Shiny! Could FIREFLY be drawn back to the screen..?

Well, the news is out.

For the last week or so, Nathan Fillion has been posting videos of him meeting with his fellow Firefly cast-members and hinting at a project they might be doing together. He confirmed it was not about a podcast or convention appearances or the like, but that it would be something close to the collective heart of fandom.

It did run the risk of disappointment if it wasn’t of the magnitude promised, but Fillion and friends revealed all with the news that… Firefly IS coming back.

Well, sort of and hopefully.

A script for the first episode of Firefly: Season Two now exists… and the hurdles are being, well… hurdled. Joss Whedon has given his blessing (but isn’t likely to be involved). Twentieth Century Fox and Disney who own the rights have indicated their excitement over the potential. Marc Guggenheim (DC’s Legends of Tomorrow) and Tara Butters (Agent Carter, Dollhouse) the couple who met and married after working together at Mutant Enemy will be the writing-production team.

The twist – it would be ANIMATED and Fillion confirmed that award-winning animation-house ShadowMachine are onboard with stories to be set between the events of the series and the Serenity film.  Fillion’s production company Collision33 would be involved and in partnership with 20th Television Animation.

The idea has been mooted by fans for a long time, though it never seemed like a real option given what it would take to do so. Fans such as Stephen Byrne showed what it could look like:

(Note, that footage is NOT from the proposed production…)

All the surviving cast members (Ron Glass, who played ‘Book’ died in 2016) would voice their characters again. The ‘final piece’ that the message says is needed… is a home. The cast and crew of Firefly are asking fans to indicate their support for the project, not through money but sheer word-of-mouth so that interested parties can see the benefits of hosting the new series. Given that the show maintains its popularity even after twenty years of absence, that shouldn’t be the tallest order.

You can see Fillion’s announcement here: