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Firefly Season 2 Talks

http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index...ory=0&id=34383
http://www.fireflyseason2.com/index.asp

Not necessarily for TV, but there are apparently negotiations ongoing for original programming for the SciFi network & iPod.

A lone fan with money is setting out to test the idea of buying the rights to Firefly and marketing it through those means.

Only time will tell if they can get the Firefly back off the ground.

JohnS

Rakesh.S

if something is going to happen i'd like to think it will happen/be announced by the end of this year.

Once we hit '07, it will have been 4 years since Firefly went off the air and the actors surely will not want to pursue it. This guy's idea seems like a longshot, at best, as they put it. I just can't see the logistics being taken care of without a major studio involved.

Let's hope there is a return to tv..and soon. I'd prefer a weekly series to a movie every 3 years.

todd s

Sounds almost like the fan effort to save Enterprise from cancellation. they were collecting donations to be used to make a proper finale. They actually had a couple of millionaire Trek fans donate a couple of million. But, Paramount shot down the idea.

Bring back John Doe! Or at least resolve the cliff-hanger with a 2hr movie or as an extra on a dvd release.

Travis_S

Chances of this happening: 0%
Give it up, already. Let it die.

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BrianBr

Travis,

Why the hate? "Give it up, already. Let it die."

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Greg Kettell

I agree with the "let it die" comments. The movie provided a good ending for the series, IMO. It's better to channel this energy into something new at this point. Leave Firefly for comics.

But then, if it did happen I'm sure I'd watch it.

Robert Ringwald

Except they've all expressed how it was pretty much the best work experience of their lives.

Not to mention, if this happened they'd be free to creatively do the series mostly how they wanted. Which means more of an HBO style of storytelling. If this theoretically happened I'd expect short 12 episode seasons, each year. Giving Joss freedom for movie projects and the like.

The odds certainly are slim, but I think it's interesting. The Enterprise thing was people trying to finance the show so UPN wouldn't lose money by airing episodes. UPN explained it's not possible to do that because they'd still be wasting airtime with something that COULD be earning cash via ad sales.

This is apparently the idea to licence the rights from FOX to produce the series independently, and then attempt to sell it to the highest bidder. Meaning FOX could give them the money to distribute a direct to DVD set of two episodes and theoretically make a lot. It's surely a longshot, but I think it's interesting that talks have apparently gone this far, and this seems a big more legit than a lot of campaigns. This isn't about getting a network to reconsider bringing the show back... to my knowledge this hasn't really ever been done before.

todd s

I had heard Enterprise wasn't losing money. It was just that the head of CBS (who runs UPN) didn't like the show and were looking to kill it. Thats not saying it was a money-maker.

Bring back John Doe! Or at least resolve the cliff-hanger with a 2hr movie or as an extra on a dvd release.

Jason Seaver

Enterprise probably wasn't losing money for Viacom, long term, when all was said and done, but there was no way a show that cost $2M/episode with falling ratings was making money for UPN.

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