Nathan Fillion’s big Firefly tease has been revealed as a new animated series set between the original live-action TV show and the Serenity movie — but there’s a catch.
Fillion and members of the original cast announced the series during a panel at Awesome Con in Washington D.C., where concept art of the lineup was also shown. Gina Torres, Jewel Staite, Morena Baccarin, Sean Maher, Summer Glau, and Adam Baldwin will reprise their roles. Ron Glass, who played the Shepherd Book, died in 2016 aged 71.
While a showrunning team has been assembled and a script has been completed, the Firefly animated series isn’t a done deal yet. It will be taken out to buyers in a bid to find a streaming home, with Firefly creator Joss Whedon not involved.
Fillion, who plays Captain Mal Reynolds in Firefly, had hyped up fans with a number of social media posts that sparked hope of a series return over 20 years after it was canceled. Now the word is out there, Fillion took to social media again to say “we’re going to try to bring back Firefly.” He added that he has Joss Whedon’s “blessing,” and rights holders 20th Century Studios / Disney “got excited” and said “yes.” Fillion has two showrunners in place: married writing-producing team Marc Guggenheim (DC’s Arrow, Flash) and Tara Butters (Agent Carter, Dollhouse), who met through Firefly. ShadowMachine is in place as animation studio.
