After teasing a significant announcement for the previous few weeks, actor Nathan Fillion took the stage at Superior Con on Sunday, March 15 to announce a brand new season of Firefly. The catch? The beloved live-action space-western will return as an animated sequence set between the top of the unique present and the follow-up movie Serenity.
Fillion was joined onstage by his Firefly castmates: Alan Tudyk, Gina Torres, Jewel Staite, Morena Baccarin, Sean Maher, and Summer season Glau. Not current was Adam Baldwin, who will even voice his character. Fillion additionally shared idea artwork for the brand new sequence from animation studio ShadowMachine (BoJack Horseman, Robotic Rooster), which was printed on-line as a Deadline unique.
In an Instagram video, Fillion shared the information immediately with followers, reconfirming a number of particulars initially introduced at Superior Con. The Firefly reboot already has a script and a pair of showrunners in Marc Guggenheim (DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Arrow) and Tara Butters (Agent Carter, Reaper); the 2 are additionally married and first met “by Firefly,” Fillion says. The revival has the approval of twentieth Century Studios, which produced the unique sequence, together with twentieth Century’s present proprietor, Disney.
Most notably, Fillion says he has the approval of Firefly’s creator, Joss Whedon, the TV showrunner behind Buffy the Vampire Slayer who vanished from Hollywood following a sequence of allegations of inappropriate conduct by his former coworkers. (There’s an excessive amount of to cowl right here, however you may learn up on Whedon’s controversies on this glorious New York Journal investigation/profile.) Whedon is reportedly not concerned with the revival sequence.
​Firefly aired for one season within the fall and winter of 2002 earlier than it was canceled by Fox. A 2005 film, titled Serenity after the title of a spaceship the place a lot of the sequence is about, continued the story whereas providing some extent of closure. However within the 20 years since, followers have continued to ask for extra. Now, lastly, Firefly is on the verge of a comeback.
Firefly season 1 is streaming on Hulu.
