By Henry Hards
| Revealed
Nathan Fillion and the solid of Firefly have been teasing all week {that a} large Firefly announcement was coming, and now it’s right here. They’re resurrecting the long-lasting, cancelled tv present as an animated sequence. Possibly.
As Fillion outlined in his announcement, they don’t even have a distributor. Solely the rights to make it and a inventive staff headed up by a person named Marc Guggenheim. Joss Whedon, Firefly’s creator, received’t be concerned in any respect. Fillion, nonetheless, confirmed of their announcement that they’ve Whedon’s blessing.
Whedon can’t be concerned as a result of he was absolutely cancelled by Hollywood over accusations that he was imply to folks. So, they’ve introduced in Guggenheim to create the animated present alongside along with his spouse, Tara Butters.
Marc Guggenheim is a widely known activist, author, director, and showrunner. He’s the creator of the now-ended DC superhero Arrowverse universe on tv. He’s additionally written characteristic movies, just like the hated Ryan Reynolds model of Inexperienced Lantern. When not working in movie and tv, Guggenheim is closely concerned in protest marches and runs a substack the place he rails in opposition to and condemns individuals who don’t share his political opinions.
Tara Butters labored on the Joss Whedon sequence Dollhouse. Most not too long ago, she was chargeable for the failed The Boys spinoff, Gen V.
They’ve introduced again your entire solid to do voices for the animated sequence. That features Alan Tudyk, whose character was killed off within the Serenity film. It additionally contains Adam Baldwin, who was soft-canceled after being concerned in Gamergate (he got here up with the title) and sharing pro-conservative views.
Beneath is the total announcement from Serenity’s captain, Nathan Fillion.