US Edition‘Firefly’ Star Nathan Fillion Says He’s Planning a New Animated Version of the Cult Sci-Fi Series
- On Sunday at Awesome Con, Washington, D.C., Nathan Fillion announced an animated Firefly series is in advanced development with most original cast members expected to reprise their roles.
- Last week, a viral social media campaign and the Once We Were Spacemen podcast, launched November with 18 episodes, helped fuel fan demand for more Firefly content.
- The project is being developed by Collision33 with 20th Television Animation, and showrunners Marc Guggenheim and Tara Butters have completed a script while ShadowMachine created early concept art and Adam Baldwin is expected to voice Jayne Cobb.
- Positioned between the 2002 Firefly television series and Serenity, 2005 feature film, the animated series expands continuity while Firefly creator Joss Whedon is not involved.
- The fully assembled package will be taken to buyers shortly, following Fox cancelling Firefly after 11 episodes despite producing 14, with the story set in the year 2517.
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Firefly animated series with original actors teased by star Nathan Fillion – but there's an obstacle to solve
Few sci-fi shows can boast as large an impact with as few episodes as Joss Whedon's Firefly, which might finally be getting its long-awaited revival – albeit, not in the form initially imagined.The cult favourite series premiered back in 2002, introducing viewers to 26th century space captain Mal Reynolds (Nathan Fillion) and his ragtag crew, as they explore a new star system in the years following a devastating civil war.Although it only aired …
2 decades later, Firefly returns as an animated series with controversial creator Joss Whedon's blessing
After teasing a major announcement for the past few weeks, actor Nathan Fillion took the stage at Awesome Con on Sunday, March 15 to announce a new season of Firefly. The catch? The beloved live-action space-western will return as an animated series set between the end of the original show and the follow-up film Serenity.
Unfortunately, Joss Whedon is not involved in the project, but most of the original actors are scheduled to return as the voices of their characters.
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