"Serenity" countdown!!!

[Movieman]

Yeah, although it was more a story than a trailer, that is a kinda high rating show so the publicity is good.

It gets better cos the trailer debuts in Australian cinemas as of tomorrow (July 28th). With what film I don't know, but the popular guess is with The Island.

[Granite]

62 Days!!!!

Serenity Movie website has been redone - lots of cool colors!!!

www.serenitymovie.com

[IceGambit]

I like the new look of the website. The second trailer was much better than the first one - I was a little disapointed with the first as it seem a little too rushed and sloppy. Except for Jayne's "Let's be bad guys." But this new one is terrific. This and Movieman's comments are getting my thinking positively about Serenity again.

I checked out the Firefly airing on SciFi the other day, to make sure they were in the proper order this time, and saw that they weren't in widescreen! Within 90 seconds of watching the second half of the pilot, at least four shots were visibly cropped/damaged by this decision. Whedon even talks about how important the widescreen is to the show in his DVD commentary! If you are gonna air them, air them right!

[Granite]

47 Days!!!

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From Fireflyfans.net

Entertainment Weekly quotes a Universal exec saying that Serenity will have to make over 80 million dollars in order to be considered for sequels. If it does not make 80 million than Serenity will be all we get.

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I'm assuming 80 million US in domestic gross. Another post gives a look at the possible competition....
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From Fireflyfans.net

...On Sept 23rd
Tim Burton's the Corpse Bride (which I kinda expect to tank)
Waiting (A Comedy with Ryan Reynolds and Anna faris. Probably not much staying power)

Sept 30th
Serenity
The Greatest Game Ever Played (A feel-good Disney Golf movie. Like anyone is going to see that).

Oct 7
In Her Shoes (A Cameron Diaz comedy)
Two For the Money (Al Pacino drama)

Both not a big threat to Serenity (if base don genre alone).

Oct 14
Elizabethtown (Orlando Bloom among others)
Domino (Keira Knightley). These could cut into Serenity a bit, which is why I predicted a bigger drop off.

Oct 21
Jennifer Aniston and Kurt Russel have separate movies coming out, in addition to Doom. This is the weekend I see Serenity really tailing off....

[IceGambit]

I read that Entertainment Weekly article, and I thought the number was absurd! I would never expect Serenity to take in that much in U.S. theatrical gross. Probably worldwide, then yes, but the fact remains that most people go see movies because of the actors in them, and Serenity has a bunch of no-names (granted a bunch of terrific no-names, but no one but us knows that.)

Hopefully Universal meant along with DVD sales, because those will be stronger. I have already committed to buy the DVD whether I particularly like the movie or not. (I want to hear the inevitable Whedon commentary.)

Did Universal take such a hit from Cinderella Man that it needs 80 mill from this little 40 mill movie?

By the way Granite, I would expect Domino to bomb as well. I haven't seen any publicity for it, and we all know how non-Spielberg action flicks do these days.

[Granite]

35 days!!!

There's an interesting new "covert" marketing campaign going on. A bunch of clips have made there way onto the net featuring Summer Glau as River Tam. Joss Whedon also is a voice in one.

Check it out at the following three links

1st released clip
2nd released clip
3rd released clip

[Granite]

14 Days!!!

International Release dates for Serenity
(From IMDB)

Release dates for Serenity (2005)
(Country/Date)
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UK 22 August 2005 (Edinburgh Film Festival)
Ireland 24 August 2005 (Dublin) (premiere)
France 3 September 2005 (Deauville Film Festival)
Sweden 25 September 2005 (Lund Fantastisk Film Festival)
Australia 29 September 2005
USA 30 September 2005
Iceland 7 October 2005
UK 7 October 2005
France 19 October 2005
Switzerland 19 October 2005 (French speaking region)
Spain 21 October 2005
Italy 28 October 2005
Switzerland 28 October 2005 (Italian speaking region)
Belgium 9 November 2005
Mexico 11 November 2005
Sweden 11 November 2005
Argentina 17 November 2005
Hungary 17 November 2005
Netherlands 17 November 2005
Denmark 18 November 2005
Estonia 18 November 2005
Czech Republic 24 November 2005
Germany 24 November 2005
Switzerland 24 November 2005 (German speaking region)
Finland 25 November 2005
Norway 2 December 2005
Turkey 2 December 2005
Peru 29 December 2005

[Kn'thrak]

i can't wait myself. Organising a FireFly marathon the weekend before it comes out with friends. Then... see Serenity again!! Oh yeah... what a rush!!!

[Granite]

12 Days!!!!!

From Scifi.com

Most of the cast of the upcoming SF movie Serenity told SCI FI Wire that they have signed on for two more movies if the film version of Joss Whedon's canceled Fox TV series Firefly is a hit. They include Adam Baldwin, Summer Glau, Sean Maher, Jewel Staite, Gina Torres and Morena Baccarin. Star Nathan Fillion wouldn't say whether he's signed for more films, but writer/director Whedon said that the entire cast would likely return if a sequel is warranted.

As for his ideas for the sequel, Whedon said he was focused only on completing the first movie. "It's very sweet to mention the word sequel," Whedon said in a press conference in Beverly Hills, Calif. "Obviously that's the way my brain works. It continues to tell stories. ... So it's inevitable for me that I do that, and of course I love this universe. I love these people, and I would jump at the chance to do it again. But I couldn't think about that while I was making it, because, ultimately, you have to make [the first one]. ... It's a trilogy if you make two that are so good there's a third. ... Now that I've finished it, ... I think about it all the time. But it don't tell anybody that. Except just now."

Serenity picks up the story of the ragtag crew of a transport ship 400 years in the future as it tries to avoid a menacing central galactic government intent on capturing a fugitive aboard the ship. Whedon said it was a challenge adapting the TV show for the big screen.

"Well, ultimately, you know, that's certainly the hardest job I ever had," Whedon said. "It's a question of opening it up, and it's a question of closing it down. You know, opening it up in the sense of: We need a giant, epic story that is not the kind of thing these people usually get involved in in a TV series, which is more mundane. You need a reason for this to be a movie. ... The closing comes in making sure that it is accessible to everybody: that you explain everybody as much as you need to, that you explain the world as much as you need to, that you begin and you end, that you have an arc for the character, as well as a plot that has a question and then an answer."

Whedon added: "I've actually said once or twice that the difference between TV and movies is that TV shows are a question, and movies are an answer. And so in this we had to have a definitive statement about freedom and humanity and what we need and what we should be allowed to have as people, which is all our flaws. And then I answer that. I make a definitive statement. I put a period or, hopefully, an exclamation point on that, as opposed to just sort of pursuing the question for years, which is what a TV show would do." Serenity is being released by Universal Pictures, which is owned by NBC Universal, which also owns SCIFI.COM. The movie opens Sept. 30.

[Granite]

10 Days!!!

A map of the ship - source

[Granite]

7 Days!!!



Firefly Soundtrack - check www.foxmusic.com!



Serenity Soundtrack - check here

[Granite]

6 Days!!!

Images from the Universal Premire of "Serenity"

[Movieman]

*drools at OSTs*

YES! Fox actually listened and gave us a Firefly soundtrack! A must buy! As is the Serenity OST.

Only 4 Days down under!

[Kn'thrak]

YES.. finally can own the credits intro song!!! Almost finished watching FireFly with my dad just in time to see it this weekend! I'm planning to see it atleast minimim 3 times. Thursday, Saturday and Sunday!

[Granite]

5 Days!!!!!

Check out comingsoon.net's page for serenity - has a lot of links to a lot TV spots