Firefly aired for only one season in 2002 earlier than Fox canceled it. Within the 24 years since, the sci-fi present has skyrocketed in reputation and now followers are lastly getting extra. Nathan Fillion has introduced that an animated Firefly sequence is presently in superior growth, Deadline first reported.
Fillion shared the information at AwesomeCon throughout a dwell taping of his podcast As soon as We Had been Spacemen along with his Firefly co-stars Gina Torres, Morena Baccarin, Summer season Glau, Sean Maher, Jewel Staite and Alan Tudyk. Tudyk co-hosts the podcast, during which the duo look again at their careers and interview previous coworkers. Every of the actors current at AwesomeCon are anticipated to voice the animated variations of their characters.
This is not a type of perhaps in the future it’s going to occur bulletins, with many steps already being taken. The animated reboot is beneath the course of showrunners Tara Butters (Agent Carter, Reaper) and Marc Guggenheim (DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Arrow) — authentic creator Joss Whedon is just not concerned, however has given his blessing. It has early idea artwork from ShadowMachine, an Oscar- and Emmy-winning animation studio. Fillion is producing the present by Collision33, his manufacturing firm, and with twentieth Tv Animation. There’s even already a script in place.
In response to Fillion, the one factor left is a house for the sequence. He and his co-stars took to As soon as We Had been Spacemen‘s Instagram to supply extra particulars and implore FireFly followers to point out demand for the reboot.
Firefly came about in 2517, centuries after a common civil battle. It adopted a gaggle of individuals residing aboard a transport ship, Serenity, flying by the galaxy. In 2005, the present obtained a sequel within the type of a film, Serenity.
