Joss Whedon talks Serenity Sci-Fi movie

Based on Whedon's cult hit television series "Firefly," the film centers around Captain Malcolm Reynolds, a hardened veteran (on the losing side) of a galactic civil war, who now ekes out a living pulling off small crimes and transport-for-hire aboard his ship, "Serenity."

JB: How hard was it to get Universal to sign off on this film?

 

Joss Whedon: I’ve gotta tell you – I’d like to brag about how well I sold it, but Mary Parent and Universal liked Firefly and the words she used was, "This is a no-brainer." She has been supportive of this project since before I’d made up the story. And although it’s taken a lot out of me to get it to where it is…it’s been a real struggle, the support they’ve shown has been constant.

JB: Any truth to the rumors that you might be directing X-Men 3?  How is your relationship with Fox?

JW: Nobody has approached me about the X-Men franchise. My relationship with the film division…I haven’t really worked with them in a long while. My relationship with the network? Not so great. But my deal is with the Television Production…so we’ve had a good relationship for years. We did Buffy, Angel and Firefly together, and that seems fine. I don’t really have a relationship besides the Television Production…

You can read the rest of the interview here.

Source: JoBlo