After teasing a major announcement for the past few weeks, actor Nathan Fillion took the stage at Awesome Con on Sunday, March 15 to announce a new season of Firefly. The catch? The beloved live-action space-western will return as an animated series set between the end of the original show and the follow-up film Serenity.

Nathan Fillion and the rest of the gang want to bring back 'Firefly' as an animated series, but without Joss Whedon at the helm.

For more than two decades, fans of Firefly have held onto the hope that the beloved sci-fi series would somehow find its way back to the screen. The show may have only lasted a single season, but its passionate fanbase has kept the dream alive ever since it went off the air.