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Friday Fun Thread for March 13, 2026

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Nathan Fillion announced on Instagram that a second Firefly season is in development. It's a cult classic/niche hit. Has at least a million dedicated fans, which is an unfortunate amount. Disney Plus, which holds the rights at the moment, would probably need the number of fans to be in the 10s of millions to consider beginning production. It sounds like Disney was open to Fillion bringing the rights somewhere else so maybe he could manage a low budget thing on Crunchy roll but I don't feel like that's his goal.

I always felt that Firefly would make a good fan-funded high-quality podcast serialized story, like The Magnus Archives. This is a little ambitious but we will see how it goes. If you think Firefly has more than 1 million fans, prove it by liking the Instagram post. We will see how it shakes out.

I'm a huge Firefly fan, but I hope this doesn't go anywhere. In the list of shows brought back from the dead, it's rare to see a successful one. Twin Peaks, Arrested Development, Futurama, X-Files, all terrible after they were brought back. The final season of Community was good, but I attribute that to no time having passed after it got dropped by the network.

Twin Peaks, Arrested Development, Futurama, X-Files, all terrible after they were brought back.

I agree with the latter 3, but I cite The Return as one of the few examples of a successful show resurrection.

I can understand disliking The Return on the grounds that it is arguably even weirder and/or "differently vibed" than the original show but I'm still glad it got made. "THIS IS WHAT WE DO IN THE FBI" cracks me up every time I think of it.

Nathan Fillion announced on Instagram that a second Firefly season is in development.

WHAT.

In development does not mean in production. He has approval from the rights holder (20th Century Fox/Disney) and the original show runner (Wheadon). He has the original cast and one of the show runners from Dollhouse on board. He has a script for at least the first episode of season 2. He has an animation studio that has declared interest.

It doesn't sound like he has money. Or as he puts it, "a home." But really it's the money needed to begin production which would be provided in the place where it will be distributed (these days a streaming service). Disney has first dibs, but would somewhere like Apple or Amazon pick it up? One thing that would encourage such a move would be to prove there are still fans out there, in sufficient quantities to make it worth it. Hence the hype campaign right now.

If the hype does not explode, this will go nowhere.

I mean, Firefly fans are legendary for their influence, from the full page Thank You ad to managing to help get the Big Damn Movie the green light, they've delivered. I'm sure they'll signal boost this as much as possible, but I personally had no idea that there was still even a torch to be carried for a second season to get this far!

As much as I would have given for a second season 20 years ago, I think that ship has sailed. The crew are old now. Nobody wants to see middle aged actors hobbling around pretending to be space pirates. Disney already ruined the real Han Solo. Don't let them ruin cult classic knockoff Han Solo too.

The crew are old now. Nobody wants to see middle aged actors hobbling around pretending to be space pirates.

Eh. There's definitely a show to be made with that concept. Not sure if the Serenity crew are the right ones for it tho.

Like nobody will ever do season 3 of Rome. WIth Ray Stevenson dead and John Milius as good as dead, what would be the point?

Rome's cancellation: one of the greatest crimes against quality TV enjoyers.

I honestly, really, actually, in truth and fact, just completely stopped watching TV at all after Rome. I had seen the best and wanted no more of all else.

That's why it's an animated series, I expect.

But like I said, I thought a podcast audio drama would be the best possibility.

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