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can't stop the signal

Serenity is the most hotly-anticipated movie of the year. At least, I have been anticipating it ever since I heard last year that the TV series Firefly was going to be turned into a Big Damn Movie.

The buzz for this movie has been incredible - and has spread entirely through the internet. Think of the promotion for the Blair Witch Project, and raise it to the power of 3.

The TV series Firefly was killed by Fox. They showed it out of order (even showing the premiere episode last), moved the show around in the schedule several times, and basically hid it from whatever fans it had. It was really the fans who kept it alive, and bought up the DVD set in droves.

The writing on the TV show was amazing. Of course, that is to be expected, as Joss Whedon (of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel TV shows, and the writer of Speed and Toy Story) is the creative force behind the show. And now the kind folks at Universal have let Joss put together a movie.



Synopsis:

Joss Whedon, the Oscar® - and Emmy - nominated writer/director responsible for the worldwide television phenomena of BUFFY THE VAMPIRE, ANGEL and FIREFLY, now applies his trademark compassion and wit to a small band of galactic outcasts 500 years in the future in his feature film directorial debut, Serenity. The film centers around Captain Malcolm Reynolds, a hardened veteran (on the losing side) of a galactic civil war, who now ekes out a living pulling off small crimes and transport-for-hire aboard his ship, Serenity. He leads a small, eclectic crew who are the closest thing he has left to family –squabbling, insubordinate and undyingly loyal.

If they let me, I will be attending a preview screening of the movie, along with a bunch of other bloggers, on Tuesday the 27th. Yay for the blogosphere!

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