Joss Whedon Says Don’t Get Your Hopes Up For a ‘Firefly’ Kickstarter Campaign Just Yet

Posted on Friday, March 15th, 2013 by Angie Han

The successful Kickstarter campaign for the Veronica Mars movie sequel raised all sorts of questions, ranging from whether the show was even still relevant to how this might change the future of film. But for diehard TV lovers, the biggest one of all may have been: What other brilliant-but-cancelled shows can we bring back to life using this method?

One property that quickly came to mind was Joss Whedon‘s Firefly, which lasted just 14 episodes on Fox in 2002. The sci-fi Western has already had one big-screen revival: Universal ponied up for the cinematic follow-up Serenity, only to watch it tank at the box office. But Whedon has continually maintained that he’d “love” to do more Firefly. Now Veronica Mars‘ Kickstarter crowdfunding seems to offer a way he can actually make it happen. So is he going to run with it? Hit the jump to see what he said.

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Sequel Bits: WB Explains Limited HFR Rollout for ‘The Hobbit’, Plus: ‘Jack Ryan’, ‘The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn’, ‘Transformers 4′, ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’

Posted on Friday, November 16th, 2012 by Angie Han

As you head into the weekend, we’ve got a few last sequel-related tidbits to chew on. After the jump:

• Warner Bros. limited The Hobbit‘s 48 fps rollout to “do it right”
• The Hobbit‘s Dori pledges himself to England’s Prince Charles
• Will Breaking Dawn Parts I and II be re-released as one movie?
• Paramount is pushing for Transformers 4 to be set in China
• Keira Knightley says Jack Ryan wraps shooting in December
• Chris Pine has vague comments about Star Trek Into Darkness

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Sequel Bits: ‘Pacific Rim 2,’ ‘G.I. Joe: Retaliation,’ ‘Scream 5,’ Plus ‘Serenity’ Dreams, and Possible ‘Anchorman 2′ and ‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes’ Shoot Dates

Posted on Monday, November 12th, 2012 by Russ Fischer

The sequel news today is partly theoretical, and partly oriented around 3D. After the break, find details on the following items:

• Guillermo del Toro has toyed with a Pacific Rim sequel,
• G.I. Joe: Retaliation producer talks about that film’s late in the game 3D conversion,
• It seems like Scream 5 isn’t happening any time soon, according to Wes Craven,
• a Serenity cast member hopes for a sequel,
• Anchorman 2 may shoot in March, says Judd Apatow,
• and so could Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.

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