Firefly is getting rebooted as an animated collection

Firefly aired for only one season in 2002 earlier than Fox canceled it. Within the 24 years since, the sci-fi present has skyrocketed in reputation and now followers are lastly getting extra. Nathan Fillion has introduced that an animated Firefly collection is presently in superior growth, Deadline first reported.

Fillion shared the information at AwesomeCon throughout a stay taping of his podcast As soon as We Had been Spacemen together with his Firefly co-stars Gina Torres, Morena Baccarin, Summer season Glau, Sean Maher, Jewel Staite and Alan Tudyk. Tudyk co-hosts the podcast, wherein the duo look again at their careers and interview previous coworkers. Every of the actors current at AwesomeCon are anticipated to voice the animated variations of their characters.

This is not a kind of possibly at some point it’ll occur bulletins, with many steps already being taken. The animated reboot is below the course of showrunners Tara Butters (Agent Carter, Reaper) and Marc Guggenheim (DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Arrow) — authentic creator Joss Whedon will not be concerned, however has given his blessing. It has early idea artwork from ShadowMachine, an Oscar- and Emmy-winning animation studio. Fillion is producing the present via Collision33, his manufacturing firm, and with twentieth Tv Animation. There’s even already a script in place.

Based on Fillion, the one factor left is a house for the collection. He and his co-stars took to As soon as We Had been Spacemen‘s Instagram to supply extra particulars and implore FireFly followers to point out demand for the reboot.

Firefly came about in 2517, centuries after a common civil conflict. It adopted a gaggle of individuals residing aboard a transport ship, Serenity, flying via the galaxy. In 2005, the present bought a sequel within the type of a film, Serenity.