A cheer is heard across the ‘verse as Joss Whedon’s Firefly will fly again beginning March 6, 2011 courtesy of the Science Channel. The cult series will be aired in its original intended order with a special discussion with Sci-Fi Science’s renowned physicist, Dr. Michio Kaku, on the theoretical science involved in the show’s sci-fi elements complimenting each episode.
[Above: Cast of Firefly from left to right – Morena Baccarin, Summer Glau, Alan Tudyk, Sean Maher, Jewel Staite, Nathan Fillion (seated) Ron Glass, Adam Baldwin, Gina Torres]
Nathan Fillion, who played Captain Tightpants… er… Captain Malcolm Reynolds on the show, chatted with EW on the revival of this fan-beloved series:
Q: What was the part about playing the character?
Nathan Fillion: It was my favorite job ever. What wasn’t great about it? I got to wear a low-slung holster. I got to ride horses. I got to have a spaceship. I got to act mean and curmudgeonly. [Creator Joss Whedon] is really good at kicking characters in the nuts so the other characters would have laughs at my expense and that was great too.
Q: If Castle had its series finale tomorrow and Fox said to you and Joss: “We screwed up, let’s try doing Firefly again.” Would you do it?
Nathan Fillion: Yes. Yes. I would examine very closely Fox’s reasoning — I’m a little gun-shy. If I got $300 million from the California Lottery, the first thing I would do is buy the rights to Firefly, make it on my own, and distribute it on the Internet.
Q: What’s the most common thing Firefly fans say to you?
Nathan Fillion: No. 1, “Is there going to be more?” No. 2, “Why was it canceled?”
Q: Why do you think the show has had such an enduring appeal?
Nathan Fillion: It’s a great question. We’re the most story-literate society the world has ever seen. What Joss tends to do is twist story conventions into reality. Whereas the story goes like this, real life goes like this, and that’s what Joss has mastered.
The Science Channel commences its high definition broadcast of Firefly with the two-hour pilot and the first episode on March 6, 2011 beginning at 8/7C and airing every Sunday after that.
[Source] EW
