Oh, I didn't realise that Chronicles of Riddick was also done under the Universal banner...

Universal were desperate for a sci-fi franchise, and Riddick is what they chose - if Riddick ends up not being successful enough for them... maybe Serenity came swoop in and take it's place - God knows it's less than half the budget of Riddick

Maybe Universal had already given up on Riddick before it was released and that's why they got Joss to do the movie for them

Oh, I'm all excited now

I love wishful thinking

[ edited by aapac on 2004-06-17 10:30 ]

aapac | June 17, 12:29 CET

"Jewel Staite confirms that Ron Glass and Alan Tudyk did almost drop out for the movie."

Anyone know why? I mean.. another chance to finish what they've begun, work with friends and make alot more money can't be a bad thing, can't it? And it's not FOX. It's Universal! :)

Christopher | June 17, 15:47 CET

Well the report did say 'schedule conflicts' so they must have been involved in other movies. Maybe Ron Glass was up for a Barney Miller big screen remake.

Simon | June 17, 16:20 CET

Per IMDB Tudyk's in 4 movies due out 2004 but Glass isn't quite so busy ... I guess because the Barney Miller reunion movie is being done on the qt ;-)

gingeriffic | June 17, 16:41 CET

If that means their screen-time in the movie had to be scaled back as well, I wouldn't really mind. At least it'd be true to the show. Any scenes of theirs would probably end up being deleted in favor of more River anyway.

narky | June 17, 17:00 CET

I'm speculating that Wash is the character mentioned in the AICN report as having much less screentime than the rest of the cast. Tudyk's career is really taking off; he's got a prime role in the upcoming I, Robot as the voice of Sonny, and several other projects in the works. I can understand how this was hard for him to fit into his schedule. As for Ron Glass, who knows?

wren | June 17, 17:20 CET

Ron Glass is ungrateful scum. And he's anorexic. and fat.

narky | June 17, 18:48 CET

I didn't know Chiwetel Ejiofor was in it. Was this mentioned before? Maybe it slipped past me.

BlindHawkeyes | June 17, 18:58 CET

Confusing...Glass seemed almost bereft in the special features on the DVD set...I would have thought he was almost desperate to get back to Firefly...

Chris in Virginia | June 17, 19:32 CET

narky, even if you were trying to joke in your post don't be abusive here.

Simon | June 17, 19:42 CET