Do you think they are getting back together?
“Revive my Firefly fan blog” was not on my 2026 bingo card but here we go
Here’s how it was are the facts:
A series of teaser videos featuring Nathan Fillion knocking on the doors of the core Firefly cast and saying cryptic things like “it’s time” and “we’re doing this” have been posted to the Once We Were Spacemen instagram account.
There has been a LOT of speculation about what this means. The captions on two of the videos have dropped some confirmation of what it’s NOT:
02/27 - Sean Maher: “Some of you have guessed convention, podcast, or cross-over. You are wrong.”
03/11 - Alan Tudyk: “It’s not bobbleheads…”
And several of the captions promise an official announcement this Saturday Sunday, March 15th.
Now that we have the facts, here is my personal opinion:
These videos were posted to the Once We Were Spacemen account. Not a personal account, not the official Syfy account, and not a Disney or Fox account. That makes me think it’s something tangentially related to Firefly, without crossing the line of copyright infringement.
Recently, Dropout (a streaming service/ comedy network) worked with Nathan Fillion on a collaboration with The Rookie. In an interview about the collaboration, Sam Reich emphasized how much the whole crew loved working with Nathan. Following the OWWS instagram posts, Reddit user Levangeline posted a theory in the Dropout subreddit that Dropout will launch a Firefly reboot. In that thread, one of the most upvoted comments is from user Tequeman “Plot twist. It’s a firefly sequel season of dimension 20” (For those not in the know, Dimension 20 is a Dropout series where cast members play different TTRPGs. They sometimes have special guests and mini-series with celebrities!)
To be honest, until OWWS posted the video with Adam Baldwin, I thought the “Firefly cast reunites to play the Firefly TTRPG on Dropout” theory was pretty likely! But given that Dropout’s CEO Sam Reich is an outspoken leftist, it seems unlikely to me that he would want to give someone so known for his involvement in #GamerGate (as well as other right-wing political views) a voice on his platform.
Time: What Is #GamerGate and Why Are Women Being Threatened About Video Games?
So my next thought is a reunion special, similar to what Star Trek: Deep Space Nine did.
IMDb: What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
I am personally a newer fan of DS9, but I’m sure many more seasoned fans already know how badly Terry Farrell was treated on set. They do address that in the reunion special, and she was interviewed separately from the rest of the cast.
I think there’s a parallel here to what we now know about Joss Whedon’s mistreatment of women in his life. I feel like it might be too much to hope that Joss Whedon is not involved at all in whatever-this-is, but if it’s a reunion special and he is involved, I hope they take a similar approach to the DS9 special.
Vulture: The Undoing of Joss Whedon
We have teaser videos with all the living core cast members (rest in power, Ron Glass), and I think that if we are going to get another teaser video, it will be either Joss himself or Mark Sheppard.
What are your thoughts? Anyone have a more interesting red-string theory?
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