Rumors of the Serenity fan film The Bellflower’s death have been greatly exaggerated. And while it’s true the film has been delayed a bit, it’s only because The Bellflower’s creators are working hard to increase the awesome.

To get the scoop in The Bellflower’s creator/producer’s own words, click here. And to see evidence of Bellflower’s increasing coolness, check out the following updates to QMx’s Bellflower Launch Center:

• To view the latest CGI tests, click here.
• To check out a passel of new ship designs, click here.
• And to see the newly-launched blueprints section, click here.

Goodies deals with the ephemera of creating a convincing vision of the Verse for Bellflower’s characters to play in. I dare you not to crack a smile when you see Cat Noodles for the first time, or enjoy the Fruity Oaty Bar shipping label, which warns that the bars might contain trace amounts of fruit and oats. And the flavor? Hm… a wonder what “moonbeams” taste like?

The Autumn Jade is yet another in the fabulous new ship designs being introduced in the movie. And for news, MJ reports that the project got some timely help from our readers here, on Twitter, Facebook and the QMx main website.

Enjoy!

And for The Bellflower, we couldn’t think of better way to build excitement for the premiere of this ambitious effort than to create a Launch Center full of images, videos and all sorts of shiny goodness.

You can visit The QMx-hosted Bellflower Launch Center (there’s also an official Bellflower blog at www.thebellflower.com) at www.qmxonline.com/bellflower. Right now we’ve got two galleries full of ship pics – the Bell, of course, plus an old friend. We also have galleries of two of the sets – the space bazaar and the Bell herself – and the first news update direct from Bellflower executive producer Mark James. There’s much more content to come, so be sure to check back as we’ll be making regular updates to Launch Center (which we’ll post alerts for here).

We salute the Bellflower team and Browncoats everywhere whose selfless labors help bring The Verse to life!

The Bellflower is a Sandfly-Class Transport, also manufactured by The Firefly Ship Works. Perfect for captains in search of a small, unremarkable boat to help carry special cargo past suspicious Alliance customs ships.

It’s back! The heavily modified Trans-U, a favorite of Reaver hunting parties.

The space bazaar – whether you’re lookin’ to buy or sell, this is the place for the enterprising captain to conduct some trade.