It’s been a good, long while since I had to don my Enthusiasm Crusher costume and step on fandom misconceptions about the prospect for a television resurrection of Firefly; just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.

While it’s true that BOOM! Studios has inked a “first-look” deal with Netflix, that does not mean “we could get a new Firefly series from [Netflix]”—despite assertions to the contrary.

If the comic book writers came up with a brand new Firefly storyline, Disney could not make a live action version of the new story because first-look rights are now owned by Netflix, Netflix can make it they just can’t use any sets from the old show or footage.

This is not how these rights situations work. BOOM! licensed the Firefly property from Fox for comics. That’s it: comics.

That doesn’t magically transform into television rights, even for stories original to BOOM!, because Fox (Disney) owns the underlying intellectual property at issue and is unlikely to have licensed deriviative television rights for whatever Firefly stories BOOM! comes up with on its own.

So, before this goes any futher or deeper into the Firefly fandom grapevine: stop. Please, just stop.