It's official!  Fox has greenlit a movie based on last year's best (yet ill-fated) TV show, Firefly!  The entire cast is set to return with filming beginning this summer.

If Firefly is so good, why did it fail?  I blame Fox.  Joss Whedon is known for his complex character arcs and storylines taking place over a long stretch of episodes - look at Angel Season 4 which WAS essentially one long episode - so what do they do with the new show by this man?  They air the episodes out of order!  That's right, they started with the second episode, skipping the pilot, and mixed from there.  Heck, the LAST episode they showed was the pilot!

I got the box set of the series off of Amazon when it came out - I highly recommend any fan of shows like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, sci-fi, Cowboy Bebop, The Dead Zone or similar check it out.

Plus, hey, a space western with a balladic theme song written by its creator.  It's so weird you can't help but love it.