Firefly being prepared for Blu-ray

by Jem Alexander { Apr 8th 2008 at 5:00PM }

We don't make a habit of posting about individual films or TV shows coming to Blu-ray. That's not the purpose of this site. Sometimes, however, something will come along that will get us totally excited and we simply have to share the news with you guys. Today that something is Firefly -- the excellent space western by Joss Whedon that was sadly canceled long before its time -- and the fact that it is being prepared for a Blu-ray box set.

Seeing the Firefly universe in HD is obviously going to be a treat. We'd love to see Serenity (the feature length "sequel" movie) to be released on Blu-ray, we didn't really expect Firefly to get similar treatment. There's no telling when the series will be released as currently it's still in the planning stages, but it's nice to know it is coming, wouldn't you say?

Tags: blu-ray, firefly

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

George Arauz @ Apr 8th 2008 5:48PM

I loved that series

Halwende @ Apr 8th 2008 5:13PM

Cue Simpsons' Comic Book Guy voice: "Best news ever"

heckteck @ Apr 8th 2008 5:16PM

hell yes i would so buy this series again but in Blu-ray it was so sad when fox screwed this show up by not advertise it and showing it out of order damn you FOX for canceling all your good shows

dabamf @ Apr 8th 2008 5:25PM

FOX, thank you for partially redeeming yourself. Now, buy the rights to "Serenity" back from Universal and start working on "Serenity 2" for the love of Pete!

Vcize @ Apr 8th 2008 5:57PM

FOX has wronged me many times, but that alone would make up for it (and it's about the only thing that could).

Geoff Gibson @ Apr 8th 2008 6:45PM

Rumour has it that Universal is already prepping for a Serenity 2 in the form of a straight to DVD movie. Mainly because the box office sales for Serenity sucked but the DVD sales were phenomenal.

I'm glad Universal has the rights to this franchise, Fox would just screw it over again.

On Topic: I might double dip for the Blu-ray version of this series... depends on the extras. Such a fantastic series though.

poitch @ Apr 8th 2008 5:30PM

For the Firefly fans, Universal HD has started to air Firefly in HD (1080i) last Saturday. Will be on for the next few Saturdays.

Fiddlesworth @ Apr 8th 2008 5:35PM

Greg Edmonson composed the music for firefly and Uncharted: Drake's Fortune.

Nate @ Apr 8th 2008 5:36PM

No way! That's cool.

Phizzy @ Apr 9th 2008 5:59AM

I'm surprised that not many people know that.

toefer @ Apr 9th 2008 4:30PM

Not to mention Nathan Drake looks a bit like Nathan Fillion. Weird.

Kabapu @ Apr 8th 2008 5:35PM

This is seriously awesome news. I just started watching this again on my DVD set and thought to myself, "It would be so awesome if they re-released this on Blu-ray."

While PS3FB may not have expected it, I have to some degree, and am glad to finally hear it's official. I will definitely be picking this up when it arrives.

They do need to make another movie though ... or continue the TV series ... or both.

Nate @ Apr 8th 2008 5:35PM

Best TV show ever. Period.

Vcize @ Apr 8th 2008 5:58PM

Indeed.

eugene @ Apr 8th 2008 5:54PM

SWEET.

Vcize @ Apr 8th 2008 5:56PM

Oh thank god.

And by god I mean Joss Whedon.

dabamf @ Apr 8th 2008 6:00PM

I wouldn't say Joss is perfect. Don't get me wrong, Firefly and Serenity are amazing. But just keep in mind two words: "Alien: Resurrection."

Lars @ Apr 8th 2008 6:05PM

Yeah, and I thought Buffy was one of the lamest shows on the planet.

HektikLyfe @ Apr 8th 2008 5:56PM

I only heard of its greatness through a variety of websites. I finally got the series myself and I am currently watching it with my family.

It really makes you hate the terrible writing and acting in "Sci-Fi" television shows like Stargate: Atlantis that never get canceled.

What the hell....?

Lars @ Apr 8th 2008 6:04PM

Hey, I liked Stargate SG1 a lot. Most of the actors are very good and charismatic. Storylines are very creative and became pretty epic towards the end. Set work was a-freakin-mazing for a TV show. But I have to agree with you about Atlantis though.

HektikLyfe @ Apr 8th 2008 7:16PM

Yeah that's why I knew to be specific. I haven't watched a lot of SG1 so I couldn't speak from experience. But when my wife and I are eating our morning breakfast, sometimes it threatens to come back up if we watch too much of Atlantis. The sets on Atlantis at times are inferior to those on the very first episodes of Star Trek. Yes, Captain Kirk's Star Trek. X ( Merlin? Seriously?

Lars @ Apr 8th 2008 6:01PM

YES!!!

evilfoxhound @ Apr 8th 2008 6:12PM

I just got the full series DVD set for £9 off play.com *Comic book guy voice* "Best bargain, ever"

Christian @ Apr 9th 2008 6:01AM

I picked mine up for $18, which is crazy cheap. So I won't feel nearly as taken when I double dip for this guy. Plus, the more Browncoats show their support through their wallets, the greater the chance for it to come back in one form or another (comic books, notwithstanding).

Joe H @ Apr 8th 2008 6:20PM

I don't have a PS3, but I saw this post at the bottom of Joystiq and wanted to point out.

Its already been aired in HD in entirety before on Universal HD, in addition to it apparently being rerun currently as well.

However, the official word at the time was that the masters for the effects shot were destroyed, so while most of it is in HD, there is some which was sourced from SD and simply upscaled.

Just to warn you that it won't look as good as Serenity did.

bluefrog @ Apr 8th 2008 6:41PM

Why not quote the original source of the information rather than a site quoting the original source?

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Firefly-Blu-ray-Release/9350

Fullmetal Salchemist @ Apr 8th 2008 7:10PM

OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!

Fullmetal Salchemist @ Apr 8th 2008 7:10PM

meatyb0y @ Apr 9th 2008 9:13AM

"Shiny!" I don't feel so humped now.

h0mi @ Apr 8th 2008 7:24PM

This is the best news since hearing about that iphone remote thing.

subversive1 @ Apr 8th 2008 7:54PM

'I'll be in my bunk"

Laurens Holst @ Apr 8th 2008 7:58PM

Awesome! Hope it’s released in Europe!

sicklesdawg @ Apr 9th 2008 1:51PM

cowboy bebop rip-off

Tetsuhana @ Apr 10th 2008 4:54AM

Outlaw Star ripoff

Jerry J @ Apr 8th 2008 8:58PM

Shiny!

Dehshizknight @ Apr 8th 2008 9:48PM

Come on NBC, bring on Heroes for Blu-ray!!!

Nate @ Apr 8th 2008 11:07PM

totally.

Nando @ Apr 8th 2008 9:53PM

This is great news!!!! it will become a best seller in very short time!!!

Even the serenity movie was a top hd-dvd seller for a loooong looong time

justnow @ Apr 9th 2008 3:19AM

i really like this show, i wish they would continue it :(

Phizzy @ Apr 9th 2008 6:03AM

This is wonderful news. I will ejaculate!

Galley @ Apr 9th 2008 9:33AM

This will be the best BD ever!

TVGenius @ Apr 9th 2008 10:23AM

I knew this would happen as soon as I bought it on DVD (originally borrowed the set from a friend). Haven't even finished re-watching it yet. Crap.

Seb @ Apr 9th 2008 10:26AM

Please Digg this one:)

http://digg.com/tech_news/Firefly_on_blu_ray

Tony @ Apr 9th 2008 10:26AM

'I'll be in my bunk"

...nice reference! ha...to the nard who brought up Alien: Resurrection - his script was completely flipped by the studio...not his fault. Same thing happened to the Buffy movie.

This is def great news and a LONG time coming...yay!