{"id":2330339,"date":"2026-03-16T02:04:44","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T02:04:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2330339"},"modified":"2026-03-16T02:04:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T02:04:44","slug":"firefly-being-resurrected-with-a-new-series-joss-whedon-not-involved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/firefly-being-resurrected-with-a-new-series-joss-whedon-not-involved\/","title":{"rendered":"Firefly Being Resurrected With A New Series, Joss Whedon Not Involved"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Nathan Fillion and the cast of <em>Firefly<\/em> have been teasing all week that a big <em>Firefly<\/em> announcement was coming, and now it\u2019s here. They\u2019re resurrecting the iconic, cancelled television show as an animated series. Maybe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">As Fillion outlined in his announcement, they don\u2019t actually have a distributor. Only the rights to make it and a creative team headed up by a man named Marc Guggenheim. Joss Whedon, <em>Firefly\u2019s<\/em> creator, won\u2019t be involved at all. Fillion, however, confirmed in their announcement that they have Whedon\u2019s blessing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Whedon can\u2019t be involved because he was <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.giantfreakinrobot.com\/ent\/king-of-nerds.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:fully cancelled;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;fully cancelled&quot;}\" class=\"link \">fully cancelled<\/a> by Hollywood over accusations that he was mean to people. So, they\u2019ve brought in Guggenheim to create the animated show along with his wife, Tara Butters.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>strange world firefly<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Marc Guggenheim is a well-known activist, writer, director, and showrunner. He is the creator of the now-ended <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.giantfreakinrobot.com\/topic\/dc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:DC;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;DC&quot;}\">DC<\/a> superhero <em>Arrowverse<\/em> universe on television. He\u2019s also written feature films, like the hated Ryan Reynolds version of <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.giantfreakinrobot.com\/topic\/green-lantern\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Green Lantern;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Green Lantern&quot;}\">Green Lantern<\/a><\/em>. When not working in film and television, Guggenheim is heavily involved in protest marches and runs <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/marcguggenheim.substack.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:a substack;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;a substack&quot;}\" class=\"link \">a substack<\/a> where he rails against and condemns people who don\u2019t share his political views.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Tara Butters worked on the Joss Whedon series <em>Dollhouse<\/em>. Most recently, she was responsible for the failed <em>The Boys<\/em> spinoff, <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.giantfreakinrobot.com\/topic\/the-boys-gen-v\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Gen V;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Gen V&quot;}\">Gen V<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">They\u2019ve brought back the entire cast to do voices for the animated series. That includes Alan Tudyk, whose character was killed off in the Serenity movie. It also includes Adam Baldwin, who was soft-canceled after being involved in Gamergate (<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tech.yahoo.com\/gaming\/articles\/decade-old-flame-war-made-203500481.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:he came up with the name;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;he came up with the name&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">he came up with the name<\/a>) and sharing pro-conservative views.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Below is the full announcement from Serenity\u2019s captain, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.giantfreakinrobot.com\/topic\/nathan-fillion\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Nathan Fillion;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Nathan Fillion&quot;}\">Nathan Fillion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nathan Fillion and the cast of Firefly have been teasing all week that a big Firefly announcement was coming, and now it\u2019s here. They\u2019re resurrecting the iconic, cancelled television show as an animated series. Maybe. As Fillion outlined in his announcement, they don\u2019t actually have a distributor. Only the rights to make it and a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2330340,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[352082,25901,341703,403214,327255,24207,451570,347204],"class_list":["post-2330339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-animated-series","tag-announcement","tag-joss-whedon","tag-marc-guggenheim","tag-nathan-fillion","tag-ryan-reynolds","tag-tara-butters","tag-television-show"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Firefly-Being-Resurrected-With-A-New-Series-Joss-Whedon-Not.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2330339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2330339"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2330339\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2330341,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2330339\/revisions\/2330341"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2330340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2330339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2330339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2330339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}