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DECEMBER 31 December 2006: Serenity - Reaver Serenity Ornament Dark Horse have released pictures of the new Reaver Serenity Ornament, Serenity in Disguise (pictured - click for larger image), due for release 24 May 2007 priced $24.99. This will be a limited edition advance order only product. There will be no reprints or reorders. You can pre-order the ornament now for just $22.49 at Things From Another World. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 31 December 2006: Buffy Comic Book - Writers Announced In a recent interview with Wizard Universe, Joss Whedon announced the writers that would be coming on board to provide arcs for the forthcoming Buffy Season 8 Comic. They are as follows: From the world of comics: Brian K Vaughan Brad Meltzer Jeph Loeb From the world of Buffy: Jane Espenson Drew Goddard Drew Greenberg Stephen Deknight Joss also annoucned in a post on Whedonesque that Doug Petrie would be joining the list also: "Nice article. It was written before I had a chance to talk to Petrie. He's in. There's other peeps I'd love to have, but a lot of them are busy and I've got to make sure I've got the peeps already named orgabanized. It's very confusing, running a show entirely from one's computer. More revelations to come..." BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 31 December 2006: Big Damn Chefs Cookbook Now Available Big Damn Chefs: The International Browncoat Charity Cookbook is now available to buy as a paperback for $19.95. The cookbook features recipes submitted by Browncoats the world over and includes some celebrity contributions too. You can buy this and some related merchandise at http://www.cafepress.com/breliefcorps BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 31 December 2006: Serenity - The Signal Competition The Signal Podcast are giving away 15 Serenity Alliance money replicas from Quantum Mechanix. The grand prize winner will receive a full uncut sheet of reproduction Serenity money, an unfolded Miranda map and a golden ticket that can be turned in to Quantum Mechanix for an original peice of pre-production Serenity artwork. To find out how to win all this booty you need to listen to episode 23.5 of The Signal which you can download at http://www.serenityfirefly.com. Competition closed on 11th January 2007. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 30 December 2006: Firefly - Muiscal Score Fox are releasing the musical score for Greg Edmondson's wonderful Firefly music in book form. Firefly: Music from the Original Soundtrack is available for pre-order fromAmazon.com for $10.17. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 22 December 2006: Firefly - Screenings at The Parkway The Parkway Speakeasy Theater, 1834 Park Boulevard, Oakland, California will begin showing Firefly on the big screen from 28th December 2006. The first three episodes (Serenity 1 & 2 and The Train Job) will be shown at 9pm and the series will continue with a further three episodes being shown every few months until the whole series has been shown. Admission is just $5.00 and includes Niska's You Bet Your Life! quiz. For more details go to www.parkway-speakeasy.com. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 22 December 2006: The Bronzer Cookbook The Bronzer Cookbook is now available and ready to buy either as a download or a paperback book. The book contains a collection of recipes from the posters at The Bronze:Beta with contributions from the producers and writers of Buffy and Angel. You can purchase the .pdf download for £2.07 or the book for £11.34 at www.lulu.com. All proceeds go to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 14 December 2006: Firefly & Buffy - Direct2Drive Downloads Fox has made Firefly and Buffy Season 1 and 2 available for download at Direct2Drive. Firefly is available for $24.95 for the full season, Buffy is $19.95 for Season 1 and $39.95 for Season 2. Single epiosdes of both shows can be bought for $1.99 each. You can buy at www.direct2drive.com. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 11 December 2006: Serenity - Arlington Screening A special one year anniversary Serenity DVD release party and holiday party is being held at the Arlington Drafthouse, 2903 Columbia Pike, Arlington, Virginia, USA on 20th December 2006. Doors open at 6.15 and early arrivals will be treated to a Trivia Contest and Charity Fundraiser. Price is $5.50. For more details and to buy tickets go to www.arlingtondrafthouse.com BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 11 December 2006: Conventions - Firefly Cast Turn up to Cancelled Convention After the last minute cancellation of Booster Events' Big Damn Flanvention, Browncoats and their heroes rallyed round to salvage the event 500 people paid thousands of dollars for. Thursday evening saw Adam Baldwin turn up and hang out with the hundred or so attendees who had already arrived there before the cancellation was announced. Friday saw a huge shindig in the hotel bar attended by the 200 - 300 people who had come out regardless of the cancellation. Mark Sheppard spent the day signing autographs and posing for pictures. The evening saw Nathan Fillion arrive with a box of goodies from his closet which he proceeded to give out to those who had travelled the furthest to be there, accompanied by Alan Tudyk, Jonathan Woodward and Christina Hendricks (accompanied by a first date!) all of whom partied into the night with the Browncoats. Brett Matthews from the Serenity Comics also turned up with Dark Horse and copies of the Serenity comic which he signed. Saturday: Multiverse, the company resposible for the Firefly MMORPG due for release in 2008, paid for busses for the short trip to the secret location where there were dealers selling merchandise and Q & A Sessions with Firefly composer Greg Edmondson, Multiverse and others. The evening saw a trip to Clare Kramer's new club which she rushed to complete and open two weeks early so that Browncoats could party. Once again the cast turned out in force, with Nathan Fillion, Ron Glass, Morena Baccarin, Michael Fairman, Mark Sheppard, Jonathan Woodward, Yan Feldman, Christina Hendriks, Clare Kramer, James Leary, Camden Toy, Greg Edmondson and even Michael Muhney (Sheriff Lamb from Veronica Mars) turned up and drunk the bar dry. Sunday saw another trip to the secret offsite loaction where Tim Minear turned up to show a video he made from clips of all his TV shows and did a live commentary to Firefly episode Ariel. This whole event was put on by a small group of Browncoats who had themselves paid to be at the event, in a very short space of time, helped by the generous donations reaching $4,500, from sympathetic fellow Browncoats around the world, and the extreme generosity of the actors and crew (some of whom were not even booked for the convention and none of whom had been paid) who gave their own time to make sure that the attendees had a great time despite the convention being cancelled, and many volunteers to help it all run smoothly. Booster Events, who have remained silent all weekend, have now resurrected their website and left the following message on their forum: "Booster Entertainment would like to apologize to everyone for the great inconvenience that was imposed on all this past weekend. We understand everyone has questions, which we will try and answer in a timely fashion. The website has been put back up per customer request. We again apologize for our poor notice in the cancellation of the Flanvention. Booster Entertainment will not answer personal emails nor PMs, but will answer everyone in the open forums. Please do not post foul language or threats as those posts will be deleted. Please also allow for the heavy site traffic in waiting for responses. Sincerely, Booster Entertainment" Anyone who held a ticket to this or any other of Booster's Events should make their feelings known, politely at www.boosterevents.com. You can get help and advice at Flanvention Helpline which is an independant website set up to offer help and advice to attendees. Michael Muhney tells how he became involved in the Back Up Bash at http://community.livejournal.com/rack_of_lamb/185433.html. Tim Minear puts his own 'fan vid' on You Tube Minear's Stuff. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 8 December 2006: Conventions - Big Damn Flanvention Cancelled - Back Up Bash Back On Last night Booster Events took down their website leaving only the following message: "Booster Entertainment apologizes for the great inconvenience, but due to unforeseen circumstances, Flanvention is cancelled. An official notice will be posted within 10 days." This happened just one day before the convention was due to start and after rumours had been circulating that all the guests had been told the event was cancelled even though the official line was that, although there had been a minor glitch with the hotel, the convention was definately still on. By the time this announcement came many attendees had already arrived at the convention hotel and many more were on their way or about to leave. Browncoats have never been deterred by a snall thing like cancellation and the Back Up Bash is back on. The organisers are working with the hotel and the guests to try and pull of something to salvage the weekend. Please go to www.californiabrowncoats.org for up to date info on what is happening there and if you would like to make a donation. You can also visit http://flanventionhelpline.blogspot.com/ for advice and information if you are a ticket holder. After the announcement, The Bedlam Bards, who were due to attend the flan, arrived and played for those waiting in the lobby for any kind of news. They got some small compensation when Adam Baldwin turned up and hung out with fans in the bar for a couple of hours, promising to return today with Nathan Fillion. Adam was good enough to post the following message on the Firefly Official Posting Board: "Thank you to everyone that so kindly went out of their way to say hello to me, and those that found it in their heart to buy us a few rounds... :- ) The love in the Hilton last night was enriching for us all! Thanks for again sharing it with me. : - ) Browncoats Rock! A.B." Latest Update: Mark Sheppard has turned up at the hotel and Greg Edmondson has also promised he will still attend. There will be a shindig tonight in the lobby bar area. This is a change in schedule: Here's the announcement: "Sorry for this very last minute change of plans but the SoCal shindig has been moved to Friday night. Same place, in the hotel bar and lobby. It will start at 8pm and of course we plan to close down the bar!!! We've encouraged the Flan attendees to dress for the event as they want a chance to wear the fancy clothes they brought along but don't feel like you have to dress up. I'm sure there will be plenty of thematic t-shirts! Hope to see many of you tonight!!! Lynn & James" I will try and keep updating this site with the latest news, but as I am on UK time I may not be able to keep up with the latest info. If you are attending/planning to attend, please keep checking the following sites and Whedonesque thread. www.californiabrowncoats.org http://flanventionhelpline.blogspot.com/ http://whedonesque.com/comments/11991. I hope everyone attending still has a great time. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 8 December 2006: Firefly - Multiverse Online Game Multiverse have gained the licencing rights from Fox to build an Online Game based on the Firefly Universe. They are currently looking for a development team and hope to have the game ready for 2008. Check the Multiverse website for an official statement from them. Their website is currently experiencing some difficulties, once it is working again I will post the offiocial statement here. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 7 December 2006: Buffy Comics - Release Date Dark Horse have announced their forthcoming comics for March 2007 and the first issue of the Buffy Comic is featured. Due to be released on 7 March 2007 and is described as follows: Since the destruction of the Hellmouth, the Slayers -- newly legion -- have gotten organized and are kicking some serious undead butt. But not everything's fun and firearms, as an old enemy reappears and Dawn experiences some serious growing pains . . . Buffy creator Joss Whedon brings Buffy back to Dark Horse in this direct follow-up to season seven of the smash-hit TV series. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 7 December 2006: Serenity - Jason Palmer Artwork Jason Palmer Illustrations have now completed a further two of his Serenity portraits, Mal and Zoe (pictured, click for larger images) which will be featured at Big Damn Flanvention II this weekend. The remaining seven pcitures (all the characters plus Serenity) should be completed by the end of the month. Each picture will be limited to 100 canvas prints and 300 Giclee prints all signed and numbered by the artist. The compete set is avaiable for pre-order as follows: Complete set on canvas includes a 12% discount, free shipping within the US and a bonus portrait of The Operative - $1500.00. (If you have already bought the River portrait you will receive a $170.00 discount) Complete set on Giclee includes free shipping within the US and a bonus portrait of The Operative - $350.00. (If you have already bought the River portrait you will receive a discount of $35.00) Complete set on Giclee with framing mats includes free shipping within the US and a bonus portrait of The Operative - £$600.00. If you have already bought the River portrait with mat you will recive a discount of $60.00) For more details and ordering go to www.jasonpalmer.net. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 6 December 2006: Firefly - Sci-Fi Channel Mini-Marathon The Sci-Fi Channel (US) will be having another Firefly mini-marathon on 12th December 2006. Starting at 8am Eastern Time they will show the following 8 episodes: The Train Job Bushwhacked Shindig War Stories Trash The Message Heart of Gold Objects in Space BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 6 December 2006: Conventions - Big Damn Flanvention Will Go Ahead 500 Browncoats will be relieved to hear that Booster Event's Firefly/Serenity Event, Big Damn Flanvention II will be going ahead this weekend. Panic, disappointment and resolve not to let the weekend be wasted, spread amongst Brownoats last week when Booster announced that they were having financial difficulties and may not be able to go ahead with the Convention. Happily the matter ahs been resolved and the convention has been saved. Heres the announcement: "Flan is a go. So much has happened, it needs a proper explanation. Following the convention, we will publish a State of the Union to clarify what happened, where we are, and settle the many misconceptions floating around out there." New guests have also been announced including the Feldman twins and composer Greg Edmondson. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 6 December 2006: Serenity - Film Cells Available from Rye By Post Rye By Post are offering six Serenity Film Cell Presentations including the one pictured (click image for larger picture). Prices range from £34.95 to £74.95. Ther perfect Christmas present for the Browncoat who has everything! Go to www.ryebypost.com and search for Serenity. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP NOVEMBER 29 November 2006: Big Damn Flanvention Faces Cancellation With just over a week to go to the convention Browncoats have been looking forward to for almost a year, Booster Events have announced that they may have to cancel the sold out event due to 'financial difficulties'. Here's what the announcement said: IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT Boosters is experiencing financial difficulties. We are doing everything in our power to facilitate Flan 2, but at this point, it is uncertain that we will be able to obtain financing in time for the event. We will update you daily in the Flan 2 forum. Anyone with airline tickets who might want to cancel, will need to do so immediately. If we are unable to obtain the needed financing by Friday, Dec. 1st, the event will be cancelled. Browncoats didn't take the cancellation of their TV show lying down and they won't take the cancellation of their con lying down either. With the fate of The Big Damn Flanvention still up in the air, an alternate fan run event is already in then works for all those folks who have bought tickets, made travel plans and hotel reservations and still want to have a great weekend. People who have tickets to the Big Damn Flanvention should check out http://flanventionhelpline.blogspot.com/ for help and advice on what to as well as the latest updates on the situation. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 22 November 2006: Cant's Stop The Serenity Logo Competition The people behind the Can't Stop The Serenity for 2007 are running a competition to design a new logo specifically for the 2007 showings. This will be in addition to the main logo (pictured) which will still be used. As well as having their logo used on T-Shirts and other promotional items the winner will receive three T-shirts and a framed flyer featuring their design. The deadline for entries is 8 December 2006, full details of how to enter are at www.cantstoptheserenity.com. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 22 November 2006: Buffy - 10th Anniversary Trading Card Set Inkworks have announced a Buffy the Vampire Slayer 10th Anniversary Trading Card set to be released in July 2007. Further information to be released soon. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 22 November 2006: Serenity - Replica Weapons Museum Replicas have released two sets of officially licences replica weapons from Serenity (pictured - click for larger images). The Operative's Sword which comes complete with an adjustable leather black scabbard retails at $165.00 and can be bought at www.museumreplicas.com. The other piece is the Reaver Sword and Axe set which comes with a Serenity wall plague for display, this will set you back $295.00 and can be bought at www.museumreplicas.com. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 22 November 2006: Browncoat Poster Project Black Market Beagles are working on a new poster design which will be a tribute to Browncoats. The design will be created entirely from text which will include names of Browncoats from around the world and short browncoat related messages, jolkes, memories, shoutouts, whatever messages you would like to leave so long as it is under 10 words. For full details and to submit your message go to www.blackmarkedtbeagles.com. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 22 November 2006: Buffy Comic - New Writer Announced Dark Horse Comics have announced that Jeph Loeb (pictured) will write one of the arcs for the Buffy Season 8 Comics. Joss Whedon is set to write the first and last arc with other writers taking on other arcs to make up the 23 to 26 issues. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 21 November 2006: Runaways - Sketches Revealed Joe Quesada of Marvel comics has released sketches of three of the Runaways team by Michael Ryan, the artist who will be teaming up with Joss Whedon when he takes over the comic. Click on the pictures for larger images of Molly, Victor and Karolina. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 21 November 2006: Buffy - Amends Snow Globe Diamond Select Toys announce a new Buffy Product, the Buffy Motion Globe. Depicting a scene of Buffy and Angel amid the only snowstorm in Sunnydale. "Gripped by the claws of the First Evil itself, these star-crossed lovers can be captured for all time in this battery-powered motion globe (pictured - click for larger image). Sculptured by Gentle Giant, this ten-inch motion globe is limited to 1,000 pieces and features a hand-numbered base with matching box and Certificate of Authenticity". BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 20 November 2006: Star For Whedon Campaign A Campaign has been started to give Joss Whedon his own star on the Hollywood walk of fame. Steps have already been set in motion to obtain the star, Joss' permission has been obtained for the nominations and he more than meets the criteria set. All that remains is to raise the the $15,000 to pay for creation, installation and maintenance of the star. And of course for Joss to be selected to receive one. There are various ways to help raise money, a direct donation, buy raffle tickets or purhcase an item from the cafe press shop. You can do all this and learn more about this campaign at http://star4whedon.whedonversefansunited.org. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 18 November 2006: Serenity - Maidenhead Fight Stunt Reel 87Eleven, the company that did the fight choreography for Serenity, have a video clip of the stunt crew performing River's Maidenhead Bar Fight. TO view it go to www.87eleven.com, click on stuntreels and then scrool down to 'Sample Fight Scene'. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 13 November 2006: Dark Horse Announce More Serenity Sculptures Dark Horse have announced that they will have new Serenity products for 2007 including possible new spaceship ornaments and a PVC mini-figure box set. Hopefully there will be more news on these soon. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 13 November 2006: The Browncoat Invoice In reaction to the various cease and desist notices being issued by Fox and Universal to the owners of sites selling Firefly and Serenity related items, including one particular demand for $9,000 in retroactive licensing fees, The One True b!X has set up a tongue-in-cheek website assking Browncoats to submit their invoices for their time spent promoting and marketing Serenity for free. You can submit your invoice and see the invoice's total rise at www.thebrowncoatinvoice.com. Please note that their is no actual intention of submitting this invoice, it is merely an attempt on the behalf of the website owner to make a point. Whedon's World are not in the business of making personal comment on matters such as these, we aim to provide news and information only. If you would like to know more about the above story please check out the following posts on Whedonesque, Blue Sun Shirts to close, Universal closing Serenity/Firefly fan shops and Universal's action against 11th Hour. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 11 November 2006: Buffy Comics - New Artwork Revealed Buffy Comic artist Georges Jeanty has revealed more artwork from the forthcoming Buffy Season 8 comic on his official website, The Kaba Lounge. The picture (left - click for larger image) shows the heads of Buffy, Willow, Xander and Dawn. The comics are still scheduled to hit stores in March 2007 with Joss Whedon writing the first story arc. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 8 November 2006: Astonishing X-Men - Delays Explained Joss Whedon's second run of Astonishing X-Men has been hit by various delays, starting out with bi-monthly issues and recently isses #19 and #20 being delayed. Joss recently spoke out to reassure fans that the delays were not due to him handing in scripts late. Nick Lowe from the X-Men office has clarified the issue in a Q&A session with Newsarama. Here's what was said: Q: "spike" - Joe, it's fairly obvious that Astonishing X-Men has endured a lot of delays in its run with Whedon and Cassaday. However, Whedon has said that he's only delivered two late scripts early on in the piece and he was confused by Marvel's choice to go bi-monthly. Cassaday is working away steadily. So, what's the real reason behind the Astonishing X-Men delays? JQ: Hey, Spike, Nick Lowe from the X office wanted to field this question. Nick Lowe: Joss hates fan... Okay, the real answer is that a lot of little things (an editorial shake-up, among them) led to the current delay and that current delay is causing us to re-plan our overly-optimistic scheduling of the "Unstoppable" arc. I promise that we are getting Astonishing to you as fast as humanly possible. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP OCTOBER 30 October 2006: Serenity - Charity Screening in Greenville The Greenville Browncoats have arranged a charity screening of Serenity on 7th November 2006. The screening will be held at Cherrydale Cinemas, 3221 N Pleasentburg Drive, Greenville, SC 29609, USA (864) 370-9166. Advance tickets are available via paypal, email girlaskew@yahoo.com for details, tickets will also be available at the door. All proceeds will go to Equality Now. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 30 October 2006: Conventions - Nano Con Cancelled Booster Events have had to cancel their one day convention, NanoCon, which was to feature, Gina Torres, due to low ticket sales. Those who have bought tickets will be reimbursed. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 28 October 2006: Fox Re-Release Buffy and Angel Complete DVD Box Sets Fox Home Entertainment are re-released the complete Buffy and Angel Box sets on Region 2 DVD for a limited period only from 30 October 2006. You can pre-order the sets from play.com (Buffy for £135.99 and Angel for £99.99) or from Amazon.co.uk (Buffy for £119.89 and Angel for £104.99). BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 22 October 2006: Whedonverse Project Farewell Fundraiser Whedonverse.org was created in May 2004 with the aim of donating whedonverse DVD's and other related merchandise to public libraries and charitable causes in order to share the Whedonverse with those who may not yet have come accros it. Their various projects have been very succesful over the last two years, a total of 306 dvd's and 55 books having been donated to various public libraries and charitable organisations both by Whedonverse.org and fans in their name. Whedonverse.org are planning one final fundraiser before they close in November 2006, for full details and to donate go to www.whedonverse.org. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 11 October 2006: Joss Whedon Puts Sequel Rumours to Rest... Sort of After Joss Whedon's visit to the UK the other week, rumours abounded the net about him a) saying there would be no Serenity Sequel and b) saying he was working on the sequel. Joss took the time to set the matter straight with a post on Whedonesque. Here's what he said: "Holy Mother of Oats! I turn my back for five minutes (that's how long it takes to admire my lovely back) and the interweb goes banoonoos! Isn't there any ACTUAL news to get wrong? Sorry about all this; it might be best if I just stay off the computer for a while. Or just glut the feed with wild conjecture. Hmm, let's see... I'm me, so... let's glut! Here are some ABSOLUTELY TRUE statements of factiness. Gentlemen, start your websites. 1) Wonder Woman has finally been cast. To no one's surprise, we eschewed all those tired movie and TV personalities and cast the interweb star "Lonelygirl", or whatever her actual name is. Congratulations, whomever! 2) I've got a thirteen episode commitment from the CW, so get ready for the long-awaited "Primative and Cheese Man". She's the first Slayer, he's a meaningless hallucination -- can they put aside their differences long enough to fight crime? 3) "CLEM!" Broadway. The number where he eats Rum Tum Tuggle will make you laugh and cry and throw up in your mouth slightly. 4) I will absolutely, posatively never ever do any kind of Serenity sequel or spinoff unless a studio asks me. Politely. Or meanly, that's cool too. 5) Warren Ellis's beard has a foyer. It's quite nice: shaker furniture, and a cute ceramic umbrella stand. 6) Kelly MacDonald and Gong Li have got to stop fighting over me 'cause who are they embarrassing? Themselves, that's all. 7) I'm tired of me. Right. Cue chaos. And yes, number seven is more or less true. But my little britjaunt is through (Alexis rocked "All My Sons") and I'm grindstone bound, so I won't be feeding any more rumorsites for a while. There's only one way to stop all this insanity, and that's to produce some actual work for people to write about. So I'll do that. Here's a thing: when "Firefly" was cancelled, my heart got broke. Sounds a bit much, but it changed me. Not even "Serenity" could patch that wound. I'm wearier, warier -- after all those years as a movie writer, you'd think I'd be prepared for another lesson on my unimportance in the scheme of things, but I wasn't. There are two very separate worlds: the marketplace, and the bustling bazaar that is my brain. The brain place is crowded with goods, ideas, sequels, spinoffs, animated versions, miniseries, radio dramas -- this is just the used goods. All the new wares are in there as well and it's deafening. Once I create a verse I never let go of it. And figuring out how much of my energy should be devoted to reawakening the projects you all love with the actors and characters I all love, and how much should be forging ahead and creating entirely new works (which you are contractually obligated to love) is exhausting. More than you know. You know the horse caught bwtween two pools of water? Add seven pools, and make the horse wicked A.D.D. The other world, the marketplace, I don't even begin to understand or predict. All these rumor of projects or the death of projects... When the two worlds align and something actually happens, whatever it is, you guys know I'll be on this site as soon as I'm allowed to be. And I'll be very very clear. There is no news. Not never, just now. I'm off to lunch with Lonelygirl. Your Scribe, -j." joss \| October 05, 18:09 CET So are we clear? Go to www.whedonesque.com to view the full thread. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 10 October 2006: Equality Now's 2005 Annual Report Acknowledges 'Verse Support Equality Now have published their Annual Report for 2005 and several Whedonverse alumni are listed amongst the 'Friends of Equality Now', including of course, Joss Whedon. This report was published prior to the Serenity Now/Equality Now screenings. 'Verse members listed are: Booster Entertainment Nathan Fillion James Leary Operation Browncoat San Francisco Browncoats Serenity - The Cast Joss Whedon You can view the full report in pdf format at www.equalitynow.org. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 10 October 2006: Firefly - Sy-Fy Genre Awards Win The Sy-Fy Portal Genre Awards Winners have been announced and Firefly, nominated due to the Sc-Fi Channel showing previously unaired episodes, took home 5 awards beating Lost. Serenity also came second in three categories beaton by Harry Potter. Amy Acker and Whedonesque took home awards also. The Whedonverse related awards are as follows: Best Actor Televsion: Nathan Fillion for Firefly Best Supporting Actor Television: Adam Baldwin for Firefly Best Special Guest Televsion: Christina Hendricks "Trash" Firefly Best Episode Televsion: - Trash Firefly Best Series Televison: - Firefly Best Supporting Actress Television: Amy Acker for Alias Best Website: Whedonesque Runners Up Best Actor Movie: Runner up Nathan Fillion for Serenity Best Actress Movie: Runner up Summer Glau for Serenity Best Movie - Runner up Serenity For a full list of awards go to http://syfyportal.com. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 6 October 2006: Serenity - New Licensed Replicas from Quantum Mechanix Quantum Mechanix have obtained the license from Universal to produce a line of replica weapons, gadgets and patches from Serenity, indcluding a model of the Firefly class ship herself. Currently available for pre-order is a replic of Captain Reynolds' gun, retailing at $249.00 and limited to 1,500 copies worldwide. Also available is an Alliance Currency Money Pack including a map of the 'verse as seen in the film, retailing at $19.99. Go to www.quantummechanix.com for more details and to order. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP SEPTEMBER 28 September 2006: Firefly - DVD's Go Out To The Black A Browncoat working for NASA has collected the Firefly and Serenity DVD's and is giving them to the crew of STS-177 which is headed to the International Space Staion and scheduled to lift off on 22nd February 2007. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 21 September 2006: Buffy Comics - Release News Dark Horse comics have announced that the first instalment of the Buffy Season 8 Comics are scheduled for release in March 2007. The first story arc will be a four part series written by Joss Whedon. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 20 September 2006: Firefly - Showing on UK Sci-Fi Channel The Uk Sci-Fi Channel will begin airing Firefly thursdays at 9pm starting from tomorrow (21 September 2006). BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 13 September 2006: Joss Whedon To Write Runaways Joss Whedon is set to take over Marvel Comic's Runaways starting in next April year. The current writer, Brian K Vaughan, has stepped down after four years and two volumes of the critically acclaimed, but low selling, series about the runaway children of supervillians. Vaughan will complete another two, three issue arcs, Dead Means Dead, and Live Fast, before handing the pen over to Joss. Speaking of his thoughts on hearing that Vaughan was leaving, Joss, who has been a fan of the comic said, "I was pissed and then my second thought was it would be fun, and then my sensible self said to stop that, and for God's sake get dressed. First of all, you don't want to follow a great act. you don't want to be the lead-in band for The Stones and then play after them because no one is stayng and it's scary, but just so tempting. I was like, 'I don't think that i can... but I think that I have to do this now.' Then I started talking to Brian and we started riffing on it, and then i was lost. I just knew I was doing it." Joss has hand picked Michael Ryan as artist and already has plans as to where he'll take the team. "I want to take them somewhere that they've never been before and really have them stuck in an environment where they don't fit in or they really have to shuffle. I am fascinated by the whole concept of not just the Runaways, but the teenagers and their place in this particular... not this Marvel Universe, but in our actual world. So they're road-tripping in a very new way and that's all I'm going to say." Posting on Whedonesque, Joss also had this to say: "Oh my god! This is so cool! I can't believe it! I hope he kills Gert -- she's rude to authority figures! Brian Kay Von was cool, but he didn't understand teenagers the way Joss Whedon does -- after all, Joss WAS a teen-ager during the second world war (I think it was the second one) and he totally knows how they speak and what they wear and how they can learn to be more polite and hygenic. Look for this book to EXPLODE with hygiene now that Joss "bathes monthly" Whedon has it. What can we expect from this soon-to-be-visionary book? A few things that never occured to "Bitties at the BK"V, that's for sure. 1) Sex. 2) WAY more Wolverine. He so cute and popular. 3) Old people. They're so cute and popular. ("Assemble, Aunt May's Avengers!" Goosebumps. Right now. Goosebumps.) 4) Sex, but the other kind. 5) Run... Towards! Runtowards. New title. Why are they such fraidies? 6) Two words: Crisis on Infinite Mollys. Well, I think we all know you're in good paws. (Thank god Michael Ryan can draw.) Brian, your kids are safe with me, except the five or six I'm gonna kill. See you in the Funny Hell! -joss. He went on to post: "I would strongly urge anyone who's thinking of picking up the book but doesn't know it yet to avoid recaps and spoilers (contained, yes, within this very thread!) and just start from the beginning. That's what I did, and that's what made me love the book so much I had to write/destroy it. There's those cute little pocket trades, or genuine back issues if you're a true hunter-gatherer, but the big hardcover is an easy and great way to start (and unlike the pocket-sized, ends with the rather important title to last issue on the last page). If you see what Brian and Adrian did, what I do may suffer by comparison, but it'll have way more resonance. Here endeth the sermon. Puppies! -j" BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 12 September 2006: Buffy Sing-A-Long in Pittsburgh The CLO Cabaret Theater, Pittsburgh, USA will be having at Buffy the Vampire Slayer Sing-A-Long with a showing of Once More, With Feeling as part of their Late Night Cabaret at 10pm on 23rd September 2006. The show will include Buffy Trivia, and prizes for Best Costume and Most Enthusiastic Fan. Book in advance and you will recieve a Buffy Goodie bag. For full details go to www.clocabaret.com. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 12 September 2006: Buffy Sing-A-Long at the IFC Center The IFC Center iN New York present a Buffy the Vampire Slayer Sing-A-Long with showings of Once More, With Feeling at midnight the 15th and 16th September 2006. For full details and to book tickets go to www.ifccenter.com. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 12 September 2006: Buffy - Anya's Power Centre Amulet Replica Genki Wear has announced the release of the first piece in a range of Buffy Prop Replica Jewellery Collection, Anyanka's Power Centre Amulet and Necklace. Fully licensed by 20th Century Fox, the amulet is recreated using reference from the Fox's archives. The gold-plated chain and simulated emerald stone are presented in a velvet enclosed jewellery box embossed with the Buffy logo. The amulet is due for release on 29 November 2006 and you can pre-order it now from Things From Another World for $35.99. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 12 September 2006: Serenity - Big Damn Thank You Big Damn Thank You is a website set up by Browncoats to express their thanks to Universal for giving us Serenity. You can upload your photo expressing your thankfulness to them at www.bigdamnthankyou. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 12 September 2006: Project Teddy Bear 2006 Lisawalks.com have launched Project Teddy Bear 2006 and the first wave of auctions are now live. Lisa combinbes auctioning teddy bears signed by celebrities with taking part in the Avon Walks for Breast Cancer to raise money for the charity. Twenty One of the current twenty eight teddys that our available for bids are signed by Whedonverse alumni including Joss Whedon himself. Check out the bears and make a bid at www.lisawalks.com. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 12 September 2006: The Soulful Spike Society's Cutie Awards 2006 The Soulful Spike Society have produced the Cutie Awards 2006, hosted by Anya with awards presented by characters from Buffy and Lost. Various Whedonverse alumni feature in the nomiations including Alyson Hannigan for How I Met Your Motehr and David Boreanaz for Bones, so tune in to find out who won at www.soulfulspike.com. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 12 September 2006: Firefly and Buffy - Amazon Unbox Firefly and Buffy seasons 1 and 2 are now available as video downloads from Amazon.com's new Unbox Service. You have the choice of buying the full season or 1 episode at a time, and your first episode download is free. Amazon Unbox is currently only available to US residents. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 10 September 2006: Serenity - River Triumphant Statue Diamond Select Toys have announced the latest Serenity merchandise, the River Triumphant Statue which depicts her victory over the reavers at the end of the film. The statue will be released in the first quarter of 2007 and should retail at around $99.00. You can pre-order it now at Time and Space Toys at a special price of $89.99 at http://timespacetoys.stores.yahoo.net. Click the pictures for larger images. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 10 September 2006: Firefly - US Sci-FI Channel Marathon The US Sci-Fi Channel have scheduled another Firefly Marathon on 18th September 2006 from 8am to 6pm as part of their 'daytime rotation' block. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 10 September 2006: Serenity - Showing at the Bryn Mawr Film Institute Serenity will be showing at the Bryn Mawr Film Institute, 824 W. Lancaster Ave, Bryn Mawr, Pennyslvania, USA at midnight on the 29th and 30th September 2006. For full details go to www.brynmawrfilm.org. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 2 September 2006: Serenity - Watch Joss Whedon's Huugo Acceptance Speech Serenity Recently won the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form. Morena Baccarin accepted the award on behalf of Joss Whedon and the Cast and read an acceptance speech written by Joss. You can view the speech at YouTube or read my transpcript of it below: Morena: I prepared this whole big speech but then Joss sent me an email. So here I go: Morena (for Joss): Dear Hugoers, this is an enourmous honour for me. I read science fiction voratiously as a child and the stamp on the book saying winner of Hugo award was as exciting to me as if it had read 'contains free girl'. I don't know who Hugo was or where he came from just that he kicked that Pulitzer guy's ass when it came to choosing awesome lit. It's amazing to me that I could grow up to win this award without writing a book or even really mastering the Enlish language. When I think back to the horrible pain of working with that cast of homely, neurotic, divas it all seems worth it. It wasn't, but it seems like it was. The truth is, this film represents and obsessent love for me, the kind of love I felt only for a very select number of films, albums, but most significantly for the sci-fi novels I read as a child. The Frank Herbert and the Frederick Pole, the Larry Niven and the Rae Bradbury. Geez, I hope some of these guys won Hugos or Morena's gonna look like an idiot up there. Thank you for honouring my obsessions, including this one my latest, thanks to my cast and to everyone who helped bring Serenity incredibly briefly to the big screen. Thank you. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 1 September 2006: Serenity - Libertarian Award The Prometheus Awards have been honouring libertarian fiction since 1979. There are two awards each year, the Prometheus Best Novel Award and Prometheus Hall of Fame award which have been given to writers of science fiction novels. Alongside these two awards are special awardes only five of which have ever been given. This year the Special Award goes to Joss Whedon for his film Serenity. You can view the current and past winners at www.lfs.org. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 1 September 2006: Firefly - Visit Washtown at Second Life Second Life is a 3-D online digital world which is created by it's residents. The Browcoats out there in Second Life World have created the crappy town where Wash is a hero. Washtown has it's very own Wash statue, the Hoban Saloon where in-charcater Shindigs are held every Sunday and of course no town is complete without a Firefly-class transport which you can enter and have a look around. Check out www.serenitystuff.com for some pictures or join Second Life and pay a visit to Washtown yourself. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 1 September 2006: Serenity - Hugo Award The Hugo Awards for best science fiction works in 2005 were presented on 26th August 2006 at the 64th World Science Fiction Convention in Anaheim, CA. Serenity won the award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form and Morena Baccarin attended to pick up the award on behalf of Joss Whedon and the cast. You can see the full list of awards at www.sfa.org. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP AUGUST 31 August 2006: Buffy/Angel - EzyDVD Collections with Backpacks Ezy DVD are offering complete collections of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel DVD's along with a free backpack for a limited time only. The Angel collection can be ordered for AUS $184.83 and the Buffy one for AUS $249.83. You can order yours at www.ezydvd.com. Unfortunately due to the size these colletions are available to Australian residents only. Click the pictures for larger images. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 27 August 2006: Firefly - Vote in UGO's Alternative Emmy's Underground Online have nominated TV series and actors from the best fantasy entertaiment from the early '70's to the present day in the 'Our Time Emmys'. Fireflys has been nominated in the Outstanding Sci-FI Series category and you can vote now at www.ugo.com. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 26 August 2006: Buffy - Inkworks Announce Pieceworks for new Trading Card Set The latest Buffy Trading Cards from Inkworks, 'Memories' will inlcude 16 pieceworks cards inserted approximately 2 per 36 packs. Details of the cards are as follows: Pants worn by Buffy Sweater worn by Buffy (dual swatch card) Jacket worn by Buffy Dress worn by Anya (dual swatch card) Shirt worn by Giles Pajama top worn by Dawn Top worn by Willow Bloody Sweater worn by Tara Suit pants worn by Principal Wood Jeans worn by Xander Pajama top worn by Kennedy Pajama pants worn by Molly T-Shirt worn by Shadow Man Overalls worn by Rona Jacket worn by Andrew BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 23 August 2006: Serenity - Limited Edition River Painting by Jason Palmer Jason Palmer Studios together with Universal Studios have released an official painting of River. The painting is limited to 100 canvas prints and 300 Giclee prints which all feature the Universal Logo and are signed and numbered by the artist. This is in a series of the Serenity character portraits, cast members will be presented with their own copies. The canvas print is retailing for $170.00 and the Giclee print for $60.00 and you can buy them at www.jasonpalmer.net. Click the picture for larger image. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 22 August 2006: Buffy Comic - First Look at Buffy Comic Artwork Early artwork for the forthcoming Buffy Season 8 Comic has been released on artist Gearges Jeanty's website, 'Kaba Lounge' as well as a whole section dedicated to Buffy. Check back there for news and updates on how the comic is coming along. Click on the link for larger image. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 21 August 2006: Firefly/Serenity - The Signal Wins in Podcast Awards The 2006 Podcast Awards have been announced and Firefly/Serenity Podcast, The Signal, has won in the Movies/Films category. They have also been nominated in the Best Produced Category, however, the results for this award will not be announced until the Podcast Expo in September. You can view the full list of winners at www.podcastawards.com. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 13 August 2006: Firefly - Stargate's 200th Episode Spoof's Firefly Stargate SG1 has reached an amazing 200 episodes, the landmark episode will be shown on 18th August on the US Sci-Fi Channel and is set to spoof not only it's own history but that of many other sci-fi series including Star Trek, Farscape and Firefly. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 13 August 2006: Serenity - Showing at the New Beverly Cinema The New Beverly Cinema in LA, USA will ne screening Serenity four times from 20th August 2006. For full details go to www.michaelwilliams.com/beverlycinema/. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 12 August 2006: Astonishing X-Men - Wizard Fan Awards Win The results of the 13th annual Wizard Fan Awards were announced recently at Wizord World Chicago and Astonishing X-Men won the award for Favorite Ongoing Series. X-Men artist John Cassady won the award for Favorite Penciller, whilst Laura Martin won Favorite Colorist and Kitty Pryde was voted Favorite Female Hero. For a full list of winners go to www.wizarduniverse.com. BACK TO NEWS INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 12 August 2006: Firefly - Universal HD US High Defination Channel, Universal HD will begin showing Firefly in HD from 24 September 2006, with Serenity Part 1 airing at 6pm and 11.30pm. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 12 August 2006: Serenity - HBO Premiere Serenity will premiere on HBO on 9th September 2006 at 6pm. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 3 August 2006: More Buffy Season 8 Comic News Speaking at Comic Con, Dark Horse editor Scott Allie confirmed that Joss Whedon has an outline for "about 20 issues" of the new Buffy Season 8 Comic series. He also confirmed that the story would pick up a few months after the events of the Buffy series finale, Chosen and that Georges Jeanty would be doing the artwork with Jo-Chen doing the covers. A release date is yet to be announced. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 3 August 2006: Vote for Firefly/Serenity Podcasts Two Firefly/Serenity related podcasts, The Signal and Firefly Talk, have been nominated in the Podcast Awards. The Signal has been nominated in the Best Produced and Movies/Films categories, whilst Firefly Talk has been nominated in the Movies/Films category only. To see the full list of nominations and cast your vote, got to www.podcastawards.com. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 2 August 2006: Vote in the SyFy Portal Awards 2006 The nominations for the SyFy Portal Genre Awards have been announced and voting is now open. The Whedonverse features in almost every category as follows: Best Actor Television - Nathan Fillion for Firefly Best Supporting Actor Television - Adam Baldwin for Firefly Best Supporting Actress Television - Amy Acker for Alias Best Actor Movie - Nathan Fillion for Serenity Best Actress Movie, Summer Glau and Gina Torres for Serenity Best Website - Whedonesque Best Special Guest Television - Christina Hendricks for Firefly episode Trash Best Episode Television - Trash, Firefly Best Series Television - Firefly Best Movie - Serenity You can cast your votes today and every day throughout August at www.syfyportal.com BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 2 August 2006: Buffy - Season 2 Now on Itunes Season 2 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer has been added to the iTunes store. You can either buy the full season for $38.99 or pick the episodes you want for $1.99 each. This is available for United States residents only. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP JULY 29 July 2006: Astonishing X-Men - Eisner Award Win The results of the 2006 Eisner Awards were announced at Comic Con recently and Astonishing X-Men took the award for Best Continuing Series. John Cassady also won an award for Best Penciller/Inker for his work on both Astonishing X-Men and Planetary. You can see the full list of winners at www.comic-con.org. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 27 July 2006: Firefly/Serenity - Done The Impossible Available as an Official Bit Torrent Download The makers of the Firefly/Serenity fan film Done The Impossible, which charts the strory of the 'rise and fall and rebirth of Firefly as told from the perspective of the fans who helped save it' have authorised a version of the film for BitTorrent download. The download is free but does not include all the extras that you will find on the DVD. You can download it at www.legaltorrents.com. You will need a BitTorrent client on order to download the film which you can get from www.bittorrent.coms. Buy the full DVD which has a massive amount of bonus features, including over 5 overs of extended interviews, a trivia game, music videos and much much more at www.donetheimpossible.com. Those who have already ordered their copy should find it in their mail box soon. BACK TO NEWS INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 27 July 2006: Wonder Woman News Joel Silver, exeutive producer of the new Wonder Woman film, has been talking about the film at the recent San Diego Comic Con. According to iF Magazine, he had the following to say: "Joss is getting closer on the script. When we have a good script we all like, at that point the studio will agree to make it and we’ll go from there. He’s doing a good job. He’s utilizing the lore of the material and it’s an origin story, so you’re dealing with the origin of the story. He’s a very talented writer and he has a great story and ideas and moving our way toward making the movie and maybe next year we can start talking about the movie here." "It’s finding the kind of movie that will appeal to everyone. It has to work , and it has to have a good character in WONDER WOMAN and be clever and it has to draw you in. Of these three [D.C.] characters. Superman is an alien, Batman is a tough guy and Wonder Woman is a goddess, so you have to work your way through the process." Speaking of the much rumoured casting, he had this to say: "She’s young, I don’t think it can be someone you’ve heard of. Once we have the template of the girl, we’ll be able to find her." Speaking to Comingsoon.net/Superherohype.com, Joel elaborated on why he chose Wonder Woman and why he chose Joss Whedon. "It was after I made 'The Matrix' when I saw the response of the first tests and I realized the Trinity character was the highest-tested character. This was before they had done 'Charlie's Angels' or 'Elektra' or any of these movies, and I thought, 'Let's just go out and try to make Wonder Woman work,' and I could never find a script that I liked, but we're close now." And of Joss he said "I just thought he would be the perfect guy to write it. I love Buffy and he's a great writer. I sat down with him and asked if he'd do it, and he wrote me a note where he passed, and in the note, he explained what the movie had to be. There was no way I was going to let him pass, so I hammered him until he said, 'Yes.'" He went on to confirm: "It's the origin story. It has mythology. Steve Trevor crashes on the island and they go back to Man's World." And again with the casting: "We have a script and we know where we're going. She'll probably be someone you never saw before, because she's very young, but I think we'll have a good time with it." Finally, speaking with Empire Online he says: “It’s real, but it’s not real yet. Joss has done a great job on the draft and now he’s tweaking it a little bit so we can give it to the studio in two weeks. And if they believe in it in the way that we think they will, then we’ll be talking about that movie next year.” So to sum up, the script is almost done, the girl that gets to play Wonder Gal will be a young unknown and they'll probably be making the film next year. Not much given away then really. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 27 July 2006: Serenity - Spike TV Scream Awards Nomination The nominations for the Spike TV Scream Awards have been announced and Serenity has been nominated in the category Best Science Fiction Movie. You can vote at www.spiketv.com as many times as you like. Winners will be announced on 10th October 2006 at 10pm on Spike TV. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 24 July 2006: Serenity - Mal's Message of Love Sent to Space Station Houston Browncoats working at NASA on the current Shuttle and Station Mission recently had Mal's message of love from the end of Serenity included at the end of the daily summary sent to the International Space Station Crew. You can download the full summary in PDF format at www.yousendit.com. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 24 July 2006: Serenity - RPG Character Sheet Now Available The Official Character Sheet for the Serenity Role Playing Game is now available for download in printer friendly PDF format. You can download the file at www.serenityrpg.com. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 23 July 2006: Buffy Season 8 Comic - Cover The cover of the first instalment in the new 'Season 8' Buffy comic books has been revealed and here it is (click on the image for larger picture). The comics, wtitten by Joss Whedon, will continue the story after the end of the series finale, Chosen. The army of Slayers have become organised but an 'old enemy' is soon to surface and Dawn will start 'experiencing serious growing pains'. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIV INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 12 July 2006: Serenity - RPG Nominated in the ENnies The ENnies are an annual, fan-based award celebrating excellence in tabletop role playing gaming. The nominations for the 2006 awards have been announced and voting begins on 17th July 2006. The Serenity Role Playing Game has been nominated in the Best Production Values category. For a full list of nominees go to www.enworld.org. Voting closes on 30 July 2006 and winners will be announced at a cermony at the Westin Hotels Grand Ballromm IV on 11 August 2006. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 11 July 2006: Serenity - Showing at Filmhouse Cinema in Edinburgh The Filmouse Theatre in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK are celbrating 59 years of the Edinburgh International Film Festival by showin 30 of the best films that have been shown at the festival previously and are still available. Serenity, the fastest selling film ever to be shown at the festival, will be shown on 14 August 2006. For more details go to www.filmhousecinema.com. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 11 July 2006: Astonishing X-Men - Wizard Fan Awards Nomination The nominations in the 2006 Wizard Fan Awards have been announced and voting is now open. Astonishing X-Men has been nominated in the following categories, Favorite Writer (Joss Whedon), Favorite Penciller (John Cassady), Favorite Male Hero (Wolverine), Favorite Female Hero (Kitty Pryde) and Favorite Ongoing Series. You can cast your votes at www.wizarduniverse.com. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 11 July 2006: Serenity - RPG wins Origins Award The Annual Origins Awards for the Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design recognizes the gaming industry's top achievenents and products. The winners of the 32nd Annual Origins Awards have been announced and the Serenity Role Playing Game has won the Gamer's Choice Best Role Playing Game of the Year award. You can see the full list of winners at http://aagad.originsgames.com/awards. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 3 July 2006: Serenity - Sky Box Office Serenity starts showing on Sky Box Office (UK) this month and will also be shown in High Definition for those who are lucky enough to own SkyHD. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 3 July 2006: Firefly - Ezy DVD Exclusive Collector's Tin Ezydvd are releasing an Exclusive Collectors Tin Edition of the Firefly box set, similar to the one they had for Serenity. The DVD will be released on 25 September 2006 and is available for pre-order now at www.ezydvd.com.au for $AU29.83. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 17 July 2006: Buffy/Angel - WB Finale Includes Buffy and Angel The WB's last day of broadcasting as The WB will be 17th September 2006 and to say goodbye they will be showing, among other things, the series premieres of both Buffy and Angel. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP JUNE 23 June 2006: California Browncoats Comic Con Fundraiser The California Browncoats are holding a fundraiser at Comic Con 2006 in aid of the Marine Corps - Law Enforcement Fund, a favourite charity of Adam Baldwin's. The Browncoat Booth will have have lots of merchandise inlcuding comics, trading cards, t-shirts and other apparel. They will also be holding an auction of signed Firefly scripts which have been donated by Adam Baldwin. And if that's not enough there will be a prize draw with some awesome prizes including a Serenity script signed by Joss and the cast. Other prizes include weekend passes to the Big Damn Flanvention II, books, pohotos and apparal. For full details go to www.californiabrowncoats.corg. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 22 June 2006 - Early Bird Serenity Now/Equality Now Screening Raises Over $1600.00 The first of the Serenity Now/Equality Now Charity Screenings was held on the 17th June 2006 in Ann Arbour, Michigan, USA and it was a roaring success. Although there were no advance sales whatsoever, a line of Browncoats was formed outside the theatre an hour before the film was due to be shown and a total of $1668.75 was raised for Equality Now. Congratulations to the organisers and well done to all who attended. Good luck to the organisers of the 46 other screenings which begin tonight. For details of all the screenings go to www.cantstoptheserenity.com. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 22 June 2006: Buffy - New Trading Cards Announced Inkworks have announced a new set of Buffy Trading Cards to be released in September 2006. Memories will feature 'the scariest, the most passionate and the very sorrowful memories of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, spanning all seven seasons'. As well as an 81 card set there will be the following bonus cards: Pieceworks Cards - Two per Box - Sixteen different cards inserted approximately 2:36 packs (full details to be announced). Reinforcements - 9 card puzzle set, inserted approximately 1:11 packs. Apocolypses - six card set inserted approximately 1:17 packs. Box Loader cards - Three Slayers, i per display box Case Loader card - Legacy , 1 per case. Also available will be a collector album and 299 sequentially numbered uncut mini-press sheets of 'Reinforcements. BACK TO NEWS INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 19 June 2006: Serenity - The UK Joins Serenity Now/Equality Now Showings The Uk have added two cities to the now 47 confirmed Serenity Now/Equality Now Events across 5 countries. The events are as follows: 23 June 2006 - Oxford, England at The Ultimate Picture Palace, tickets will cost £7.00 and some merchandise will be available. For full details and to reserve your tickets go to www.geoities.com/spiritofwas/home.html. 24 June 2006 - Leeds, England at The Vue (Leeds the Light), The Light at 10am. Tickets will cost £10.00 and will be available on the door, there will be a raffle and a shindig at the aptly named Firefly Bar afterwards. Please leave a message at www.cantstopthesignal.co.uk to let the organiser you will be attending. For details of all the screenings go to www.cantstoptheserenity.com. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 12 June 2006: Serenity - Joss Whedon To Receive Space Frontier Foundation Award For Serenity The Space Frontier Foundation have annouced they will be giving awards to several notable projects and individual at the New Space 2006 Conference 21st July 2006 in Las Vegas. Joss Whedon will be given a Vision of the Future award for his work as writer and director of Serenity. The award is given to "a fictional program or movie which portrays a human future in space that has elements which are inspiring, possible, and at least attempts to work within the realm of physics". Speaking of the reasons for giving the award, Foundation Funder Rick Tumlinson said, "Serenity and Firefly are the first new hard science fiction film and TV show in years to acknowledge an economic system, and even give a nod to the reality of space. From its portrayal of a civilization based on terraforming and free trade, to its multi-cultural aspects, it shows a possible future within which its characters go about the usual drama, comedy and skullduggery of any civilization anytime. Add to it the fact the space scenes take place in silence (the scientifically correct way things happen in space) and you have a winner in our books. We want the show back on the air!" To see the full list of awards go to www.space-frontier.org BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 12 June 2006: Browncoat Charity Auction A Charity auction is being held at the Annual Pennsylvania Shindig on 18 June 2006. Auction items include autographed comic books, action figures, Off-broadway show tickets, dinners for 2 in NYC and much more. All proceeds will go toward the PXE (Psuedo Xanthoma Elasicum) organisation. For full details go to www.myorangehat.citymax.com. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 12 June 2006: Serenity - Nominated in the Hugo Awards Serenity has been nominated in the Hugo awards in the Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form category. In order to vote you must be an attending or supporting member of LA con IV. You can vote at www.laconiv.org. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 9 June 2006: Serenity - Serenity RPG Nominated in the Gamer Awards The Serenity Role Playing Game has been nominated in the 2006 Gamers Choice Awards. Voting is open to the public and you can cast yours at www.originsgames.com. Voting closes at midnight on 12 June 2006. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 9 June 2006: Serenity - Details of the New Serenity Comics Revealed The new Serenity Comic miniseries, which will be co-written by Joss Whedon and Brett Matthews, will be titled Better Days. The miniseries will be set within the time period of Firefly and will explore some of the plot lines that never got used. Not artist has been announced yet but rumours name Adam Hughes. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 9 June 2006: Serenity - Tickets Now on Sale for Serenity Now/Equality Now Screenings Tickets are now on sale or most of the announced Serenity Now/Equality Now screenings. There are now a total of 39 confirmed screenings across, America, Canada, Australia and New Zealand on or around 23rd June 2006 and some still in the planning stages. For full details and to buy tickets and merchandise go to www.cantstoptheserenity.com. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 9 June 2006: Buffy - Take a Tour of Glory's Apartment Castle Green, Pasadena, the setting for Glory's apartment in Buffy, will be open for tours between 1pm to 5pm on 11th June 2006. Tickets cost $20.00 with the takings going to help maintain and restore this historical building. For full details go to www.castlegreen.com. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 6 June 2006: New UK Firefly/Serenity Podcast A new UK based Firefly/Serenity Podcast, Sending A Wave, is in the works. The first episode is planned for the end of June/beginning of July and they are currently seeking input on what people would like to be included. For more details go to www.sendingawave.com. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 6 June 2006: Buffy - Big Screen Buffy in Portland The McMenamins Mission Theater in Portland, Oregan, USA are starting a weekly run of free screenings of Buffy the Vampire Slayer episodes from 12 June 2006. They will be starting at the beginning with Welcome to The Hellmouth, The Harvest and The Witch, commencing at 10pm. You must be 21 or over to attend. For full details go to www.mcmenamins.com. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 4 June 2006: Firefly - Done The Impossible Release Date (sort of) The makers of fan film, Done The Impossible, which tracks the fans story of Firefly from cancellation to Serenity, have posted an update on their site, the release has taken a little longer than they first anticipated but they hope to have the first orders shipped before 20th July 2006. The film includes interviews with cast, crew and fans, has a commentary by Jewel Staite, a ton of extras and looks to be an incredibly professional DVD. You can view some highlights and the trailer and place your pre-order at www.donetheimpossible.com. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 4 June 2006: Buffy - Diamond Select to Release Buffy and Angel Prop Replicas Diamond Select Toys, responsible for the Buffy, Angel and Firefly action figures have signed a licencsing agreement with 20th Century Fox which enable them to produce Buffy and Angel prop replicas as well. The company who previously held the licence, Pallisades Toy, was closed in January of this year and Diamond Select will be releasing some of the replicas that had been previously announced, but never made, by Pallisades. The first release will be the Urn of Osiris (pictured) which will come in a museum style acrylic display case with title plaque. The Urn is scheduled for release this autumn. Click on the images for larger pictures. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 1 June 2006: Serenity - Serenity Wins a Spacey Visitors to Spacecast.com have been voting for their favourite, MOvies, TV Shows and Video Games in the 2006 Spaceys. Serenity was nominated in the Favourite Movie category and won with 36% of the vote, twice as much as any of the other nominees, which included Star Wars, Episode 111, King Kong and Harry Potter. James Marsters was nominated in the Favourite New TV Charactor (for Smallville) catogory, but came in third taking 22% of the vote, behind Lt Colonel. Mitchell (Stargte SG1) 27% and Vala Mal Doran (Stargate SG1) 25%. You can view the full list of nominees and winners at www.spacecast.com. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP MAY 29 May 2006: Firefly - Another Sci-Fi Channel Marathon The US Sci-Fi Channel are having another Firefly Marathon as their 'daytime rotation' starting from 8.00am on 14th July 2006. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 23 May 2006: Buffy - Season 8 Comics The new six-issue Buffy comics to be written by Joss Whedon for Dark Horse comics will chronicle events after the series finale 'Chosen'. The first issue is due to be released in October 2006. BACK TO NEWS INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 23 May 2006: Serenity - Joss Whedon's Nebula Award Joss Whedon recently won a Nebula Award for the Serenity Script and here is a picture of it being guarded by Puppet Angel before it was carefully wrapped and sent to him. Click on the picture for larger image. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 22 May 2006: Serenity - Serenity to be Released in Japan The Serenity DVD will be released in Japan on 11 August 2006 priced at 3619yen. You can pre-order it now at www.cdjapan.co.jp. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 22 May 2006: Firefly - Firefly Official Companion Volume 2 Available for Pre-Order The Firefly Official Companion Volume 2 will be released on 23rd March 2007 and is now available for pre-order from amazon.co.uk priced at £16.99. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 22 May 2006: Firefly - Nominate your favourite Sci-Fi Show for a SyFy Genre Award SyFy Portal are holding their seventh annual SyFy Genre Awards and are asking readers for their input into who should be nominated. The main rule is that the TV Show or Movie had to air for the first time in the US between 1 March 2006 and 31 May 2006, however, Firefly does still qualify as the originally unaired episodes were shown for the first time during the qualifying period. For full details of the catogories and how to submit your vote go to www.syfyportal.com. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 22 May 2006: Not Fade Away Spike Movie Campaign Ever since Tim Minear let slip that a Spike Movie could be in the works, fans have been eager for more news and rumours have been circulating. MOst recently Joss Whedon has said that he has done all the pitching that he can do and Amy Acker recently told fans at the Not Fade Away convention that, 'it's safe to say that's [Spike Movie] not happening any more, cause if they were, they'd be getting done right now." She went on to say, 'There was supposed to be three of them - one for Spike, a Faith one and also one for Willow. I think it's safe to say that now because it's not going to happen.' Whedonverse fans, however, have never been ones to let the words 'no', 'not' or 'cancel' stand in their way, and so comes the next fan campaign to keep the Buffyverse alive. Not Fade Away is a campaign run by Support Spike.com to postcard Fox and let them know we still care. For full details on how you can join in go to www.supportspike.com. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 12 May 2006: Watch Video Interview with Joss Whedon Joss Whedon recently attended the Saturn awards and spoke to the press about Wonder Woman and the Spike movie, you can watch a short clip from IESB at IESB.net. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 12 May 2006: Buffy and Firefly Available On iTunes Buffy Season 1 and Firefly are now available to buy and on iTunes. Unfortunately the Firefly series order is that as shown on Fox TV and not as on the DVD. You can buy single episodes for $1.99 each of the full Buffy season for $22.99 and the full Firefly season for $25.99. At this time these downloads are only available in the US. BACK TO NEWS INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 12 May 2006: Serenity - Joss Whedon wins Nebula Award The 2005 Nebula Awards took place on 6th May 2006 and Joss Whedon picked up the award for best script for Serenity. Congratualtions Joss. For a full list of winners go to www.locusmag.com. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 12 May 2006: Firefly - Ariel Ambulance Has Been Rescued On Saturday 6th May 2006 Browncoat history was made once again when the Ambulance prop from the Firefly episode Ariel, was purchased and transported to the Minter Field Air Museum for restoration. Once the ambulance has been restored it will be shown at conventions and museums starting with World Con 23rd to 27th August 2006. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 12 May 2006: Serenity - Big Damn Chefs Competition The Big Damn Chefs Charity Cookbook are running a competition to design the cover of the book which is due to be released on 1st July 2006. As well as your art appearing on the cover of the book, the first prize includes a Serenity Bank Heist Money Display and a package from the Blue Sun Shop. Second and third prizes include having your artwork appear in some form within the book and prize packages from Blue Moon Novelties and the Lilac Trading Station. Full details on how to enter are at www.bigdamnchefs.com. The closing date is 15 June 2006. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 10 May 2006: Serenity - Serenity Role Playing Game Master Index Available A Master Index for the Serenitys Role Playing Game is now available for download in .pdf format at www.serenityrpg.com. BACK TO NEWS ARCHIVE INDEX \| BACK TO TOP 10 May 2006: Joss Whedon talks Comics Joss Whedon recently attended the Saturn awards to accept an award on behalf of Summer Glau and spoke to iF Magazine about his forthcoming comic projects. Here's what he said: I plan to leave fans with a mind-blowing annual after the 24th issue of Astonishing X-Men because that will be when John [Cassaday] and I leave. Everything that I have done and everything that I am going to do is all leading up to one big climax. If I don’t blow some minds with it, then I did the thing called ‘failing’. “Let me put it this way, I told Cassaday what I had thought of for the second year. His exact words because he was so busy and didn’t have time to draw it were ‘F—k you!R