Nathan Fillion is an icon to nerds thanks to projects he has done like Firefly and DC Universe movies.
But is he a nerd when the cameras stop rolling? Yesterday, he told Andy Cohen on Watch What Happens Live the five things he collects that give him that status.
1 – Pens. He is particular about the pens, the ink, and the paper he uses. If you give him one, he won’t like it.
2 – Fidgets. Not spinners, but the little ones you can play with in your hands. He has 150 of them to play with, and he shared the joy with others.
3 – Flashlights. He explained, “I am not afraid of the dark. But I am also never in the dark.” So now we know he keeps the lights on during sex.
4 – Cash registers. He is talking about the old school ones that are made of steel and wood, and were calculators without electricity. He finds them fascinating.
5 – Action figures. But only of him and his characters. In fact, for Christmas, he only decorates the Christmas tree with mini-Nathans.
Someone tell Hallmark, so that he can get ornaments of himself as the Head in Santa Clarita Diet, John Carter on The Rookie, Castle, and the octopus on Resident Alien! It is not as much for the fans as it is for himself.
Now that the actor has admitted this. I bet people are going to show up at conventions with four of the five items. Which one do I think they won’t hand him? A pen, of course. However, it will be hard for them to bring a 95-pound cash register with them.
ABC has kept their fans on the edge of their seats. Not due to any storylines, but if they were going to pick up Will Trent and The Rookie for another season.
Today, we finally found out the fate of the two cop procedurals on social media. The Nathan Fillion drama based on an old Rookie in Los Angeles will be back for season 9. Granted, he hasn’t been a rookie in season 1, I guess it was too late to change the name.
Also, Bluebell has something to bark about. She and Ramón Rodríguez, her TV master’s series about the Georgia Bureau of Investigations, will be alive for season 5.
R.J. Decker, Scrubs, and Shifting Gears are still waiting to find out if they will report to work next season or not.
Firefly only lasted one season, but those 14 episodes were not enough for fans. So ever since it said goodbye in 2002, they have wanted more.
In 2005, they made a one-off movie, Serenity. But it was not enough.
Today, Nathan Fillion, along with his co-stars, Gina Torres (Zoe Washburne), Morena Baccarin (Inara Serra), Sean Maher (Simon Tam), Summer Glau (River Tam), Jewel Staite (Kaylee Frye), Adam Baldwin (Jayne Cobb), and Alan Tudyk (Hoban “Wash” Washburne) announced that they are working on an animated version of the show.
Married couple, Tara Butters and Marc Guggenheim, who met when they worked on the mothership, are the showrunners. A script is ready. ShadowMachine, an animation house, has been hired. So all they need is a home.
And Fillion is meeting with one now. Who is it? He didn’t say. But I think that Hulu would be the best home for it.
However, without Joss Whedon, even though they gave his blessing, I am not sure it will be as good. I find that most reboots, sequels, and revivals don’t work if the original creator is not involved. Am I alone with that feeling?
For as long as I can remember, The Rookie has aired Tuesdays at 10p on ABC. However, starting on January 26th, it is moving to Mondays at 10p after American Idol, which returns on that night.
Why? To make room for Scott Speedman’s RJ Decker, which will premiere on March 3rd.
Scott Speedman stars as RJ Decker, a disgraced newspaper photographer and ex-con who starts over as a private investigator in the colorful-if-crime-filled world of South Florida. The series follows him tackling cases that range from slightly odd to outright bizarre with the help of his journalist ex, her police detective wife and a shadowy new benefactor — a woman from his past who could be his greatest ally … or his one-way ticket back to prison. “RJ Decker” is inspired by the novel “Double Whammy” by Carl Hiaasen.
The Rookie will air without any repeats until the end of this season.
I don’t know about you, but I can’t wait for the new seasons of Will Trent and The Rookie. And today, ABC finally announced when those shows and a few others will be back.
The big news is that American Idol is starting earlier in the year, will only air one night, and the contestants are not going to Hollywood for the second part of televised auditions. Instead, they are going to Nashville for one round.
Do I smell a 9-1-1: Nashville/American Idol crossover episode in the works? I wouldn’t be surprised if that is in the works.
And talking about in the works, Scrubs is no longer in that stage and returns to ABC, after a 15-year break, on February 25th with back-to-back episodes.
