Joss Whedon’s ‘Firefly’ Crew, Flying High Ten Years Later

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Canceled by Fox in 2002 after airing just 11 episodes, the short-lived series' creator and his cast are thriving in Hollywood

If, ten years ago, you would have told the superfans who were calling themselves Browncoats that the stars of their beloved and — just-canceled — space western Firefly would one day be at the top of the Hollywood food chain, you'd have gotten plenty of crazy looks. But today, you could also be teasing, "I told you so."

The show had been unceremoniously dumped after just 11 episodes by Fox, a high crime to the devotees of creator Joss Whedon and the stars of the hyper-literate genre-bender, and their campaign to have it revived on TV was unsuccessful (though they did win a modestly budgeted 2005 film, Serenity). Fast forward seven years from that big screen outing, and you'll find those Firefly alum owning headlines, especially this month.