You Are Alan Tudyk and Nathan Fillion’s Only Hope for Con Man!

Flashback. The year is 2002 and Joss Whedon has created the ultimate space western with the help of a brilliant cast: Firefly.

We all know the tragic tale that came to pass, when Fox ​fumbled the ball and we watched our dreams of Firefly come to a crashing halt. An uncertain schedule coupled with the episodes that aired out of order left viewers confused and disinterested. After a single season, Firefly was cancelled.

Though no big deal at the time, it wasn’t long before the Internet got a hold of the show and watched it as it had been meant to be watched. The fandom exploded into life, and today it’s difficult to find people who don’t consider themselves Browncoats.

Since then, we have had to sustain ourselves by rewatching the series and subsequent conclusive film, Serenity, released in 2005, on repeat. The most dedicated fans could even follow lead actor, Nathan Fillion’s, future roles, in which he had been known to make reference to the show he so dearly loved creating. The most well known of these being Castle, in which Fillion goes so far as to dress up as a familiar space cowboy for Hallowe’en in one instance.

For over a decade we pined over the short life of a brilliant series, wishing for more. Until now. Sort of.

Nathan Fillion (Captain Malcolm Reynolds) and Alan Tudyk (pilot Hoban “Wash” Washburne) are teaming up to create a sitcom called Con Man, a show that can only be described as a Browncoat’s wet dream.

Fillion and Tudyk will be playing the characters Jack Moore and Wray Nerely respectively.

The plot involves the two men having been co­stars on a failed sci­fi series, Spectrum, that later becomes a cult classic. Sounds familiar, right? After Spectrum’s end, Moore goes on to become an A­List movie star, while Nerely must rely on guest appearances at special events such as conventions to get by. As the name suggests, Con Man will primarily focus on the crazy misadventures Nerely has while frequenting these various events.

The story doesn’t end there, however. Fillion and Tudyk are looking for your help in funding the first three episodes of what promises to be a hilarious project, and while their indiegogo campaign has already earned more than $350,000 above their initial goal, the more we raise, the better Con Man can be.

Since the project launched yesterday with a target of $425,000, they have far surpassed their goals and have only one more tier of stretch goals to reach. At time of reporting, the total funding for this project is at $829,846. That’s 195% funded and still with another 30 days to go on the campaign.

For more information on the project and to help by contributing, you can visit their Indiegogo.

Let’s help make this the show we deserve.

This article was written for publication on The GCE by Lex Finn