clear in what he says and is then often quoted out of context. He has apparently complained about being quoted out of context in this, that when he said there would be no more 'Firefly' he only meant 'no more TV show', but it was reported in the media as being no more stories. Also bear in mind that IGN FilmForce said that they "checked with Joss Whedon's camp" which is not the same thing at all as speaking to Joss Whedon himself. As for his reputation, he has quite an impressive portfolio as a film scriptwriter, so I don't think he could ever be seen as purely a TV producer/director, though I agree that if 'Wonder Woman' bombs it will be harder for him. It has never stopped Terry Gilliam making more films though. ![]() |
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I would love to see it at the movies. But at this point and time. If it's straight to DVD or nothing. I would rather have the DVD than nothing. The LongGunMenX | |
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