Joss Whedon and "1984", the movie plays like a critique of contemporary society, with the Alliance as Big Brother, enemy of discontent". The film received the 2005 Nebula Award for Best Script, the 2006 Prometheus Special Award, and was voted the best sci-fi movie of all time in a poll set up by SFX magazine. There have since been multiple rumors regarding sequel possibilities. The limited three-issue comic book series called "", the story of which was written by Whedon, was released in 2005 as a tie-in to "Serenity". Set between "Firefly" and the film, it was intended connect the two storylines.
Joss Whedon would not be brought back for a sixth season. Whedon said of the cancellation, "I believe the reason "Angel" had trouble on The WB was that it was the only show on the network that wasn't trying to be "Buffy". It was a show about grown-ups". An official continuation of the story came rather in the form of a comic book series. Following the successful eighth season of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", IDW Publishing approached Whedon about similarly producing a canonical sixth season for "Angel". "" released 17 issues written by Whedon and Brian Lynch. Whedon followed "Angel" with the