For those of you who don’t know, Joss Whedon is the creator of my favorite television show: Buffy the Vampire Slayer. (You can see my posts about Buffy here.)
In addition to the Buffy spin-off Angel, he also created a science fiction show called Firefly. Unfortunately, Firefly didn’t even last a full season, but it sold so well on DVD that the studio decided to do a movie. That movie is called Serenity, and it opens on September 30. Here’s the film synopsis, provided by Universal Pictures:
Joss Whedon, the Oscar- and Emmy-nominated writer/director responsible for the worldwide television phenomena of BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, ANGEL and FIREFLY, now applies his trademark compassion and wit to a small band of galactic outcasts 500 years in the future in his feature film directorial debut, Serenity. 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. He leads a small, eclectic crew who are the closest thing he has left to family — squabbling, insubordinate and undyingly loyal.
I watched the series when it aired, but the better experience is watching it on DVD, because the TV network didn’t air all the episodes (or even air them in the right order.)
Anyway, although Firefly/Serenity is another reason to like Joss Whedon, it’s not the reason I’m writing this entry. The film producers have decided to allow bloggers to the advance press screenings, so I applied to go and received an invitation to a press screening in Salt Lake on Tuesday. So if all goes well I’ll be able to post a review of the film before most people can go see it, just like the big-name movie reviewers.
Blogger privileges — another reason to like Joss Whedon.