Serenity
They aim to misbehave.
Country
Production
Genre
Budget
$39 000 000
Box office
$40 447 243
Director
Actors
Scenario
Producer
Barry Mendel, David V. Lester, Alisa Tager, Christopher Buchanan
Camera operator
Jack N. Green
Composer
Artist
Barry Chusid, Kevin Kavanaugh, Gerald Sullivan
Audition
Anya Colloff, Amy McIntyre Britt
Editing
Lisa Lassek
Whole Team (245)
Whole Team (245)
Short description
When the renegade crew of Serenity agrees to hide a fugitive on their ship, they find themselves in an action-packed battle between the relentless military might of a totalitarian regime who will destroy anything – or anyone – to get the girl back and the bloodthirsty creatures who roam the uncharted areas of space. But... the greatest danger of all may be on their ship.
What's left behind the scenes
- In the star system inhabited by the characters in the film, Chinese is quite common, and they specifically prefer to use profanity in that language.
- This film is the first product from Universal Studios to be released on HD-DVD.
- Mel's personnel file, which the Operative was reviewing, lists his date of birth as September 20, 2468. This is likely a reference to the premiere of the series 'Firefly', which took place on September 20, 2002. Furthermore, screenwriter and producer Ben Edlund was born on September 20, 1968.
- The cannon installed on 'Serenity' by the crew is a German 20mm Flak 38 anti-aircraft gun from World War II.
- While trying to get River to sleep, Dr. Simon Tam says the phrase 'This is a laughing matter' in Russian.
- In the funeral scene, Kayleigh wears a medallion depicting a Chinese symbol of happiness, which is typically used at weddings.
- According to Nathan Fillion, he personally brought blueprints to the set, which were then used to build the spaceship set, as the existing and prepared blueprints had been lost. He had them himself because he had previously participated in the filming of the original series and photographed all the sets and blueprints.
- In the cargo hold, after Summer Glau’s character is wounded, boxes labeled “Suitable for Reuse. Do Not Destroy” come into the frame. This is a kind of joke and a reference to the fact that the spaceship sets had to be rebuilt from scratch, as the sets from the original series "Firefly" (2002) were not preserved.
- Director and screenwriter Joss Whedon, as well as Chiwetel Ejiofor, Nathan Fillion, Summer Glau, and Sean Maher, performed many of the stunts themselves. Before filming began, Glau trained with fight choreographers for three months. During the second fight scene, cinematographer Jack N. Green moved directly between the fighters and took up a different position, which added dynamism to the entire scene.
- During filming, the actors involved in the project would shout Summer Glau's name whenever someone forgot their line or an action within their role. This peculiar custom originates from the filming of the series “Firefly” (2002), when after completing a long and complex scene, Glau forgot to say her line.
- During a conversation between the characters played by Nathan Fillion and Morena Baccarin, the viewer sees four scars on Fillion’s character. All of them were received in different episodes of the 2002 project “Firefly”.
- The viewer gets the impression that the opening shots of the film were filmed in one long take without cuts or edits, but this is not actually the case. In the scene where Nathan Fillion and Sean Maher’s characters descend to the lower decks, some image details were “erased” using digital technology because the characters were transitioning from one set to another at that moment.
- According to Joss Whedon, the characters of Alan Tudyk and Ron Glass had to be killed off because the actors were unable to participate in the sequels. In the original script, before it was known that some of the leading actors would not continue filming, it was assumed that all the main characters would remain alive.
- Mel's personnel file, which the Operative was reviewing, lists his date of birth as September 20, 2468. This is likely a reference to the premiere of the series "Firefly," which premiered on September 20, 2002. Furthermore, September 20, 1968 was the birthday of the series' writer and producer, Ben Edlund.
- Wash, the pilot of Serenity, wears a jacket with the emblem of the Interkosmos international space program on one sleeve and the emblem of the Cosmonaut Leonov spacecraft mission from the film Space Odyssey 2010 (1984) on the other.
- In Mal's personnel file, which the Operative reviews, the birth date is listed as September 20, 2468. This is likely a reference to the premiere of the series "Firefly," which debuted on September 20, 2002. Additionally, the show's writer and producer, Ben Edlund, was born on September 20, 1968.
- According to Nathan Fillion, he personally brought the blueprints to the set, which were then used to construct the spaceship sets, as the existing prepared blueprints had been lost. He had them because he had participated in the filming of the original series and had recorded all the sets and blueprints.
- In the cargo hold, after Summer Glau's character is wounded, boxes labeled "Reusable. Do not destroy" appear in the shot. This is a sort of joke and a reference to the fact that the spaceship sets had to be rebuilt from scratch, as the sets from the original "Firefly" (2002) series had not been preserved.
- Director and writer Joss Whedon, as well as Chiwetel Ejiofor, Nathan Fillion, Summer Glau, and Sean Maher, performed many of their own stunts. Before filming began, Glau spent three months working with fight choreographers. During the second fight scene, cinematographer Jack N. Green moved right between the combatants to take a different position, which added dynamism to the entire scene.
- During filming, the actors involved in the project would shout Summer Glau's name whenever someone suddenly forgot their line or an action as part of their role. This peculiar custom dates back to the filming of the "Firefly" (2002) series, when Glau forgot to deliver her line at the end of a long and complex scene.
- During a conversation between the characters played by Nathan Fillion and Morena Baccarin, the viewer can see four scars on Fillion's character. All of them were sustained in different episodes of the 2002 project 'Firefly'.
- The viewer is given the impression that the opening shots of the film were captured in one long take without any cuts or edits, but in reality, this is not the case. In the scene where Nathan Fillion and Sean Maher's characters descend to the lower decks, certain visual details were 'erased' using digital technology, as the characters were moving from one set to another at that moment.
- According to Joss Whedon, the characters played by Alan Tudyk and Ron Glass had to be killed off because the actors were unable to participate in the sequels. According to the original script, written before it was known that some of the main cast members would not continue, it was intended that all the primary characters would survive.
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