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Whedon
Relaunches The Serenity!
 The
Hollywood Reporter confirms this morning what Joss Whedon
hinted would happen at ComicCon. Universal Studios has bought
the rights for a feature film version of Whedon's late Fox
series Firefly.
Making
the news extra exciting for Whedon fans, the Universal deal
gives the man the right to make his big-screen directorial
debut. He hopes to bring back as much of the cast as will
be available, promising to incorporate the show continuity
but with a more epic (read: cinematic) feel.
As to
actual plot elements, it's too soon to tell. However, Whedon
dropped a clue at ComicCon. To an excited assemblage of fans,
he lowered his voice an octave and uttered one word as dramatically
as he could: "Reavers."
Whedon's
Mutant Enemy Productions will produce in conjunction with
Universal's Barry Mendell. Mysteriously, Mendell used to represent
Whedon at United Talent Agency.
The film
is currently scheduled to go into production in "the
first quarter of 2004." (Always put Hollywood biz-speak
in quotes, kids -- it helps give you plausible deniability.)
Fans,
don't forget that in December, Fox will release the complete
series on DVD, including the three episodes the network failed
to broadcast.
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