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. "

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