The former "Two Guys and Girl" star has been cast as the lead in Joss Whedon's upcoming space Western for Fox Broadcasting Co. from 20th Century Fox TV. Set 400-500 years in the future in a newly established Union of Planets, "Firefly" centers on Reynolds, the owner and the captain of a small transport spaceship of class Firefly named Serenity, who takes any job -- legal or not --to stay afloat and put bread on the table for his crew. The time period in the series is a version of the Reconstruction era and Reynolds is a disillusioned war veteran of the big battle to unite the planets who fought on the side that sought independence and lost bitterly.

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