Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 13:20:46 -0700 (PDT) From: N Lynch <sfbookfan at yahoo.com> Subject: [WSFA] Fwd: FYI - Firefly movie coming To: WSFA members <wsfalist at keithlynch.net> Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net> > Subject: [WSFA] FYI - Firefly movie coming > Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2003 08:40:17 -0500 > > The short-lived TV series Firefly is moving to the > big screen. After taking > his Buffy The Vampire Slayer feature film and > turning it into a successful > TV series, Firefly creator Joss Whedon is about to > do the reverse with his > Fox cult hit, which will be released theatrically by > Universal Pictures. In > addition to adapting it for the big screen, Whedon > will also make his > feature directorial debut with the project. Plans > are to see Firefly go into > production in first-quarter 2004. The > action-adventure series was set 500 > years in the future and centred on a crew aboard a > spaceship. The feature > version will incorporate the mythology from the show > but will take on a more > epic feel. Whedon hopes to enlist the entire cast to > come back for the > feature. "Ever since the show went off the air, our > fan base has grown even > more," said Mutant Enemy president Christopher > Buchanan. "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. " ===== "Our pa's each own one of the World Trade Centers For a kiss and a smile I'll give mine all to you" Darlington County by Bruce Springsteen ===== MIMOSA web site: http://www.jophan.org/mimosa __________________________________