They have a truly amazing idea for how to revive Firefly. Seriously.
Con Man has set some serious records in its seven-month life.
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Now the third-highest crowdfunded film of all time on any platform, Con Man raised $1 million within the first 24 hours of launching back in March when Alan Tudyk first opened the IndieGogo campaign. It raised nearly $3.2 million, was backed by over 46,000 fans, and was released in September exclusively on Vimeo.
The show, modeled after Tudyk and Nathan Fillion's experiences with their hit cult show Firefly, was the first web series to appear in Hall H at San Diego Comic Con earlier this summer, and their panel played to a packed house at New York Comic Con last weekend as well.
Once it was over, we teamed up with Vimeo and sat down with the men at the helm, Tudyk and Fillion, as well as cast members Felicia Day, Nolan North, and Alison Haislip. We had a couple drinks and talked about Joss Whedon, Firefly, and Will Smith punching people in the kidneys.
Here's everything we learned.
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1. Alan Tudyk and Felicia Day met at one of Joss Whedon's famous Shakespeare brunches.
2. It was a reading of Cleopatra.
3. Morena Baccarin (Inara Sera on Firefly) was playing Cleopatra, and she was "perfect."
4. Tudyk was also reading a part, and it was his reading on that day that made Joss Whedon later think of casting him in Dollhouse.
5. Felicia was playing "a soldier or something, someone offstage a lot."
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