John's already covered this base, but I thought I'd pass it along to my readers (boy, does that ever sound egotistic...).
Serenity, the new film by Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel creator Joss Whedon, is slated to hit the theatres this September. The idea started as the fabulous but entirely too short-lived TV series Firefly, which aired on Fox's Friday Night death slot and which was subsequently cancelled after 22 episodes.
Basically, it's cowboys in space, only it's not like Star Trek where there are lots of space battles. In fact, the ship has no guns whatsoever. It's much more gritty, and is character-based rather than techno-mumbo-jumbo based. There aren't really any aliens to speak of either. Just the frontier colonization of a handful of planets, the question of faith, the struggle for independence, the fight for truth, justice, and an easy buck or two, etc.
If anything, I pray that this movie will prove you don't need big-name Hollywood stars to carry a film. Joss Whedon is one of the best writers around, and has penned his unique quippiness in Toy Story, Titan A.E., Roseanne, Alien Resurrection, and of course, his two babies, Angel and Buffy. His stuff is worth watching for the script and characters alone. (Okay, maybe not Aliens 4, but I blame Hollywood on that mess.)
Want proof I'm not a geek? Read pre-release reviews here, here, and a less positive one here.
Meanwhile, I HIGHLY recommend you rent (or buy!) the Firefly DVDs and watch them.
NOW!
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