[tv show] Firefly Reboot Coming To Disney+ [But don't get too excited!]

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Link: Firefly Reboot Coming To Disney+ [Giant Freakin Robot]

 

...Disney is in early development on a Firefly reboot. The new show would start the story of Captain Mal Reynolds and his crew aboard the Serenity over from scratch, with an aim to make this a long-running series on Disney+. There is a twist here and the twist is that they see the show as ideal family-friendly programming for Disney+. My source tells me they’re planning to target it more at a PG-adventure, family audience and less at the sort of PG-13 dynamic the original Joss Whedon show went for.

 

This shift in tone suggests the new version of Firefly might drop characters like Inara, who is basically a prostitute. Instead it’ll probably lean more into the fun and adventure aspect of the universe’s stories. Fans may initially be unhappy, but it’s easy to see a way it could work.

 

My source was unable to confirm to me whether series creator Joss Whedon is actually involved in the new Firefly reboot. Whedon has recently been embroiled in a strange controversy with some of his former actors and it’s made him difficult to employ. Disney, not wanting to court the ire of outraged Twitter activists, may simply be unwilling to have him involved in their brand. It could also end up that Whedon won’t want to be involved, if indeed Disney really is committed to turning Firefly into a gold standard family-friendly adventure series. That may skew too far from his original vision for the program...

[Dos_Box]

They have been running some teasers for a while now and apprently there is to be an announcement on the 15th March  

 

 

[LeMarchand]

I kept meaning to track down those teasers. The way they're made makes it sounds like the old cast are involved. If they're not it won't go down well. Maybe an animation? Nathan Fillion sure ain't gonna fit in Malc's tight pants again. The ladies all look gorgeous still, though.

[ICTDirect_Joe]

For me its confirmed the second there is a teaser with Alan Tudyk - that is the last piece of the pre-Serenity Puzzle

[ICTDirect_Dave]

I've been rather excited about this for the past week and a bit

 

All we need is one more short to complete the set!

 

 

Sunday 15th March for the reveal.

[drutt]

Very nice, I've been enjoying watch Nathan Fillian in The Rookie so always happy to see more of him.

[ICTDirect_Dave]

There's two more clips out for adam baldwin and alan tudyk now

[ICTDirect_Dave]

It's an animation.

 

And very pretty it stands to be too.

 

[LeMarchand]

Is that actually from the animation? The "character design" pic being used looks more like something from one of the comics/graphic novels.

 

[ICTDirect_Dave]

3 minutes ago, LeMarchand said:

Is that actually from the animation? The "character design" pic being used looks more like something from one of the comics/graphic novels.

 

This is the image Nathan shared on the announcement video.

The shot of the Serenity is one that was shared shortly before by Lee Stringer who is one of the original VFX people. He knew what was going on and gave another snippet for everyone.