[-January-]

Acording to this article a friend just sent me. Joss Whedon creator of Firefly and Serenity as well as the cult classic TV version of Buffy the Vampire Slayer still has a lot on his plate. While working on the script for the new Wonder Woman Movie (hell yes!) But what i am more excited about is when he mentions some straight to dvd movies about the characters in Buffy and he even mentions spike in paticular... *crosses fingers*

Joss Whedon Interview Entertainment Weekly (click here)

[Joshua]

holy !

I can't wait... Gah, now I'm not going to sleep until it come out. Spike was my favorite character from Buffy...

[Jason Vines]

Magazine article said:

Alas, Whedon's fond memories are also tainted by Serenity's status as a franchise nonstarter; despite Universal's best marketing efforts, the film only mustered $25 million.

First of all, Universal hardly expended its "best marketing efforts" for Serenity. It advertised on a few science fiction and Firefly sites; in other words, places whose readers were already going to see the movie. But Serenity didn't have a big ad campaign; a lot of people didn't know about it.

Also, Serenity's actors didn't go on the major talk shows, which puzzled me. Nathan Fillion (Captain Reynolds) and Alan Tudyk (Wash) are charismatic and funny, and Morena Baccarin (Inara) is gorgeous. Audiences would have loved them, making more people see the movie.

Secondly, the $25 million figure is a lie at which one could only arrive by considering American totals. But America isn't the world! I have news for the yahoos who consider American grosses exclusively: The rest of the world isn't using Monopoly money; they use real money, just as we do. And around the globe, Serenity made back its production budget. It was even the number one movie in Britain.

Serenity did very well considering it had no big name actors or hyperexpensive effects. What it had was an amazing story, but that doesn't put butts in the seats. I found that out when I was trying to encourage people to go see Serenity. Over the long run, though, I believe Serenity's quality will drive stellar DVD sales. That might convince Universal to commission a sequel (which, hopefully, Universal would genuinely advertise!).

This post has been edited by Jason Vines: 17 December 2005 - 07:31 PM

[-January-]

Jason Vines, on Dec 17 2005, 07:24 PM, said:

Magazine article said:

Alas, Whedon's fond memories are also tainted by Serenity's status as a franchise nonstarter; despite Universal's best marketing efforts, the film only mustered $25 million.

First of all, Universal hardly expended its "best marketing efforts" for Serenity. It advertised on a few science fiction and Firefly sites; in other words, places whose readers were already going to see the movie. But Serenity didn't have a big ad campaign; a lot of people didn't know about it.

So true..the other thing was they did such a horrible timing job with the show it left the only people who did see it barely the kinda people that would support such a show or movie i am kidna upset about that deal it slike oh why help the creator of Buffy the vampire slayer, it was an awesome show that generated tons of revenue!!.

[Jason Vines]

Star*Crossed, on Dec 19 2005, 11:47 PM, said:

Jason Vines, on Dec 17 2005, 07:24 PM, said:

Magazine article said:

Alas, Whedon's fond memories are also tainted by Serenity's status as a franchise nonstarter; despite Universal's best marketing efforts, the film only mustered $25 million.

First of all, Universal hardly expended its "best marketing efforts" for Serenity. It advertised on a few science fiction and Firefly sites; in other words, places whose readers were already going to see the movie. But Serenity didn't have a big ad campaign; a lot of people didn't know about it.

So true..the other thing was they did such a horrible timing job with the show it left the only people who did see it barely the kinda people that would support such a show or movie i am kidna upset about that deal it slike oh why help the creator of Buffy the vampire slayer, it was an awesome show that generated tons of revenue!!.

Remember, though, Universal had nothing to do with the television show. That was Fox's deal. I agree, however, Fox screwed up royally, airing the episodes out of order and not showing the first episode until the end. What did they think would happen other than low ratings?

This post has been edited by Jason Vines: 20 December 2005 - 12:00 AM