Breaking: Netflix to Relaunch FIREFLY

Giving new meaning to the phrase “Can’t stop the signal,” comes the following jaw-dropper.

Fresh off their landmark deal to secure the rights to HOUSE OF CARDS, the much-anticipated television series and political thriller from Executive Producer David Fincher and Kevin Spacey, comes the news that Netflix has given the go-ahead to make Nathan Fillion’s dream a reality.

FIREFLY will soar again!

“Continuing our tradition of breaking new ground, Netflix is proud to announce that we have reached a deal with 20th Century Fox Television to produce 26 new episodes of Joss Whedon’s critically-acclaimed series FIREFLY,” said Netflix Senior VP of Development Lirpa Sloof in a statement released today. “Gripping, serialized one-hour dramas have become an integral aspect of the Netflix experience over the years and FIREFLY, thanks to Joss Whedon’s unique vision and his remarkable group of actors, goes a long way in helping to further our commitment to bringing our audience the best entertainment Hollywood has to offer.”

According to Sloof, Whedon, alongside brother Jed, Maurissa Tancharoen and Jane Espenson have been quietly working on scripts and, as a result, will be ready to begin production once work finishes on his current project, The Avengers.

Click here for the full press release.

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  • http://twitter.com/bruzsy bruzsy

    Extra evil.

  • http://twitter.com/walkercount Walkercount

    Good one. If only this were true…

  • http://crazycrishereandthere.blogspot.com/ CrazyCris

    Now that’s just CRUEL!!! There’s a special place in hell for deliverers of this kind of April F….. grrrrr

  • Abby

    You always get me for a minute before it dawns on me. Clever one!

  • Anonymous

    Luckily I don’t care about Firefly. I still remember a year or two ago when you reported that the Veronica Mars movie was happening….now THAT was cruel.

  • Charles Carmichael

    You had me there for a split second! Wish it was true!

  • http://profiles.google.com/zombiedug Doug Hogan

    Not fucking cool. That’s just down right evil.

    But if anyone at Netflix is reading this, it’s none the less a great idea!!!

  • http://www.themoustache.co.cc Sourabh Shetty

    You are mean. So mean.

  • http://twitter.com/Wings1295 Joe

    Not funny. Just mean. :(

  • Amanda

    Not. Cool.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_56PJCN7GRKARW7LHWN2H4OYTO4 Magster

    y’all are going to the special hell for this one…

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_56PJCN7GRKARW7LHWN2H4OYTO4 Magster

    y’all are going to the special hell for this one…

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_56PJCN7GRKARW7LHWN2H4OYTO4 Magster

    y’all are going to the special hell for this one…

  • Hurt

    Extra Evil doesn’t even begins to describe it!

  • http://twitter.com/hercircumstance hercircumstance

    I feel bad for you if you were born yesterday, but it is April 1st and the internet. Everyone knows not to believe anything online today. I came here to see what theTVAddict cooked up. The Netflix twist was great.

  • Kelly

    Love it! For a half a second, I forgot what day it was…

  • Moviedemon

    You guys are full-on jerks. I hope Anonymous hacks you guys so bad that you’re ground into dust and this site never sees the light of day again…

  • Anonymous

    To anyone complaining about this being cruel or mean – come on, grow up. If you read a story like this on THIS day, and are fooled for a second – it’s your own fault.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_3FMMJB5P67FSQHRR64DBCVL7UY Paula

    How could you get my hope up and then dash them !!!

  • http://twitter.com/Chris_Kraft Chris Kraft

    You FUCKERS

  • http://twitter.com/zipper_revolt jadziadragonrider

    I’m so glad that going in I knew it was a joke because I would have been stabby otherwise. lol

  • Anonymous

    There are April Fools jokes and then there are April Cruel jokes, this one is the latter.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Bryan-Jones/100000318257322 Bryan Jones

    you c**k sucking piece of s**t mother fu**ers! how dare you do that to us who LOVE Firefly! :’(

    I feel dumb for falling for it and then calling someone about it. who is now just as upset as me.

  • Lp

    This… was cruel. Not even a huge Firefly fan but it would have been so cool and such a great precedent for shows that deserve to stick around. :(

  • skeletor

    seriously? nobody noticed “lirpra sloof” = aprils fools?
    and you can still get angry about being fooled?
    how much more obvious a hint could you want??

  • Stacyptaylor

    NOT COOL, NOT FUNNY, but it WAS in poor taste! Last time I’ll visit this site. You should re-evaluate your understanding of the spirit of April fools day. Just sad.

  • Stacyptaylor

    By the way, I saw this on April 3rd. If it was an April fools joke, it should have been removed by April 2nd. Again, bad joke.

  • Stacyptaylor

    I would understand if I saw this ON april fools day. But I saw it two days later. It should have been removed. If it’s still here a week from now does it still qualify as an April fools day joke…. NOT!

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1487007957 Sherry Snyder

    sickos

  • Imar

    I love how TV Addict liked all the comments that supported them. Douches.

  • Imar

    >.>

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Joe-Cook/100003187291332 Joe Cook

    this breaking news report just in: the tv addict’s headquarters is currently in the process of being attacked and destroyed by thousands of angered fans of Joss Whedon’s cancelled tv show: Firefly. the cause: April fools day.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=555865232 Raequel Solomon

    nah, you know what FUCK YOU AND YOUR MOM..that is the most jacked up prank ever…

  • http://twitter.com/unklebear Adran Jordan

    Now I’m gonna be depressed for the rest of the day. This is NOT a funny joke. :-(