Serenity occurs as 2005 film written & directed by Joss Whedon. These are placed in the universe of the cancelled Fox science fiction television series Firefly, taking place sextet months when a last episode [http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117901089?categoryid=13&cs=1]. Such as a television series that spawned it, Serenity occurs as science fiction Western, using elements of two genres. A film was freed in the United states of america in September 30, 2005.

Story
Serenity is the story of the captain & crew of the transfer & cargo ship D years later. Their dwells of petty crime come interrupted by the psychic rider world health organization carries the unsafe secret.

A resources of Earth have been depleted, and humanity has moved to an additional solar technique by owning numerous terraformed planets. All the planets come controlled per purportedly peace-peaceable however ultimatly benign Alliance. However a frontier justice however holds sway farther from either a Core of the Alliance, in which criminal rather the crew of Serenity can scrape out a residing in case it keep clear of Alliance forces & the Reavers, savage, cannibalistic & mindlessly violent homo world health organization dwell beyond a outer planets and raid a Alliance worlds in a rim.

Sequentially to earn her continued passage onboard Serenity, a fugitive from either a Alliance, the telepathic River Tam (Summer Glau), accompanies Captain Malcolm Reynolds (Nathan Fillion), Jayne (Adam Baldwin), and Zoë (Gina Torres) on a mission to steal the payroll of an outer planet security company financed per Alliance. whilst you took the robbery, a crew narrowly avoids capture by a Reaver marauding person when Flow of any stream is respire to telepathically feel their approach. Wash (Alan Tudyk), the ship's pilot (& Zoë's married man) will bring a ship to intercept a crew's surface vehicle, saving the crew from either a gruesome fate.

Flow of any stream's brother Simon (Sean Maher), the crew's doctor, angrily reacts to the captain's willingness to put his immature sister within such grave danger. Captain Reynolds responds by suggesting it leave at a next planet it land in, Beaumonde, in which a crew expects to sell their loot. Simon agrees to the arrangement. A Tammy clean indeed disembark at Beaumonde, however when a captain haggles sustaining a vendee, Flow of any stream suddenly starts attacking humans in a equivalent bar that the captain & Jayne come patronizing. Despite existence the Xc pound (41 kilo) girl, she manages to incapacitate everyone, including Jayne, & is astir to shoot Captainside Reynolds after Simon arrives & shouts the sentence in Russian, causing her to fall asleep.

Simon explains to the captain that, in the period of her captivity per Alliance, she was trained & conditioned to be an assassin. A sole tool that potty prevent her fallowing this conditioning has been triggered is the "safe-word" he uttered. Despite noesis of this newly danger, a captain allows Simin & Flow of any stream to prove my point traveling on Serenity.

A crew contacts Mr. Universe (David Krumholtz), the reclusive techno-geek world health organizatiin lives using his robotic married woman on a planet surrounded by an unintelligible ion cloud. Fallowing watching a security camera footage of the bar in Beaumonde, Mr. Universe discovers that Flow of any stream's outburst was triggered by a subliminal message around a ostensibly harmless cartoon advert that got been broadcast tons above the Alliance when you took the former weeks. He tells a crew that prior to her attack, Flow of any stream experienced whispered a title "Miranda". He too notes that a footage has been viewed by mortal else sustaining high Alliance clearance.

Fearing Alliance pursuit, a crew will require refuge in the Haven mining colony by using Shephard Book (Ron Glass), a priest world health organization it used to be that traveled by owning Serenity's crew. Book warns Mal that a Alliance professional pursuing Flow of any stream is belike to become an "Operative", & super unsafe. Shortly thenceforth, the captain receives a call for from either Inara (Morena Baccarin), another previous rider. Their conversation is awkward however pleasant plenty — using there are no arguing — leading Mal & Zoe to the guide that it's the trap, however it decide to visit Inara anyway. Mal's fears come realized; Inarthe is held surety by a remorseless & unidentified Operative (Chiwetel Ejiofor). A Operative offers to let a captain last in his way whenever he turns Flow of any stream concluded to him, however thanks to Inara's promptly thought process, she & a captain escape a Operative & go to to Serenity, which requires off undetected.

An additional of Flow of any stream's outbursts shows a crew a meaning of "Miranda". These are the title of an outer rim planet, which got it used to become that been inhabited however was thought to be wiped call at a terraforming accident. Flow of any stream experienced subconsciously learned something mysterious just about the planet once she come within telepathic email sustaining a member of the Alliance Parliament when you took her educational videos. Traveling to Miranda to view sir thomas more would necessitate crossing across what is currently Reaver territory, which a crewman agree would become suicide, therefore instead Serenity is restored to Haven & Shephard Book.

In arrival, notwithstanding, a crew discovers that a outpost has been ravaged by Alliance forces, & its dweller, including Book, massacred. Many more outposts that experienced harbored Serenity it used to be that use too been destroyed. Captain Reynolds receives a message from either the Operative claiming responsibility, & promising further of the equivalent until Flow of any stream is turned all over.

A captain responds by running for Miranda to locate a secret a Alliance is unforced to commit massacre to protect. Serenity, disguised as a Reaver ship, lives through a Reaver armada that surrounds the planet Miranda.

Upon reaching Mirandthe, a crew discovers a normal, terraformed planet, by having an globe-such as environment which is entirely inhabitable. A unknown section is that a straggling cities that dot a planet's surface come empty. In a buildings & cars come badly decomposed corpses, by owning there are no apparent reason of demise. No signs of violence or even disease. These are when in case a population only establish & died.

the crew discover a log recorded by an Alliance search and rescue team after a disaster. A log recounts what has happened: G-34 Paxilon Hydrochlorate, or even only 'Pax', a chemical designed to dislodge aggression & so render a planet safe from either crime, forgoing violence, got worked as swell well, & the world just stopped working, or even even eating, or confident just about anything. It just make & died in their newfound unaggressive state.

There was a little minority of the world (roughly the tenth of the percentage, so given the planet's original people of 30,000,000 or so 30,000 people) for which a drug got a paired burden. It became aggressive & mentally unstable, mutilating their have bodies, & killing a research worker world health organization experienced are to investigate. So, a Alliance was actually responsible the creation of the Reavers.

Everyone is sickened by this revelation, however none extra therefore than Mal. This was exactly a rather tool that a Browncoats experienced been fighting to check: a Alliance's belief that it may produce humans better. That everyone must conform to the two, irrespective of the prices or even conseqence. First around years, Mal is moved by something greater than himself; the belief, something he thought he'd wasted inside Serenity Valley.

"This report is maybe twelve years old. Parliment buried it, and it stayed buried 'till River dug it up. This is what they feared she knew. And they were right to fear, 'cause there's a universe of folk who are gonna know it too. They're gonna see it. Somebody has to speak for these people." "Y'all got on this boat for different reasons, but y'all comin' to the same place. So now I'm asking more of you than I have before. Maybe all. 'Cause as sure as I know anything I know this: they will try again. Maybe on another world, maybe on this very ground, swept clean. A year from now, ten, they'll swing back to the belief that they can make people better. And I do not hold to that." "So no more running. I aim to misbehave."

A project is to reveal this secret to all the worlds by using the transmitter devices belonging to Mr. Universe. Unluckily, a Operative has predicted this, & is already waiting at Mr. Universe's headquarters, along using an Alliance fleet. Serenity leaves Mirandthe, however is challenged by a Reaver ship. the crew opens fire utilizing a turret salvaged from either Shepherd Book's award, stimulating a Reaver fleet to go after. Whilst it reach Mr. Universe's secret planet, Mal & the crew come suspire to have a Reaver fleet to induce chaos amongst a Alliance, rendering the babies a risk to produce it to the surface of the planet. within a period of a attack, a Operative flees a battle in an escape pod & follows the crew to the surface.

Serenity is followed by the Reaver ship, which fires an electro-magnetic pulse at the babies, disabling power. Do is suspire to restore emergency power at a eleventh hour & outcome a crash landing; all a same, even as the crew looks to exist as away from either danger, Do is flushed by a harpoon shot from the below Reaver ship that pierces the cockpit. Regrettably for Do, a cockpit was a merely point that a Reaver harpooners may attack from either a outside. No period to mourn & Mal pulls Zoë out of Do's dead person even as a second harpoon is fired into a cockpit. Fleeing Serenity to prove my point their assumed mission of catching a word retired, a crew decides to install a survive fill in a little corridor to wait the Reavers & give Mal the period he needs to produce way to Mr. Universe & transmit a message.

Mal arrives to call for Mr. Universe has been flushed. Nevertheless, prior to he died, he was breathe to leave the pre-recorded message using his robotic married woman which informs Mal that there is a secondary transmitter in another vicinity of the complex. Meanwhile a crew is losing ground to the Reavers & is forced to retreat while Zoë & Kaylee come hurt. It try to close the blast door, however it ends allowing a little opening. This buys the two a select few period, then again the doctor is shot by a isolated bullet meaning no a single to tend to the hurt. He tells the two he needs his medical bag which he left in the past room. Flow of any stream tells her brother that it's instance she browsed when him, leaps through a blast door, throws a medical kit back inside, closes the door & is swarmed per Reavers.

Meantime, Mal has reached the 2nd transmitter & finds these are inconveniently placed in the platform surrounded by a big drop. He is astir to attempt to email a platform whenever a Operative shows higher. It have a could have-off, which outcomes within Mal existence promptly on a draw & shooting (but not killing) the Operative. He so proceeds to try & email the transmitter, however a reanimated Operative follows him. There is the fight between a babies so the Operative utilizes a move which is designed to wholly disable his opposing — all the same it has there is no burden in Mal due to an old war injury.

Mal doesn't wipe out a Operative, & instead disables him by using a similar move & leaves him trussed as much as follow the recording from either Miranda. Giving to a crew, he is informed that Flow of any stream was trapped on the other side of the blast door using the Reavers — presumptively flushed. A door opens to reveal that, instead, Flow of any stream has flushed all the Reavers. When she ends, a Alliance troops enter, however instead of generating permission to shoot her, a Operative orders a squad to could have down.

A film finishes using a crew patching higher Serenity within the repair front yard on the planet Persephone, while a Operative makes his have exit. In a payoff to a subplot from either each the series & the film, Simon & engineer Kaylee eventually develop together. A crew buries a bodies of their friends Mr. Universe, Shepherd Book, & Do within Haven, & leave a planet using Mal in Do's seat at a helm, & Flow of any stream acting when his co-pilot.

Production
Jane Espenson, one of the writers of Buffy and Firefly, announced in June 2003 at a Buffy convention in the UK that Whedon was writing the script for a Firefly film. Actors Nathan Fillion & Adam Baldwin confirmed this on the official Firefly forum, when did Whedon inside many interviews. Universal Studios acquired the rights to Firefly.

In March 2, 2004, according to an article around Variety, the picture was officially greenlighted to enter production with the $40 million budget. Primary photography began in June 3, 2004. Joss Whedon said that a film would become freed when Serenity, sequentially to differentiate it from either a TV series. A Ix main cast members from either a television series (Adam Baldwin, Alan Tudyk, Gina Torres, Jewel Staite, Morena Baccarin, Nathan Fillion, Ron Glass, Sean Maher, and Summer Glau) all returned for the picture show. In September 17, 2004 Joss Whedon announced on the official site that shooting experienced been completed.

Although critics of Firefly use at times been skeptical that the major motion picture depending upon the short-fugacious series has the risk at profits, fans of the series hope that the film may lead to, in case does'nt the revival of the series, at least a film franchise. In case Serenity occurs as profits, it can besides promote theatrical versions of more short-transient series.

Marketing campaign
Sneak previews
Additionally to traditional advertizement methods, Universal sought two or three unique approaches to promoting a film. Hoping to generate buzz across early word-of-mouth, Universal launched an unprecented Three-stage campaign to sneak-preview a moving picture around 35 America cities in which a television series got earned high Nielsen Ratings. A 1st stage of screenings was held inside Decade cities in May 5, 2005. A 2nd stage, held in May 26, 2005, added an additional Twenty cities & was as well a source of arguing after single theatres began selling tickets prior to a official announcement was freed, leading occasionally shows to become sold out prior to existence announced. A third around of screenings, by having even more, an extra V cities, was held in June 23, 2005. a screenings proved a profits, by owning completely triplet stages selling call at less than Two dozen hours, the 2nd-stage screening around DC sold call at a mere Twenty-two transactions & the 2nd screening around Phoenix sold call at Octonary.

Australian audiences were the number one outside N United states of america for preview screenings. When an exclusive Sydney test screening, Melbourne held a public screening in July 21, 2005. This was followed by the film festival screening on the Gold Coast on July 22. Public preview screenings were held around Adelaide and Sydney on August 1, and Perth on August 4. Farther screenings were held inside Victoria, Tasmania, and Queensland in late August. Preview screenings were besides held in the United Kingdom and Ireland on August 24, in London, Birmingham, Manchester and Dublin. Many of a screenings all told the countries featured the attendance of Joss Whedon and the film's cast, followed by the Q&A session with the audience. Whedon likewise attended ii Q&A sessions after sold-out screenings of the finished film in Melbourne and Sydney on September 12 and 13.

Viral marketing
Universal besides used the viral marketing campaign, producing five short on line videos that were "released" using your internet browser between August 16 and September 5. These short films depicted selection of counselling sessions using a character River Tam while she was being held at the "learning facility" known just when "The Academy". A counsellor inside these sessions is played by Joss Whedon himself. Ingesting place prior even to a cases of a picture show or a television series, the on line videos shed a bit of weak on the experiments & torture "The Academy" conducted in Flow of any stream, "documenting" her vary from either the shy wonder child to the mentally unstable character of the series.

In October 5th, 2005, Universal made a [http://video.vividas.com/CDN1/3929_Serenity/web/index.html first nine minutes of Serenity] available on the internet. a web browser plugin allowed a viewer to understand the opening of the film fully-screen broadcast quality (bandwidth permitting). A clip was flushed two or three weeks late.

Critical and popular reception
Serenity has gotten mostly raves from either film critics, by owning the the recently rating of 81% from either a motion picture view web site Rotten Tomatoes, which compiles reviews from the wide range of film critics. Ebert & Roeper gave the film "Two Thumbs Up," and The San Francisco Chronicle called it a triumph,[http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/09/30/DDGP7EVFH91.DTL&type=printable] while The New York Times described it as a modest but superior science fiction film.[http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/30/movies/30sere.html/partner/rssnyt?ex=1129262400&en=c8b757b751be776f&ei=5070] Science fiction author Orson Scott Card said it was "the best science fiction film ever." One reviewer went so far as to say that "if I was only allowed to see one movie this year, it'd be Serenity. If I was allowed to see two, I'd probably see Serenity again." Several critics own praised the film when fun & smart, providing a clever mix of genres when too harkening back to classic sci-fi risky venture. However more reviewers use at times felt a film was unable to overcome its television origins, & did non succesfully accomplish a transition to the large screen. USA Today wrote that "the characters are generally uninteresting and one-dimensional, and the futuristic Western-style plot grows tedious" when Variety declares that the film "bounces around to sometimes memorable effect but rarely soars."

Despite critical plaudit & Internet buzz, Serenity has performed with modesty at a pack professional. Although many initiate predicted the #1 opening[http://www.ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,1111625_1_0_,00.html][http://boxofficemojo.com/forecast/] [http://www.boxofficereport.com/wbon/old/093005.shtml], a film opened at #2 in the United States, ingesting $10.One million its number 1 weekend. Its 2nd weekend saw the 47% dip to $5.35 million, landing a film at #8. When of October 18, 2005 it has earned a number house servant gross of $22,716,560. [http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=daily&id=serenity.htm]. According to a totals thus far, film industry analyst Brandon Gray predicted that, according to these earnings, Serenity might earn all about $28 million from either its U.S. release [http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=1916&p=.htm]. Gray besides described Serenity's pack professional performance when "like a below average genre picture" [http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=1919&p=.htm].

Serenity has experienced mild openings withwithin Australia (#6 debut, falling to #9 in its 2nd weekend) & Portugal ($157,698) and then far. A film debuted at #1 in the UK, earning £958,816 (close to $1.7 million) [http://www.imdb.com/boxoffice/?region=uk], [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/4331654.stm], & got the fairly heavy opening withinside Russia ($711,201 in its number one weekend). A international pack professional when of October 17, 2005 is $6,369,352, with the worldwide number of $29,085,912. [http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&id=serenity.htm]

Serenity comics
Bridging a gap between a prevent of a television series & the beginning of the motion-picture show occurs as 3-issue comic book series titled Serenity. A comedian is written by Joss Whedon & Brett Matthews, illustrated by Will Conrad and Laura Martin, and published by Dark Horse Comics. A story focuses on the crew of Serenity ingesting the salvage job from either Badger following a bungled thieving in a backwater planet, & the pursuit of Flow of any stream per omninous blue-gloved men seen in the television series. A story is considered a share of the Firefly/Serenity canon. Both issue of the series features trey different covers, by owning every handle featuring one of the nine independent characters, to each one by a different illustrator, including Joe Quesada, Bryan Hitch, Tim Bradstreet and John Cassaday. A number 1 issue was published inside July 2005, and a final a single appeared around September. A comedian quickly sold out in release, by having each a #1 & #2 issues running into 2nd printings.

Trivia
The safeword phrase that Simon uses to shut Flow of any stream down, "Eta kuram na smekh", occurs as Russian expression ("Это курам на Ñ?мех"). Literally, it means, "That's for chickens to laugh at"; informally, it means, "That's ridiculous." [http://serenitymovie.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=718] Commonly, the sentence would exist when utilized to disparage something (for even instance, a payment) as deficient or absurd. Several information to the motion-picture show Forbidden Planet exist, including a title of the failing colony, Miranda (the title of Prospero's girl in The Tempest, which Forbidden Planet is based upon), & them vessels labeled C57D, which was a title of the independent space vehicle inside Forbidden Planet. Renowned comic book creative person Bernie Wrightson, co-creator of Swamp Thing, contributed concept drawings for the Reavers [http://suicidegirls.com/words/Joss+Whedon/]. More comic book creative person world health organization contributed to the production project include Joshua Middleton and Leinil Francis Yu (Visual Companion). A title of the planet "Miranda" translates from either Latin into "a thing to behold" or even "a thing to marvel at."