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Firefly returns to Television

The Sci Fi Channel reports that they have aquired the rights to reruns of the short-lived Fox series Firefly! They plan to air all episodes (including the 3 which never aired on Fox) before the release of Serenity in theatres on September 30th.

Not only will Sci Fi air all of the episodes, they will be shown in the correct chronological order (unlike the butcher job Fox did by starting with episode 3 and ending the run with the pilot...). Sci Fi plans to make them a part of Sci Fi Friday, the lineup of their flagship original series Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis, and Battlestar Galactica. The new season of these shows begins one week earlier on July 15th.

It all starts July 22, with Serenity - Part 1. Browncoats unite!

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Serenity (the Firefly movie) Trailer This Tuesday!

George alerted me to the fact that Joss Whedon himself reported Friday that the theatrical trailer for Serenity will be available exclusively on Apple's website this Tuesday. It will appear the following Friday in theatres.

He points out that the trailer does give away quite a bit, so I will be avoiding it (see our previous discussions to find out why).

Here's an excerpt from Joss' complete post:

"Now, here's a word of warning: this trailer ain't shy. If you're looking to live totally spoiler-free, know that there's plenty of key dialogue and images running through this bad boy. It's pretty tasty, though, and it doesn't give everything away. But close scrutiny will definitely learn you much of what's to come. (Anakin TOTALLY goes evil.) It's a nice piece to while away the time till September, and hopefully should intrigue th' peeps that don't have coats of brown.

The only thing more exciting than y'all finally seeing this was showing it to Nathan. Like a schoolboy giggled he. "

I still can believe the movie won't be showing until September 30th, but at least we're making progress. ~~I'll post a direct link to the trailer as soon as it's available.~~ See the Serenity Trailer HERE!

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Firefly Movie "Serenity" Delayed until September

Say it's not true! I thought it was bad enough having to wait until April... now the studio has tacked on 5 more months. Apparently, the execs are worried that too many movies targeting the same demographic are coming out in April, so theyre gonna flood the theatres with previews all summer and debut the film in September.

You can keep up on Serenity happenings at the unofficial Serenity Movie site. That's where I read this bad news.

The only thing that's gonna save me is that I still have one Firefly episode on my DVD set that I have never seen. Looks like April will be a god time for that...

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