It’s remarkable that Firefly has such a big audience today, especially since Joss Whedon could barely get anyone to watch the series when it first hit TV screens way back in 2002.
A Kickstarter campaign recently raised an incredible $2.5 million dollars for a Veronica Mars movie, which then received a green light from Warner Brothers.
Firefly the Game - scheduled to hit shelves this Fall - is the first in a series of tabletop hobby and miniature board games from Gale Force 9 set in the Firefly universe.
Joss Whedon’s going to be a busy guy. He’s working on the script for Avengers 2, which has an iron-clad release date of ay 1, 2015, the same year we’ll have another Star Wars film.
You probably know David E. Kelley as the creator of Ally McBeal, Picket Fences, Chicago Hope, and Doogie Howser, M.D., among other shows. Oh, and yes, he was also a regular contributor for L.A. Law.
The remake of Red Dawn recently hit theaters, only to garner lukewarm reviews. Then again, it probably wasn’t the greatest idea to remake a movie so right wing and jingoistic in this day and age.
Time has proven to be the best friend of Firefly, which wasn’t exactly considered a hit show when it first aired ten years ago, but it’s obviously managed to attract a very strong cult following today.
We’ve written about the phenomenon of Firefly here on TG many times, and it’s amazing how much love there still is for a show that only lasted fourteen episodes.
It really is remarkable how much love there is for Firefly these days, and it reminds me a bit of how Star Trek wasn’t a hit in its initial run, but later became one of the most important franchises in sci-fi history.
We all know the story of Firefly, the sci-fi/western that went unappreciated for 10 episodes and was unceremoniously cancelled before even a full season run.
