"Serenity (2005 film) Serenity is a 2005 American science fiction action film written and directed by Joss Whedon. It is a continuation of Whedon's short-lived 2002 Fox television series ""Firefly"" and stars the same cast, taking place after the events of the final episode. Set in 2517, ""Serenity"" is the story of the captain and crew of ""Serenity"", a """"Firefly""-class"" spaceship. The captain and first mate are veterans of the Unification War, having fought on the losing Independent side against the Alliance. Their lives of smuggling and cargo-running are interrupted by a psychic passenger who harbors a dangerous secret. The"
"worsened. The series was canceled after only six one-hour episodes were broadcast, with two additional episodes produced but not broadcast at the time except in isolated cases in the US. Due to its short run, the series is not often found in syndication, but the Sci-Fi Channel did include it as part of a rotation of short-lived series, including broadcasting the previously unaired episodes. An edited down version of the miniseries has aired as a syndicated television movie. Originally conceived by Frank Lupo in 1987 with the title ""Invader"", NBC ordered a four-hour mini-series for broadcast on May 8, 1988"
"premiered in the United States on Fox in September 2002. The episodes were aired out of the intended order. Although Whedon had designed the show to run for seven years, low ratings resulted in cancellation by Fox in December 2002 after only 11 of the 14 completed episodes had aired in the United States. The three episodes unaired by Fox eventually debuted in 2003 on the Sci Fi Channel in the United Kingdom. Prior to cancellation, some fans, worried about low ratings, formed the ""Firefly"" Immediate Assistance campaign whose goal was to support the production of the show by sending"
"Dollhouse (TV series) Dollhouse is an American science fiction television series created by writer and director Joss Whedon under Mutant Enemy Productions. It premiered on February 13, 2009, on the Fox network and was officially canceled on November 11, 2009. The final episode aired on January 29, 2010. Production wrapped in December 2009, with a total of 27 episodes produced including the original pilot. The show revolves around a corporation running numerous underground establishments (known as ""Dollhouses"") around the globe that program individuals referred to as Actives (or Dolls) with temporary personalities and skills. Wealthy clients hire Actives from Dollhouses"
"they will likely continue their pursuit in retribution for getting the word out. ""Serenity"" takes off with River as Mal's new pilot. The film is based on ""Firefly"", a television series canceled by the Fox Broadcasting Company in December 2002, after 11 of its 14 produced episodes had aired. Attempts to have other networks acquire the series failed, and creator Joss Whedon started to sell it as a film. He had been working on a film script since the show's cancellation. Shortly after the cancellation, he contacted Barry Mendel, who was working with Universal Studios, and ""flat-out asked him"" for"
"would be writing every episode. In 2006, Ellis was hired to develop a science-fiction television series for AMC titled ""Dead Channel"", but the project was put on hiatus. The series followed a television network executive who discovers the existence of aliens and decides to turn the discovery into a reality show. ""Listener"", a near-future science fiction novel, was planned as Ellis' next book after ""Crooked Little Vein."" The novel has since been lost and cancelled. ""Wastelanders"", a web-based ""end-of-the-world"" collaboration with director Joss Whedon, was postponed due to Whedon's work on ""The Avengers"". Ellis and British producer Vivek Tiwary developed"
"movies, but not the Universal television series, and was limited to using only characters that had appeared in those movies. Its first episode was broadcast on Thursday, September 29, at 9 p.m. against """" on CBS, ""The Apprentice"" on NBC and the 2005 MLB playoffs on Fox. ""Night Stalker"" was canceled after six episodes due to low ratings. However, the Sci-Fi Channel (now known as Syfy), which frequently shows canceled network genre shows, showed all ten filmed episodes during summer 2006. The ratings were poor on SciFi Channel as well. In 2007, the show continued in rotation on the network's"
"in one 30-minute episode each. Most of the three-chapter stories were edited into feature-length films for television and of those some were renamed as shown below. Two of the edited movies, ""Manhunt in Space"" and ""Crash of the Moons"", were lampooned on the cult hit comedy show ""Mystery Science Theater 3000"". All of the episodes are available on DVD and VHS. Rocky Jones, Space Ranger Rocky Jones, Space Ranger is an American science fiction television serial originally broadcast in syndication from February to November 1954. The show lasted for only two seasons and, though syndicated sporadically, dropped into obscurity. Because"
"are some exceptions; ""Doctor Who"" coverage was put into permanent hiatus after the 2nd season; Glark commented on the action of moving the show to permanent hiatus that ""If you want to know what Bit Torrent is, ask a Doctor Who fan"". The full ""Doctor Who"" threaded forum was retained though moved into the Sci-Fi show category, and remains fully active with moderation. As of now, the 2005 remake of """" holds the record for the shortest run on TWoP, having been put on Permanent Hiatus after only one recap, although the 2005 series ""Sex, Love & Secrets"" was expunged"
"the version presented on screen. Fans had hoped that if ""Serenity"" had been successful, it might lead either to sequel or a film trilogy. The first major sequel rumor began on December 1, 2005, when IGN Filmforce reported that Universal had expressed an interest in making a ""Serenity"" television movie for broadcast on the Sci-Fi Channel. It was expected that commissioning of a television sequel would be contingent on strong DVD sales of ""Serenity"". In a January 2006 interview, Whedon doubted the chances of a sequel. On October 1, 2006, Whedon posted a comment to the Whedonesque.com website, debunking a"
"The Whispers (TV series) The Whispers is an American television science fiction drama series created and co-executive produced by Soo Hugh with executive producers Steven Spielberg, Justin Falvey, Darryl Frank and Dawn Olmstead for ABC Studios. It is based loosely on the 1951 Ray Bradbury short story ""Zero Hour"" from ""The Illustrated Man"". The pilot episode was ordered to series on May 8, 2014, and debuted on ABC on June 1, 2015. On October 19, 2015, ABC canceled the series after one season. A series of accidents occur around children, who all communicate with the same invisible and seemingly imaginary"
"show, it will usually broadcast it as a television movie to recoup some of the costs even if the network chooses to not order the show to series. Often a successful series may spawn a television movie sequel after ending its run. For example, """" launched the science fiction series ""Babylon 5"" and is considered to be distinct from the show's regular run of one-hour episodes. ""Babylon 5"" also has several made-for-TV movie sequels set within the same fictional continuity. The 2003 remake of ""Battlestar Galactica"" began as a two-part miniseries that later continued as a weekly television program. Another"
"cancelled ""Enterprise"" at the end of its fourth season. ""Enterprise"" aired its final episode on May 13, 2005. Fan groups, ""Save ""Enterprise"""", attempted to save the series and tried to raise $30 million to privately finance a fifth season of ""Enterprise"". Though the effort garnered considerable press, the fan drive failed to save the series. The cancellation of ""Enterprise"" ended an eighteen-year continuous production run of ""Star Trek"" programming on television. The poor box office performance in 2002 of the film """", cast an uncertain light upon the future of the franchise. Paramount relieved Berman, the franchise producer, of control"
"sent to look for a cure beyond Earth itself. ""To Live and Die in Starlight"", also known as ""Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers"", was intended as the pilot for the series of the same (""Legend of the Rangers"") name, but since the show was never picked up, it is now considered to be the sixth and last ""Babylon 5"" telefilm. The spin-off series ""Crusade"" ran on TNT for 13 episodes, having been set up by the TV film ""A Call to Arms"". The production team received help from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to ensure that the series depicted"
"production budget by 146%, with programming production costs running in the range of $175 million to $200 million by 2000. That year, TNT took over production of the fifth and final season of ""Babylon 5"" from the Prime Time Entertainment Network after the ad-hoc syndication block ceased operations. The following year, TNT produced the ""Babylon 5"" spinoff series ""Crusade"", which was canceled after 13 episodes, as TNT management decided that science fiction did not fit the channel's brand identity. In 2001, TNT debuted what became its most successful original series at the time, ""Witchblade"", which ran for two seasons, ending"
"a shot of pieces of what was once Earth floating through space, followed by a blank screen reading simply, Extinction. Annihilation Earth Annihilation Earth is a 2009 science fiction television film for Syfy, directed by Nick Lyon, written by Rafael Jordan, and starring Luke Goss, Marina Sirtis, and Colin Salmon. It follows the attempts by an energy scientist to determine the causes of a deadly explosion at a particle collider and mitigate its aftereffects. It premiered on December 12, 2009. According to the IMDB review, the film was criticised for its tragic ending, where humanity went into extinction thanks to"
"one of the best canceled series in history"". In the episode, ""Martin Lloyd has come to the S.G.C. [Stargate Command] because even though 'Wormhole X-Treme!' was canceled after three episodes, it did so well on DVD they're making a feature [film]"". The follow-up film, ""Serenity"", was voted the best science fiction movie of all time in an ""SFX"" magazine poll of 3,000 fans. ""Firefly"" was later ranked #25 on ""TV Guide""s Top Cult Shows Ever. The name for the Google beta app Google Wave was inspired by this TV series. In an interview on February 17, 2011, with ""Entertainment Weekly"","
"episode in various locations on future Earth as they search for the mythical place known as ""Sanctuary"". Logan and Jessica are also assisted in each episode by an android called Rem (Donald Moffat) who did not appear in the film version. The series lasted only 14 episodes before it was cancelled. The series depicted Logan and Jessica escaping from the City of Domes only to be pursued by Francis (Randolph Powell) and various other Sandmen. Traveling in a futuristic hovercraft-like vehicle which they find in an abandoned building in the remains of Washington DC, they embark on a trek through"
"A television series of the same name, covering events that take place after the film, debuted on September 22, 2015, but was cancelled after one season. Eddie Morra is a struggling author living in New York City. His girlfriend Lindy, frustrated with his lack of progress on his book contract, breaks up with him. Eddie later encounters Vernon, the brother of his ex-wife Melissa, who gives Eddie a sample of a new nootropic called NZT-48. Returning to his apartment, Eddie takes the drug and discovers he now has perfect recollection of everything he has ever read and has refined his"
"was canceled shortly afterward. A few years after its cancellation, the radio series ""X Minus One"" (a 1955 revival of ""Dimension X"") debuted, sharing a similar relationship with ""Galaxy Science Fiction"". Four of the fifteen ""Tales of Tomorrow"" stories were later adapted for ""X Minus One"": ""The Stars Are the Styx"", ""The Moon Is Green"", ""The Girls from Earth"", and ""The Old Die Rich"". Most of the TV episodes are in the United States public domain. Additionally, five of the surviving radio series episodes are now in the public domain in the United States and available for free download at"
"1995. The first was a novelization of the two-part premiere. The remaining two were original stories. Earth 2 (TV series) Earth 2 is an American science fiction television series which aired on NBC from November 6, 1994 to June 4, 1995. The show was canceled after one season of 21 episodes. It follows the journey and settlement of a small expeditionary group called the Eden Project, with the intent to journey to an Earth-like planet called G889 in an attempt to find a cure to an illness called ""the syndrome"". The series was created by Michael Duggan, Carol Flint, Mark"
"its short run, ""Virtual Storm,"" an online community, lobbied Fox to develop a movie featuring the cast and crew of VR.5, but the project was dropped after the scripting stage. VR.5 VR.5 is an American science-fiction television series first broadcast on the Fox network from March 10 to May 12, 1995. Ten of its thirteen episodes were aired during its original run. The title of the show refers to the degree of immersion the protagonist experiences in virtual reality. Prior to the events of the series, Sydney Bloom was the daughter of Dr. Joseph Bloom, a computer scientist who was"
"episodes (although 14 episodes had been filmed, and 11 of them were actually aired—8 more after the cancellation announcement had been made). The high number of DVDs of these episodes that sold afterwards justified making a feature film based on the series, ""Serenity"". (""Firefly"" is again referenced when Lloyd refuses to use footage from the ""Wormhole X-Treme"" series for the movie, saying that ""it's a movie, not a clip show."" This is an allusion to Joss Whedon's insistence that the movie Firefly would not use footage from the original series because it is ""not a clip show"".) In addition, one"
"its crew take up the task of leading the small fugitive fleet of survivors into space in search of a fabled thirteenth colony known as Earth. The series spawned the prequel spin-off TV series ""Caprica"", which aired for one season in 2010. Another spin-off, """", was released in November 2012 as a web series of ten 10-minute episodes, and aired on February 10, 2013 on Syfy as a televised movie. ""Battlestar Galactica"" continued from the 2003 miniseries to chronicle the journey of the last surviving humans from the Twelve Colonies of Kobol, after their nuclear annihilation by the Cylons. The"
"November. British shows have tended toward shorter series in recent years. For example, the first series of long-running science fiction show ""Doctor Who"" in 1963 featured forty-two 25‑minute episodes, this dropped to twenty-five by 1970 to accommodate changes in production and continued to 1984. For 1985 fewer but longer episodes were shown, but even after a return to shorter episodes in 1986, lack of support within the BBC meant fewer episodes were commissioned leading to only fourteen 25‑minute episodes up to those in 1989 after which it was cancelled. The revival of ""Doctor Who"" from 2005 has comprised thirteen 45‑minute"
"January 2010. Moore contributed to the pilot made-for-TV movie, then handed off control to new head writer Jane Espenson. Syfy abruptly canceled the show mid-run on October 27, 2010, before its first season had finished airing, citing low ratings. The remaining five episodes, of the twenty produced for season one, were burned off in a marathon on January 4, 2011. In April 2009, Moore, along with several other ""Battlestar Galactica"" alumni, made a cameo appearance in the """" episode ""A Space Oddity."" The episode was directed by Michael Nankin (who directed a number of Galactica episodes), written by Bradley Thompson"
""""" screenwriter Joss Whedon previously wrote an script for the film, but Sigourney Weaver disliked it. Cameron also discussed his possible return as director for the installment, but he finally decided to only work on the project as writer and producer (due the fact that he worked on the film's story). Weaver was attached to reprise her role as Ellen Ripley. However, the project was finally shelved by 20th Century Fox (since they felt that they would ruin the franchise with a fifth film) due the production of the spin-off ""Prometheus"" and ""Alien vs. Predator"" was released in 2004 instead,"
"for her share of Damon's estate, leading to a storyline that would span the show's first five episodes. The show initially rated well but executives were somewhat alarmed by a major drop in the show's audience in the first five minutes of the first episode (believed to be the result of the kiss between Damon and Ryan). Within weeks ratings had dropped to the point where the show was placed in a later timeslot. A few weeks later, the show was taken off air entirely, after ten episodes had been screened. The show was not brought back until late 1997,"
"CGI for its special effects. ""Babylon 5"" was produced and broadcast for 5 seasons completing Stracynski's planned story arc. Its sequel, ""Crusade"", was produced for the TNT Network, however it ended with only 13 episodes. Production was halted before the first episode aired. He wrote the outlines for nine of the canonical ""Babylon 5"" novels, supervised the three produced ""B5"" telefilm novelizations (""In the Beginning"", ""Thirdspace"", and ""A Call to Arms""), and is the author of four ""Babylon 5"" short stories published in magazines, not yet reprinted (). In 2005, Straczynski began publishing his ""Babylon 5"" scripts. This process ended"
"though 10 further episodes had been filmed. Michael Landon made an appearance on ""The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson"" on March 10, 1989 and explained the series' cancellation. One further ""Highway To Heaven"" episode was broadcast on March 21, but again the series was not scheduled on a regular basis. Finally, the nine remaining season 5 episodes were aired in a Friday timeslot in the summer of 1989 beginning June 2. The series finale (which was a Christmas-themed episode) aired on August 4. The finale did not resolve any ongoing character situations, leaving the possibility of further episodes. However, even"
"of his crew, still unclothed. Wash and Zoe are shocked by the captain's brazenness, but Kaylee cheerfully congratulates Mal as the ship lifts off from the desert. Trash (Firefly) ""Trash"" is the eleventh episode of the science fiction television series ""Firefly"" created by Joss Whedon. It is the first of three episodes that were not broadcast in the original 2002 Fox run. Mal's ""wife"" Saffron convinces him to help her steal a valuable artifact, but the crew of ""Serenity"" suspects foul play. The episode opens in a desert, where a naked Mal sits on a rock, staring into the distance"
"fifth season. Fans were wildly upset and began campaigning en-masse to the Sci-Fi Channel. The Sci-Fi Channel then committed to making the three-hour mini-series """" to wrap up the show. Brian Henson directed the mini-series with O'Bannon and his friend David Kemper writing and Executive Producing. The cancellation of ""Farscape"" has been lamented and noted as a blunder for the Sci-Fi Channel. O'Bannon almost immediately then sold ""The Triangle"" to the Sci-Fi Channel which he wrote and executive produced with Bryan Singer and Dean Devlin. ""The Triangle"" aired to stellar ratings and was a critical success. He then sold his"
"and that his life is now defined by her. Despite the script stating that Dobson is killed by Mal, Joss Whedon had planned to bring the character back. Although the series was cancelled, Dobson coming back for revenge was a key part of the plot in """", a three-issue comic book miniseries intended to bridge the television series and the movie ""Serenity"". As Joss Whedon points out in the commentary for this episode, every show he does is ""about creating family"". To achieve the sense of family, he centers some action around a dinner scene at a table, and directs"