Posted on 08/12/2007 7:01:37 PM PDT by KevinDavis
In an interview at this year’s Comic Con, director Joss Whedon talked about the Collector’s Edition Serenity DVD and a possible big screen sequel. Here are just a few snippets of that interview:
So after all is said and done, was Serenity profitable? Do you consider it a success?
Joss Whedon (JW): It’s a success to the studio or else we wouldn’t be doing a special edition DVD. They actually admitted as much on paper, which you know studios are loathe to do, and that was actually from the theatrical. Theatrical was a disappointment, as everyone knows, but it did go into the black. Then the DVD came and they took me aside and said “We can’t keep these things on the shelf. We want to do a special edition.” And I didn’t want to hear that because I knew it would have to be a truly special edition to make me happy. There had to be a real reason, some real goodies.
So what will the special edition have for us?
JW: We took some stuff from the region two version; the making of – a really beautiful one that’s a bit longer. It has the first read through for the movie with the cast, two years after the show ended. And it has the River Tam sessions, the stuff I did on the internet with Summer. We got to do another commentary too, Nathan, Summer, Ron and Adam – I made sure it didn’t go the same direction as the first commentary. It feels like this version will be something more for the people who would tend to buy both.
(Excerpt) Read more at sliceofscifi.com ...
Buffy comes home and her Mom (a series regular) is dead on the couch. I only later learned from friends the character's medical history. Joss has a history of killing off characters and it's usually part of the storyline and not just someone walked in front of a bus.
Shiny. This should have been picked up by Sci Fi network instead of wrestling.
SHINY! :)
I haven’t watched anything else Joss W. had done so I didn’t realize that it was a thing with him. Thanks for cluing me in.
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