After Serenity

The cruise is in the early planning stages at this point but the following details are now public:

• Our 5 day cruise sails on December 1, 2007, leaving from San Diego, California.

• Cruise destinations include Cabo San Lucas, and Ensenada, Mexico.

• Cruise will span 5 fun-filled days and 5 exciting nights.

• VIP guests including several Big Damn Heros (i.e. Firefly/Serenity cast) have been invited. They are currently waiting for additional details before they commit. We are expecting to have at least two BDHs on board, hopefully more. We also plan to have several non-BDH VIPs on board.

• Activities ideas currently include several shindigs, guest meet ups, river dance lessons, masquerade ball, fan panels, games, themed on-shore excursions and much more.

• Our goal is to have the total price for cruise and all activites to be in-line with similar land bound conventions, and considerably less than most themed cruises. And, like all cruises, the price includes all food!

• There will be a discounted non-activity pass for those non-Browncoat friends and family (is there such a thing) that want to come along for the cruise.

• There will be an early bird discount, and we plan to keep nearly all of the registration capital in the bank until we are 100% sure the cruise will go as planned. No surprises!

• This is a professionally-run event organized by fans.

• Cruise destination will be a foreign country (Mexico) and a valid passport will be required.

• These early details are subject to change. Many additional details will be available soon.

• This will be a warm weather cruise, no Jayne hat required (though certainly encouraged).

Firefly Star and Producer Reuniting To Drive

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Nathan Fillion was the hottest thing in the genre world during the short lived Firefly TV series. After the series ended and the tie in film Serenity was in the can Fillion went on to do another fantastic genre film called Slither. Things were looking up, but then, for some reason he signed on to do White Noise 2. WTF? So, just when we thought we saw the last of Fillion, other than Bruce Campbell rejected direct to video trash along comes one time writer and executive producer of Firefly Tim Minear with a new TV series.

Minear is the creator and executive producer of Drive, a series that has been picked up by FOX and is expected to debut in spring of 2007. The series focuses on Fillion’s character that is forced to participate in an illegal cross country road race to save his abducted wife. The pilot was shot with Ivan Sergei playing the lead role. Minear wanted Fillion all along but at the time of shooting Fillion was deep into the production of his new classic White Noise 2. So when the series was picked up and Fillion had become available the lead role was recast.

While it isn’t the return to genre that we had hoped for this series should feature some great action, and if Fillion is given any leeway at all, some quirky character moments.