Serenity cast booked for sequel

[Quest]

Now I was reading on my own board that it's been reported that most of the cast of Serenity have been booked for a sequel if the studio wishes to make one.
Smart move on the part of the studio.

[LadyTass2001]

Yeah Yeah Yeah!!! I can not even wait for this one!!!!

[Vanguard the Newly Employed]

Seeing as how the movie has bombed pretty badly, I would hold my breath for a sequel.

[dakota69]

Bombed? Oh man! I hate living in a town with no theatres! I haven't even had a chance to see it yet. I guess that reduces the chance of a sequel a bit, eh? Well, there's always the DVD release (and moving back to civilization).

[markus]

vanguard3000 said:

Seeing as how the movie has bombed pretty badly, I would hold my breath for a sequel.

Bombed??? Don't know were that came from

Oct 2, 3:55 PM EST

The Associated Press

LOS ANGELES -- Jodie Foster's "Flightplan" stayed aloft at the box office, as the airplane thriller took in $15 million to remain the No. 1 movie over a rush of new wide releases.

The science-fiction tale "Serenity," a continuation of writer-director Joss Whedon's cult TV series "Firefly," debuted in second place with $10.1 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.

The overall box office, which had surged since Labor Day, fell back into a slump that has persisted most of the year. The top 12 movies grossed $75.3 million, down 26 percent from the same weekend in 2004, when "Shark Tale" opened with $47.6 million.

The animated fantasy "Tim Burton's Corpse Bride" was No. 3 with $9.8 million, lifting its total to $32.9 million after two weekends in wide release.

After a strong opening in limited release the previous weekend, David Cronenberg's "A History of Violence" expanded and came in fourth with $8.2 million. The film stars Viggo Mortensen as a family man whose tranquil life is shattered by encounters with mobsters.

"Into the Blue," a thriller with Paul Walker and Jessica Alba as divers hunting for treasure in a 150-year-old shipwreck, opened at No. 5 with $7 million.



FlightPlan took in $4,400,000 from 3,424 theatres for first place, followed closely by the debut of Serenity with $4,200,000.


However, Serenity opened in only 2,188 theatres so it is clearly (on a per theatre basis) overhauling the competition.

[Vanguard the Newly Employed]

I don't think it's made a whole lot since then. Also, the DVD is scheduled to be out in two months or so, which seems to imply that it's been more or less written off.

[dakota69]

I still hope there's some remote chance of a sequel. The whole thing just ended way too soon for my liking. It just doesn't seem fair when you've got a cast and crew that' seems so truly enthusiastic about the whole thing. I don't think Firefly ever got enough promotion. I even know people who don't like sci-fi, who still got into the show. Meanwhile jaded Hollywood stars are coaxed with huge sums of money to act in movie versions of some of the worst TV shows from the 60s and 70s. How can that possibly make sense?