By Henry Hards
| Revealed
Nathan Fillion and the forged of Firefly have been teasing all week {that a} massive Firefly announcement was coming, and now it’s right here. They’re resurrecting the long-lasting, cancelled tv present as an animated collection. Possibly.
As Fillion outlined in his announcement, they don’t even have a distributor. Solely the rights to make it and a inventive crew headed up by a person named Marc Guggenheim. Joss Whedon, Firefly’s creator, gained’t be concerned in any respect. Fillion, nevertheless, 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 individuals. 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 function 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 towards and condemns individuals who don’t share his political beliefs.
Tara Butters labored on the Joss Whedon collection Dollhouse. Most not too long ago, she was liable for the failed The Boys spinoff, Gen V.
They’ve introduced again all the forged to do voices for the animated collection. 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 complete announcement from Serenity’s captain, Nathan Fillion.
