![]() Firefly, version 2.0: Jayne (Adam Baldwin), Kaylee (Jewel Staite), Shepherd Book (Ron Glass), Simon Tam (Sean Maher), Inara (Morena Baccarin), Mal (Nathan Fillion), Zoe (Gina Torres), Washburne (Alan Tudyk) and River (Summer Glau). ![]() Said motley crew included a morally dubious captain, a hired muscleman, a waifish android, a paralyzed mechanic and a dreadlocked weapons expert. The Betty was a rundown little ship doing off-the-books jobs to support her motley crew. “Firefly” is based loosely on a concept first tested with Whedon’s own screenplay for 1997’s “ALIEN: Resurrection,” which saw the outlaw crew of a small transport ship, the “Betty,” getting caught up in a much bigger government conspiracy. These prototypical versions would later evolve into “Firefly” characters Jayne, Wash, River and Kaylee. Firefly, version 1.0: Some of the characters in “ALIEN Resurrection” included muscleman Johner (Ron Perlman), wisecracking mechanic Vriess (Dominique Pinon), government lab-grown clone Ripley-8 (Sigourney Weaver) and waifish android Call (Winona Ryder). Continuing the success afforded by his back-to-back TV successes “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” (1997-2003) and “Angel” (1999-2004), writer/producer/director Joss Whedon (currently of Disney/Marvel “Avengers” cinematic fame) created, along with “Angel” partner Tim Minear (“American Horror Story”), a short-lived TV series (2002-2003) that could be described in broad terms as ‘Han Solo: The TV Series’ a roguish hero who, along with his patched-together space freighter & crew, would roam a newly settled, post-Earth star system in search of work (legal or otherwise).
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