Fox Developing Firefly Rip-Off

A Sci-Fi Western on Fox

By Dustin Rowles | Posted Under Trade News | Comments (60)

Finally, a new, creative, and original idea for television! Scott Rosenbaum, the exec producer behind “Chuck,” is developing a new show for … ummm … Fox. And it comes from McG’s studio.

And get this: It’s a Western with sci-fi elements! And it will revolve around a “gunslinger” caught between two worlds.

“What I’m really interested in is the revamping of the Western genre where you still have all of the iconic Western themes and iconic Western tropes but the idea is that it will feel incredibly contemporary and will introduce the Western to a whole new generation,” Rosenbaum said, according to THR.

What a brilliant idea! I cannot wait.

And in an unrelated story, Joss Whedon and Nathon Fillion are debating about who is going to rip out Scott Rosenbaums heart, and who is going to crush his windpipe.

(H/T Mook)

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A gunslinger trapped between two worlds sounds suspiciously like...well, The Gunslinger.

Maybe Rosenbaum will become a character on the show and make me regret ever having watched the previous 8000 pages of episodes.

Cockbag.

/projecting my anger

Posted by: JakesAlterEgo at September 10, 2009 11:39 AM

What?

WHAT?!

You can't see me, but I'm seething with rage.

SEETHING.

Posted by: Snath at September 10, 2009 11:42 AM

At this point, I can not imagine why anyone would take a new show to Fox. Unless the whole thing is some sort of tax dodge.

Posted by: EricD at September 10, 2009 11:43 AM

I'll be in my bunk...puking out my soul after reading that. If Obama were a decent man and a decent socialist he would nationalize Fox and send all the executives to death panels, starting with the people responsible for Firefly's cancellation.

Posted by: Dave at September 10, 2009 11:46 AM

Oh, just fuck it all.

Fox, if you did not give me my Jack Bauer fix, we would be done. DONE! Do you hear me?

We are NOT shiny!!!

Posted by: dammitjanet at September 10, 2009 11:47 AM

Sounds great. I love Brisco County Jr. and . . . Wait. What?

Posted by: Tracer Bullet at September 10, 2009 11:49 AM

Rosenbaum-
You know what would be really awesome now that vampires are hot with the teens is a show involving vampires set in a high school. People like strong female characters too, and I think the vampires-as-good-guys thing is getting a little tired, so you could make the protagonist a girl who hunts the vampires. Call it "Candy the Vampire Killer" or something. "Muffy the Vampire Murderer?" Whatever. Anyway, not sure who should play the lead. For some reason Sarah Michelle Gellar keeps popping into my head but she just seems too old. Find someone exactly like her.

Signed,
McG

Posted by: Eep at September 10, 2009 11:49 AM

Really?

[loads guns]

That's rather interesting.

[sharpens knives]

What an innovative, original idea.

[picks up bag of grenades]

Hmmm... what am I forgetting. Oh, right.

[heads down to basement to gather zombie horde]

Back in a few. kthxbai.

Posted by: TK at September 10, 2009 11:50 AM

This is worse than the centipede news.

Posted by: NJ at September 10, 2009 11:50 AM

Oh, HELL no.

Do you hear me, Fox? Rosenwhateverthehell? YOU. WILL. NOT. DO. THIS. YOU. FUCKING. BUTTMUDS.

I will take you down. Believe it. I have weapons. I can be very creative. I'm single and childless so I have lots of free time to plot my revenge. Nothing will save you from the wrath of the Browncoats.

Posted by: DeadBessie at September 10, 2009 11:53 AM

And in an unrelated story, Joss Whedon and Nathon Fillion are debating about who is going to rip out Scott Rosenbaums heart, and who is going to crush his windpipe.

Ooh! Ooh! me! Me! Can it be me? Can I volunteer?

Posted by: Anna von Beaverplatz at September 10, 2009 11:53 AM

I seldom curse but...
Fuck the motherfucking fuckers, those fucking fucktards, fuck them right in their fuckity-fucking fuckholes.

I will now watch Firefly for the rest of the day.

Posted by: Spender at September 10, 2009 11:55 AM

Fire up the MurderMoose, we's going to Amuricana!

Posted by: admin at September 10, 2009 11:58 AM

[heads down to basement to gather zombie horde]

I'll be in my bunker.

Posted by: branded at September 10, 2009 11:59 AM

Anyone know how to get in touch with River Tam? Just whisper "Miranda" and watch her RIPTEARSHREDKICKBEATDECAPITATE these jackass jerkwads.

Posted by: dammitjanet at September 10, 2009 11:59 AM

Re: Gay "trek" Logo

FUCK. YOU. Rowles.

Posted by: BarbadoSlim at September 10, 2009 12:02 PM

how very sweet, since I had to quit drinking Fox is trying to give me a rage induced cirrhosis just to make me feel still part of my alcoholic gang!
dear dear Scott are you aware you do work with Adam Baldwin and that you keep him around guns???

Posted by: rio at September 10, 2009 12:04 PM

In the article it says there will be a nod to Planet of the Apes. So it's Firefly, POTA, apparently Brisco County, Jr., and will probably get renewed for five seasons and star Skeet Ulrich or someone equally as pointless.

This is why I love Pajiba: it's really a Firefly-cancellation grief counseling center. Let's have a group hug and then fire up the Murdertank. Let us spare no one at Fox (except for the people responsible for Glee)!

Posted by: janetfaust at September 10, 2009 12:10 PM

OK, wait a minute, I think I've got it. This "new" show is sure to be canceled, because - well, that's destiny. So kill off Echo on Dollhouse; let Summer Glau take over the role of lead doll; steal Nathan Fillion from Castle (or cancel that hot mess); bring him into the Dollhouse and do a gunslinger episode. Finally, when Jack Bauer gets killed at the end of this season of 24, bring Katee Sackhoff into Dollhouse as a rogue doll.

Presto, Fox has one good show.

Posted by: Cindy at September 10, 2009 12:11 PM

Oh my god, it's grotesque! Oh, and there's something in a jar.

Posted by: Royalewithcheese at September 10, 2009 12:12 PM

What are you all worried about? It'll only last three episodes before they yank it. It's in the contract. Right there, the standard Fox clause:

Should a show gain critical appeal for its concept or execution, Fox is obligated to immediate reschedule the time slot twice before terminating the show prior to airing the fourth (non-sequential) episode.

So it'll either suck goat balls, or get canceled.

Posted by: Wednesday at September 10, 2009 12:13 PM

Oh, I get it. This is another new feature, right? "No Truths, Just A Dirty, Stinking, Filthy, Ass-Raping Cock-Punching Face-Smashing Buttmud of A Lie."

Right?

crickets

God damn it.

Posted by: Sean at September 10, 2009 12:14 PM

It's a foolproof plan! There's no way this could fail! Everybody loves sci-fi Westerns! And Fox is the most supportive network in the world!

Oh... yeah. Never mind.

Posted by: MM at September 10, 2009 12:19 PM

To: Noobs, Lurkers, and Folks who Don't Get The In-Jokes

Re: Murdertank

This is why there is one - a vehicle sprung from the tortured sensibilities of the Pajiban horde, called forth by the need to do tipsy-justice. And rage.

That feeling you have about something that's just too wrong - that's where it came from. It gathered slowly from countless tributaries. One more childhood-raping remake. Adam Sandler "vehicles." Acressin'. Enough of that collects in one place and time and it calls forth some horrible, violent ... other. The Murdertank. To take us on our righteous vengeance.

Time to misbehave.

Posted by: BierceAmbrose at September 10, 2009 12:25 PM

You know, I was gonna ask if anyone had noticed if BSlim had started bitching yet about the Trek logo up there. Dude, this thread is for bitching about the execs who are fucking over Firefly fans--and we're a hell of a lot more fanatical and dangerous than any of you Trekkies. Trekkers. Whatever.

Also, the levels of violence on display here are making me love you guys even more. Is that wrong?

Firefly quote that best sums up this whole stupid Rosenbaum idea: "Smells like crotch."

Posted by: DeadBessie at September 10, 2009 12:27 PM

I think that Joss Whedon is turning over in his grave right now.. and he is not even dead!
Dustin, you do know that April 1st passed already?

Posted by: Arib at September 10, 2009 12:30 PM

Hey Fox: dee-ou la ma low hai

(Chinese translation: fuck your mothers hole)

Posted by: Agent Scully at September 10, 2009 12:32 PM

Wednesday, "Should a show gain critical appeal for its concept or execution......So it'll either suck goat balls, or get canceled."

But that the problem right there. It won't gain critical acclaim, because it will suck. Hard. And it will air for the next 7 years, and have 2 spin-offs with more culturally diverse casts.

Screw the zombie horde. I think this shit will make Whedon's crazy fans WAY more blood thirsty than zombies could ever be.

Posted by: KDM at September 10, 2009 12:43 PM

Uh... guys?

MurderTank's in the shop. I got sauced and let Wendel drive home. It's minimal damage, but there are a lot of cow parts/pieces that need to be removed from the grill...

Feel free to take the MurderCycle though - key's under the garden gnome by the tomato plants.

Sorry...

Posted by: Skitz at September 10, 2009 12:51 PM

Hee. The schadenfreude is making my nether parts tingle.

Posted by: figgy at September 10, 2009 12:57 PM

"This is worse than the centipede news." On some level, yes. I would love to see Rosenbaum and McG get the sewed-up-ass-to-mouth treatment. Bring that sumbitch full circle.

Because really.....

What the fuck Fox. Seriously. Who the hell is making these decisions.

Posted by: Mick J at September 10, 2009 12:58 PM

So, I consider myself as much a Whedonite as the typical Pajiban, Love Firefly, Buffy, willing to give Dollhouse a chance....

Last week I was taking the goddaughter out for her once-a-week treat of fried, shaped chicken-based matter and a cheap plastic toy, and I happened to be wearing my Serenity T-shirt.

When we got to the counter, the clerk proceeded to sing the entire Firefly theme song before starting to take my order, which he did with "And what may I get a fellow browncoat today" and then leaning in conspiratorially and saying "I really don't recommend the Reavers special".

It went downhill from there.

When I got home, I burned that damn T-shirt.

Posted by: Drake at September 10, 2009 1:00 PM

See, Drake, that would totally turn me on.

I once rented something with Donald Sutherland in it, and the clerk remarked that the guy was a good enough actor but, and I quote, "he beget Keifer, and I cannot forgive him for that," then adding that Sutherland had also once treated "Joss" badly. At which point I completely devolved into a 16 year old girl and said, "OMG! What did he do to Joss? I can't believe you even know of him, I can't find anyone around here who does!" "Oh yeah, we all love Joss here--we went to the Serenity premiere together." "OMG! Will you guys be my friends?"

I literally said that. And I have no shame.

Posted by: DeadBessie at September 10, 2009 1:12 PM

Motherfuckers. MOTHERFUCKEEEEEEERS.

You seriously have to ask yourself whether Scott Rosenbaum is willfully oblivious or is lying through his shit-stained, buttmuddy teeth. Kind of like the Birthers.

Posted by: The Wandering Parakeet at September 10, 2009 1:14 PM

Well, now that Fox has had their practice fun with that half-baked crap cobbler of a Firefly show maybe they'll get the concept right. You know, add a few busty teen stars after they get too old for the Disney channel (15 years 22 weeks in case you're wondering) a bitchin' muscle car with accompanying corporate sponsorship and a bad ass theme song by one of today's hott supergroups all the kids scream for, like Nickleback or that Cobra Stapship bunch. Then they can..oh, wait hold on there's something coming down the street that's pretty loud...holy shit is that a tricycle covered in razorblades and flamethrowers? Oh crap!!! fasdlkjew........

Posted by: mrcreosote at September 10, 2009 1:23 PM

Wait a minute, let's back up a tic, what's this about Katee Sackhoff on "24"???!!!

Posted by: TylerDFC at September 10, 2009 1:37 PM

You know what? This is what y'all get for giving Chuck far more love than it deserves.

Posted by: DarthCorleone at September 10, 2009 1:40 PM

It's minimal damage, but there are a lot of cow parts/pieces that need to be removed from the grill...

i'll bring the BBQ sauce--i don't think the Murdercycle is going to be enough, we need to take 'em all out (except those responsible for Dollhouse, Glee, and SYTYCD).

When we got to the counter, the clerk proceeded to sing the entire Firefly theme song before starting to take my order, which he did with "And what may I get a fellow browncoat today" and then leaning in conspiratorially and saying "I really don't recommend the Reavers special".

that would have made my day! seriously, i would have gone all out geek girl on that clerk--of course, i do that all the time anyway.

Posted by: pq at September 10, 2009 1:52 PM

Oh, that sounds nice DeadBessie, but this guy was rotund, around late 30's, and looked like he probably had his 20-sided dice in his pocket. And obnoxious.

Posted by: Drake at September 10, 2009 1:52 PM

Fire up the MurderMoose, we's going to Amuricana!

What time do we leave? But hey, can we at least put a saddle on the damn thing? The last trip we made my delicate bits were so chafed by the end of it that I couldn't walk for a fucking week.

Posted by: Kelly at September 10, 2009 1:52 PM

To Whom it may concern (aka Fox and Scott Rosenbaum):
I have, in the 30 seconds since I learned about your "new" project, already been negatively affected by the prospect of such a show in three ways:
1. I am currently in the library trying to work, and, upon reading this post, I let out a loud, unintelligible noise of pure rage and despair, disrupting those around me.
2. I am now highly motivated to spend the rest of the day watching Firefly to overcome my sorrow, and therefore will now be unproductive for many hours when I need to be reading The Brothers Karamazov.
3. I have lost all my faith in humanity.
Kindly exile yourselves to Kamchatka.

Posted by: esme at September 10, 2009 2:04 PM

Thanks to The Wandering Parakeet, "buttmuddy" is now my new favorite word.

Posted by: Snath at September 10, 2009 2:12 PM

No saddles! We roll hardcore! (Kelly please remember to bring the fleecy blankie. thanks).

Posted by: admin at September 10, 2009 2:51 PM

Hmmm... Actually, a Western with sci-fi (syfy?) elements sounds much more interesting than a poorly conceived sci-fi universe with silly western elements clumsily grafted onto it.

Prolly get blasted for saying that, but i haven't been impressed by any of the worlds Whedon has created. i think Dollhouse shines a light on his incompetence rather than being some type of fluke. The casts of Firefly/Buffy etc. were wonderful and carried his ass. Without a decent cast, Dollhouse is left revealing what Whedon truly is. Terrible.

Agreed that this thing sounds more like Adventures of Brisco County Jr, or (shudder) Wild Wild West.

Posted by: Scott at September 10, 2009 3:25 PM

Now wait just a minute, BierceAmbrose. Lurker I may be, but I've been lurking since before there were any in-jokes on Pajiba. So don't lump us lurkers in with the Noobs and Folks Who Don't... !

Posted by: ariadne at September 10, 2009 3:45 PM

with sci-fi (syfy?) elements

Stop that. Don't encourage them. They'll only make up more words that sound like venereal diseases.

Posted by: twig at September 10, 2009 4:52 PM

This is worse than the centipede news.

Posted by: NJ at September 10, 2009 11:50 AM
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Nothing is worse than the centipede news.

Posted by: Lauren at September 10, 2009 4:55 PM

This is worse than the centipede news.

Posted by: NJ at September 10, 2009 11:50 AM
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Nothing is worse than the centipede news.

Posted by: Lauren at September 10, 2009 4:55 PM

You want worse?

"Centipede II-Taco Bell for dinner."

Posted by: mrcreosote at September 10, 2009 5:10 PM

"Centipede II-Taco Bell for dinner."

Posted by: mrcreosote at September 10, 2009 5:10 PM

Is it bad that I laughed really hard at that? I hope not.

Fox - you are dead to me. But I'll still watch House because he's my boyfriend. Oh, and I am giving Glee a chance. But nothing else, you hear me? Unless I happen upon the Simpsons. I'll probably watch that. But that is it. Other than that, we're through.

Posted by: Jeni at September 10, 2009 5:29 PM

Could someone please remove Rupert Murdocks life support, no, that's nowhere near fast enough. Just shoot him, nah, that's too quick.

Does anyone know if I can borrow the Sarlack Pit from George Lucas?

Posted by: George at September 10, 2009 5:54 PM

Is it bad that I really want this show to be moderately good, very much a rip-off, and wildly successful, just so I can see how it enrages everyone? Because I do.

Posted by: SaBrina at September 10, 2009 6:27 PM

I had no idea what people were talking about RE: Gay Star Trek logo, until I opened the site in IE. Firefox w/ Adblocker Plus is still presenting the usual movie poster lineup with the "Scathing Reviews. Bitchy People" headline above the posters and cutting off the top half of the first five posters. No Gay ST Icon at all. This is my reward for using Firefox instead of IE. That and not seeing any stupid ads.

Pardon my off topic comment.

Posted by: janetfaust at September 10, 2009 6:29 PM

This news makes me almost glad that I can't access Pajiba at my new job.

At least my entire day wasn't soured.

I am so full of hate right now I can't even tell ya. Burning burning stomach-souring hate.

Posted by: Jerce at September 10, 2009 6:32 PM

And now I can see the Gay ST Icon with no movie posters...Waaaaahhhh I liked the old masthead better!!!

/obligatory reaction to any format change

Posted by: janetfaust at September 10, 2009 7:23 PM

And in an unrelated story, Joss Whedon and Nathon Fillion are debating about who is going to rip out Scott Rosenbaums heart, and who is going to crush his windpipe.

let me do it...the asshole

Posted by: loz at September 10, 2009 7:54 PM

mother frackers...

Posted by: Insertnamehere at September 10, 2009 10:54 PM

Hmm...a guy I know is a major Whedonite. I should tell him this.
He may cry.
I may become aroused by his tears.

Posted by: Jim Doggie at September 11, 2009 12:41 AM

Well, this is just fuckin' disappointing as hell, Lawrence.

I bet Jayne goes for the nutsack. River rips out the eyeballs. The good doctor cowers in a corner,and Zoe (ahh, Zoe!) hacks off his head with a scythe. That is how I see this going down. And hey, if they record it for posterity, it could be an interesting anti-remake message to send out to all the people attempting to destroy my beautiful memories of that time before Fox CRUSHED MY MOTHERFUCKING SOUL THE FIRST GODDAMNED TIME.

Posted by: Captain Steve at September 11, 2009 12:03 PM

Fox might as well dig up the corpse of Firefly and shit in its mouth, while destroying the headstone.

Posted by: Corey W. at September 11, 2009 2:53 PM

Sorry for the off topic-ness, but unless I'm not getting the joke, the Castle re-review in the tv reviews is just linked to the old first season review. I need all the Nathan Fillion goodness the internet delivers, so if there are new goods available, fix the link! Thank you.

Posted by: cate at September 11, 2009 9:22 PM

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