Note: JW and cast members of Serenity will be at WonderCon (Moscone
Center) Feb. 19. Expect Whedon to be mobbed--his current comic,
Astonishing X-Men, is maybe THE hottest title on the shelves. And,
yeah, it's really good. Really, really good. Don't get me started on
the Johnny Storm/Wolverine/Reed Richards exchange in the current
issue--it's pure Joss.
> In an interview with the CHUD website, BUFFY creator Joss Whedon
> discussed the challenges of adapting his cancelled Fox sci-fi series
> FIREFLY into the upcoming feature film SERENITY.
>
> Its incredibly hard, Whedon said. Building a story that doesnt
> repeat or contradict what weve already done, that satisfies the fans
> and yet is really made for people whove never seen the show, is
> incredibly tricky. There are pitfalls everywhere. Its the hardest
> story Ive ever had to structure. Writing these people is the easiest
> thing in the world because I know them so well. The other thing is
> the TV show is built around slow development of character; movies are
> built around momentum. Theyre very different things. So you have to
> let some things drop and you have to speed some things up and you
> sort of have to know which ones are which.
>
> Asked if the film recreates the series extensive backstory, Whedon
> replied, Yes, to an extent. It has a different way of telling the
> same story. We do Rivers troubles with the Alliance and her
> integration into the group. We dont repeat the first time they meet
> or anything like that, but we get the information in a new way.
>
> An edgy, sci-fi/western that sometimes felt more western than sci-fi,
> FIREFLY followed a rag-tag crew aboard a rusting hulk of a spaceship
> as they eke out an existence in a rough and sometimes brutal future.
> The show aired while Whedon had two other series on the air, BUFFY
> and the BUFFY spinoff ANGEL. Whedon doesnt currently have any series
> in production and recently shut down his production company, Mutant
> Enemy, but fans will be glad to hear hes eager to return to TV.
>
> I am totally prepared to go back to TV, Whedon said. Not 24/7 as I
> did in the first years of BUFFY, but now Ive learned enough about
> surrounding yourself with the right people and delegating that I can
> actually run a show without ruining my life. TV is a medium that I
> love in a very different way than I love movies. The things that I
> cant do in this movie are the smaller moments, the long, protracted
> interaction, the things that make TV really fascinating, watching
> people change over the years. Ive waited my whole life to make
> movies, but movies dont do that. I could either write novels that
> are way too long or make TV. And I cant write novels that are long.
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