Browncoats, dust off your coats and warm up the engine room. Nathan Fillion says a Firefly animated series is finally happening — and not in a vague "one day" way. He called it "advanced development."
Fillion dropped the news at Awesome Con during his 'Once We Were Spacemen' podcast panel, flanked by Alan Tudyk, Gina Torres, Jewel Staite, Morena Baccarin, Sean Maher, and Summer Glau. All of them are set to reprise their roles. Adam Baldwin wasn’t at the con, but he’s also expected back as Jayne Cobb.
Who is back on Serenity
- Nathan Fillion as Captain Malcolm 'Mal' Reynolds
- Gina Torres as Zoe Washburne
- Alan Tudyk as Hoban 'Wash' Washburne
- Morena Baccarin as Inara Serra
- Adam Baldwin as Jayne Cobb
- Jewel Staite as Kaylee Frye
- Sean Maher as Dr. Simon Tam
- Summer Glau as River Tam
Yes, that timeline means Wash is very much in play.
Who is making it
The show comes from Fillion’s production outfit Collision33 teamed with 20th Television Animation. Marc Guggenheim (DC's Legends of Tomorrow, Arrow) and Tara Butters (Agent Carter, Reaper) are serving as showrunners, and the scripts are already written. One notable wrinkle: Joss Whedon, who created the original series, is not involved.
Where it fits in the verse
The plan is to set the animated series between the original 2002 TV run and the 2005 movie Serenity. That lets the story expand without breaking what’s already canon. Early concept art has been shared, so this is more than a wish and a prayer.
If you thought Fillion’s cryptic posts all week meant something, you were right — the announcement capped off his little viral tease campaign with exactly the news fans have been waiting on for, well, decades.
"The dedication of Firefly fans has kept this 25-year-old show relevant. Clearly, the return of Firefly is something the fans want. More importantly, it's something they deserve."
Now we wait for the next wave of details — and hopefully a premiere window — while pretending not to refresh our feeds every hour.