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September 13, 2004 — MovieWeb has posted all of the official production notes for Joss Whedon's 'Serenity' - they're a little on the spoilery side, but if you're looking for a refresher course on Whedon's upcoming space epic, they're also pretty darned comprehensive. Here's a clip to get you started:
Five-hundred years in the future, the crew of the transport-for-hire ship Serenity takes on two new passengers and soon find themselves in a crossfire between an invincible military force and cannibalistic savages. Oscar.- and Emmy-nominated writer/director JOSS WHEDON - creator of the worldwide television phenomena of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel and co-writer of Toy Story - makes his feature film directorial debut with the futuristic action-adventure Serenity, based on Whedon's cult television series Firefly.
Captain Malcolm Reynolds, a hardened veteran who fought on the losing side of a galactic civil war, now ekes out a living pulling off small crimes and transporting passengers and cargo (without asking too many questions) on the Firefly class ship Serenity. He leads a small, eclectic crew who are the closest thing he has left to family - squabbling, insubordinate and undyingly loyal. When Mal agrees to transport a young doctor and his unstable, telepathic sister, he gets much more than he bargained for. The pair are fugitives from The Alliance - the coalition dominating the galaxy - who will stop at nothing to reclaim the girl. The crew that was once used to skimming the outskirts of the galaxy unnoticed suddenly finds itself caught between this unstoppable military force and Reavers - barbaric savages who roam the edges of space. Hunted by vastly different, equally deadly enemies, they soon begin to discover that the greatest danger to their safety may be onboard the Serenity herself.
Written and directed by Whedon, Serenity is produced by BARRY MENDEL (Rushmore, The Sixth Sense and Wes Anderson's upcoming The Life Aquatic) with CHRIS BUCHANAN (president of Mutant Enemy, Inc., Whedon's production company; Best Men), ALISA TAGER (Enemy at the Gates) and DAVID LESTER (Air Force One, The Shawshank Redemption) executive-producing. The cast reprising their roles from the television series include NATHAN FILLION (Mal), GINA TORRES (Zoe), ADAM BALDWIN (Jayne), ALAN TUDYK (Wash), JEWEL STAITE (Kaylee), MORENA BACCARIN (Inara), SUMMER GLAU (River), SEAN MAHER (Simon) and RON GLASS (Book). The Operative, the Alliance's man, is played by CHIWETEL EJIOFOR, the exciting young star of Stephen Frears' Dirty Pretty Things. There is also a brief appearance by Shohreh Aghdashloo, who was nominated for an Oscar. for her role in House of Sand and Fog.
"It's a story about freedom - how much we need it, how much everybody deserves it and how much we can lose before we have to fight back," says Whedon. "This movie gives me the opportunity to create worlds on a scale that I've never dreamed of before, which is very exciting."
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