Inkworks has updated their Firefly cards page with pictures of the autograph cards (well, most of them, anyway). Looking good, I think, and I want a Saffron card!

The autographs will be from:
Nathan Fillion – Malcolm Reynolds
Gina Torres – Zoe Washburne
Adam Baldwin – Jayne Cobb
Morena Baccarin – Inara Serra
Jewel Staite – Kaylee Frye
Sean Maher – Dr. Simon Tam
Ron Glass – Shepherd Book
Michael Fairman – Adlai Niska
Gregg Henry – Sheriff Bourne
Christina Hendricks – Saffron
Jonathan M. Woodward - Tracey

Just noticed this at whedonesque.com: on May 4th there’s a Firefly starter set DVD coming out in Germany with the first two episodes on it. No extras, apparently no subtitles, in German, but it’s under 5 euros (little over 6 bucks American). Not bad!

This is the equivalent of the Buffy starter sets you may have seen in the cheap racks at Target. When the entire season DVD is only $25 (as it is, at the moment, at both Amazon and Wal-Mart, among others) this may not seem like a great deal, but the German edition of the Firefly season set is 48,95 EUR, about $60. This is a great way to entice people to watch the show, and could you have watched the first two episodes (in order) and not wanted to see the whole season?

BTW - Serenity has dropped to #32 on Amazon’s Top DVD Seller list, but Firefly still holds steady at #11. This cheers me up like you wouldn’t believe.

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This June 23rd is going to be a busy one, with your help.

It’s the anniversary of the third advance screening of Serenity. It’s Joss Whedon’s birthday. And it’s the focus of two movements among the Browncoat community.

First, Serenity Now/Equality Now is looking to get screenings of Serenity set up in as many theaters as possible, worldwide. Currently more than 23 screenings in four countries on three continents are planned, with (hopefully) more to come. Proceeds will go to Joss’ favorite charity, Equality Now! If you’re interested in getting a screening set up in a city near you — and you know you are — head to cantstoptheserenity.com for important details on contact information.

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Stardoll.com (formerly Paper Doll Heaven) has added Summer Glau for your sartorial pleasure. Dress her up in any number of different clothing combinations, change the color of her hair, eyeshadow, and lips, and save your creations to share with friends.

OK, she’s in a very unRiver pose, there are no Riveresque outfits, and her hair appears brushed. But other that that… So where’s the rest of the crew? Where’s Morena and her filmy outfits, or Gina and her leathers? For that matter, where’s Adam with his t-shirts and guns, or Nathan with his one pair of pants, brown coat, and pretty floral bonnet? You’ve got some catching up to do, Stardoll!

This in from The Prop Store of London: a Chinese book used as set dressing for Inara’s room, and a truly individual item: the funky forehead medical torture thing that was on River’s head when Simon busted her out of the “academy.”

Buy it and surprise Summer Glau at a convention! Scary monsters…

Tim Minear (writer/occasional director/exectuive producer for Firefly) gave a seminar on breaking a story at the 4th Screenwriting Expo in Los Angeles last year, and it’s available on DVD. And I just watched it. And it’s good.

The idea is that the auditorium is a huge writer’s room, and they’re all writing an episode of Angel. Audience members pitch ideas and if he doesn’t think they’ll work he explains why, if he thinks he can use part of the idea he will, and if he likes the idea he gets a delighted look on his face and writes them up on the white board.

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Want to look cunning but it’s too hot to wear wool? No problem!

Effulgent Crafts is offering a felt Jayne Hat pin for your shirt, dress, bag, backpack, hat, or anyplace you feel needs sprucifying. $3, plus $1 shipping.

New from The Prop Store of London: an ink pot and graphic from the deleted Companion training scene (the calligraphy translates to “Talking will not achieve sincerity”) and Inara’s outfit from when Mal rescued her — sort of — from the Operative.

And a prop from Firefly (!), one of the gambling tokens that was used in the card game in “Shindig.” How cool is that? Metal and engraved with an Oriental design, it comes in one of the Prop Store’s elegant displays, with a screenshot of the tokens being used in the show and a laser-cut Firefly logo. There’s a nice bunch of chores you won’t have to do… Update: I checked with the Prop Store; sadly this is not heralding a new flood of Firefly props, it was a lucky acquisition with the Serenity items. Sigh. But we’ll take what we can get.

Production update about the upcoming Firefly/Serenity fan DVD, “Done the Impossible:” it sounds even better than we thought it would.

“In looking back at the news, it looks like we never formally announced that Adam Baldwin is hosting our DVD. So consider this the official announcement. We shot our hosting bits with him back in December, the day before Flanvention. He was so cool to work with. The consummate professional.

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