Okay, Browncoats, it’s time to rejoice! After weeks of Nathan Fillion dropping teasers with the Firefly cast, suggesting some kind of continuation of the beloved TV series and spinoff movie Serenity, the long-awaited announcement was finally made today at Awesome Con! Fillion confirms that a Firefly animated series is in the works and being shopped to buyers right now.
Fillion will be joined by original cast members Alan Tudyk, Gina Torres, Jewel Staite, Morena Baccarin, Sean Maher, Adam Baldwin, and Summer Glau who are expected to voice their roles. Deadline reports Marc Guggenheim and Tara Butters will act as writers and showrunners.
So if you’re asking yourself how Tudyk can return when his character, starship pilot Wash, was killed in Serenity? The series will chronologically fit between the end of the original series run and the 2005 movie.
One person whose name you won’t see is creator Joss Whedon, who will have nothing to do with the show. He’s pretty much vanished from Hollywood after multiple allegations of being a jerkwad on Justice League, Agents of SHIELD, and other projects. Many of those allegations stem from actresses, putting a hammer to the man who fronted iconic female-fronted shows such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Dollhouse.
It remains to be seen where this new Firefly animated series will call home, but hopefully one will be found soon.
