Firefly (TV series)
![The word "Firefly" against a parchment background written in a golden illuminated flowing cursive script](/Images/godic/202501/01/Fireflyopeninglogo1712.JPG")
![Mal and Zoe in the original pilot](/Images/godic/202501/01/Fireflyserenityhorses1712.jpg")
![Nathan Fillion as Malcolm Reynolds, featured in a print advertisement for Firefly in 2002](/Images/godic/202501/01/FireflyPoster1712.jpg")
![The spacecraft Serenity was digitally rendered by special effects house Zoic Studios. The shape was inspired by the shape of the firefly insect, and its tail section lights up in imitation of it.](/Images/godic/202501/01/Serenityship1713.jpg")
Firefly is an American space western drama television series created by writer and director Joss Whedon, under his Mutant Enemy Productions label. Whedon served as an executive producer, along with Tim Minear. The series is set in the year 2517, after the arrival of humans in a new star system and follows the adventures of the renegade crew of Serenity, a "Firefly-class" spaceship. The ensemble cast portrays the nine characters who live on Serenity. Whedon pitched the show as "nine people looking into the blackness of space and seeing nine different things".