Wonderfalls Completed On DVD

Tim Minear, executive producer of Fox’s canceled Wonderfalls series, told SCI FI Wire that the upcoming DVD set will include nine previously unseen episodes, in the order they were meant to be seen, which tell a full story. "Wonderfalls has a very specific arc, which ends at episode 13, so people will feel like they’ve had a complete experience," Minear said in an interview while promoting his upcoming Fox series, The Inside. "[We wrote it as a complete show] in the event only 13 got made and it went to DVD. So that was the plan. That was a conscious plan."

Wonderfalls centers on Jaye Tyler (Caroline Dhavernas), a college graduate in a dead-end job as a souvenir clerk at Niagara Falls, who begins to hear inanimate objects talking to her. The show completed 13 episodes before it even premiered on Fox in March 2004, but was canceled after only four episodes aired.

But Minear said that fans of the critically acclaimed series will finally get a chance to see the entire series. "There are a lot of commentaries, extras, Andy Partridge’s full music video [of the quirky theme music], behind-the-scenes [featurettes]," Minear said. "Great graphics and art on the actual package itself, and the DVDs. We actually had to go in and switch out some of the songs, because [they were] too expensive. But we got great alternative music that really ... kept the integrity of what we needed to do musically."

Minear also held out hope that the DVD set will sell well, allowing Wonderfalls to repeat the experience of his last, canceled series, Firefly. That show sold so well on DVD, despite being canceled by Fox in its first season, that Universal Pictures gave the green light to a movie, Serenity, based on the show.

"Maybe you’ll see Wonderfalls: The Movie in a theater near you," Minear said. "I know it’s something [series co-creator] Bryan Fuller’s thought about." Wonderfalls: The Complete Series DVD hits stores on Feb. 1.