An animated TV series based on cult SF classic Firefly is in "advanced development," according to star Nathan Fillion. Most of the cast is expected to reprise their roles. Joss Whedon is not involved in the project but has given it his blessing.
The news was announced at a Firefly panel at WonderCon today. The animated series will be set between the events of Firefly (which aired one 14-episode season in 2002) and its movie sequel, Serenity (2005). Fillion (Mal), Alan Tudyk (Wash), Gina Torres (Zoe), Jewel Staite (Kaylee), Morena Baccarin (Inara), Sean Maher (Simon), Summer Glau (River) and Adam Baldwin (Jayne) will all reprise their roles from the TV series. It is unclear if a new actor will replace Ron Glass, who passed away in 2016, as Shepherd Book. Book departed the Serenity ship between the events of the series and movie, so he may not feature in the new project. The timeline was chosen to allow actors who characters died during the events of the movie to return.
The project is being developed by Fillion's company Collision33 with 20th Television Animation. Writer-producer team Marc Guggenheim (Legends of Tomorrow, Arrow) and Tara Butters (Agent Carter) will serve as showrunners, and have completed a first script. Animation studio ShadowMachine is producing concept art. Whedon, who created Firefly and wrote and directed multiple episodes (including the movie) but has since fallen from grace in Hollywood, will not have an involvement but Fillion has got his blessing to move forwards.
During an video addendum to the announcement, it appears that the project has the working title Firefly: Still Flyin' (or at least that's the logo), with a pilot episode entitled Athenia.
The news comes only a day after Sarah Michelle Gellar confirmed another attempted revival of a Joss Whedon property, Buffy the Vampire Slayer: New Sunnydale, was dropped after a pilot was shot for Hulu. That project may be remounted in a different format.
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