Jewel Staite, who played Kaylee on the much-loved Fox SF series Firefly, told conventioneers in Australia that a Blu-ray special edition of the short-lived show is coming soon, according to a report on TV Guide online.
Speaking at the 2008 Supernova Pop Culture Expo in Melbourne, Staite (Stargate Atlantis) said: “I just heard that they’re re-releasing Firefly, a special edition of Firefly, in a box set. They actually asked me if I was able to come down to L.A. and do a commentary in the spring. So I think that would be fun.”
TV Guide reported that the release she mentioned is indeed on its way to North America and will actually be coming out on Blu-ray high-definition disc. No timetable has been given for the disc’s release.
Firefly has been showing on UniversalHD in HD so the full digital media is available.
This is one of many titles Universal will be rushing to get to Blu-Ray now that Toshiba is out of the HD business. Universal had been exclusively signed with the HD format which lost in the HD format wars. Universal and Paramount are scrambling to get titles printed to Blu-Ray but the industry has some serious production limitations at this time- not enough factories or disks that can do the printing.
