Whedon: Firefly officially dead.

[yendi]

Joss says it's finally time to move on. EW Subscription required, but you can get the gist of the article from the preview.

Note that I wouldn't put 100% faith in the article, because it talks about the movie failing in spite of, "Universal's best marketing efforts." And Universal only gave their best marketing effort in some alternate universe.

ETA: Note that the article also hints at direct-to-DVD Buffyverse movies.

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[noiresque.livejournal.com]

Full text here (http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=2&t=15576), but there's not a lot more.

[redcrowstudio.livejournal.com]

Joss responded to the hoopla this article caused on Whedonesque:

All right, now I have to jump in and set the record straight. EW is a fine rag, but they do take things out of context. Obviously when I said I had 'closure', what I meant was "I hate Serenity, I hated Firefly, I think my fans are stupid and Nathan Fillion smells like turnips." But EW's always got to put some weird negative spin on it. But so we're clear once and for all: If you read a quote saying "I'd love to do more in this 'verse with these actors in any medium" all I'm saying is that Nathan has a turnipy odor. It's not his fault, he doesn't eat a lot of them but everyone else in the cast noticed it and tht's not really something I'm prepared to deal with any more. And Jewel said outright she wouldn't do scenes with him except stuff like the SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER funeral scene which was outside in a high SPOILER wind. So if I do manage to find another incarnation for my beloved creation, it will have been totally against my will.

I hope that clears everything up. Oh, and when I say I want to do a Spike movie, it means I have a bunion on my toe.

-joss (by which I mean Tim)

(no, actually me.)

Re: Thanks Joss.....you asshole !

[yendi]

I feel the same as you, but my wife loved that movie, so I suspect it'll end up in our house.