Yeah, don't get excited.

So I completely missed it last spring, but I guess they announced that there is a new Buffy movie in the works. Was this discussed here?

It will not star Sarah Michelle Gellar. Joss Whedon will have nothing to do with it. Nor will any of the cast or creators of the TV show, or any of the characters, except for the title role.

It's either a sequel or a remake or a revamp of the original 1992 movie. Guess they're going to try to cash in on those Twilight bucks?

http://popwatch.ew.com/20...ffy-movie/

According to the Hollywood Reporter, the rights holders of Buffy the Vampire Slayer — which began as the 1992 crapmound film starring Kristy Swanson and was later transformed by writer Joss Whedon into one of the touchstone TV series of the last 25 years — are planning a remake/relaunch. Now, fans of the Buffyverse have been clamoring for a feature extension ever since the show’s end in 2003; and they’ve made the Whedon-overseen comic books best sellers. Whedon has long been the hand on the wheel of the Buffy franchise, and his cultish fanbase are legion.

That raucous sound you hear is that fanbase currently consulting an engineer to figure out exactly how to support all of the hell they’re gonna raise. Because — get this — Whedon isn’t involved. AT ALL. (Update: Joss Whedon responds.)

According to the news item, the producers aren’t against the idea of Whedon’s involvement, but they haven’t "reached out to him." What’s more, this new "film" would have no connection with the TV series, nor would it feature any of the show’s robust supporting cast. In other words, they’d be jettisoning everything and everyone that made Buffy work. I swear, sometimes it’s as if Hollywood sets out with "failure" plugged right into the GPS.

The only reason that Buffy remains a viable franchise is because of the rabid, happy-to-purchase fanbase. And the only reason that fanbase exists is because of Joss Whedon. (There are actually t-shirts out there with "Joss Whedon is my master now" printed on them.) Why leave all that money on the table simply to make a shoddy Twilight-lite? Because there’s no way those fans would turn out if Whedon wasn’t involved — what’s more, they’d actively work to undermine it in every way possible.

Clearly, Joss has more Buffy stories to tell. Why not let him? Would you go see this film without Joss Whedon at the helm? Vote in our poll. Sound off in the comments section.



http://ausiellofiles.ew.c...-less-buf/

Blasphemous. Insane. Moronic. Re-freakin’-diculous. Those are just some of the colorful reactions that greeted today’s announcement that H’wood is planning to make a new Buffy movie without Joss Whedon (a.k.a. the worst idea in the history of civilization).

But one person has remained suspiciously silent throughout the escalating controversy: Whedon himself.

Until now, that is.

In an explosive Q&A conducted over e-mail, Whedon weighed in for the first time about the sure-to-be-hellacious Buffy reboot. What follows is a complete transcript of that interview…

What do you think about this Buffy movie they’re making without you?
JOSS WHEDON: I hope it’s cool.

Alright, so maybe I over-hyped our exchange a little bit. In my
defense, it’s all I could get out of him given the time constraints.
(Whedon’s crazy busy shooting the horror flick Cabin in the Woods and only had 10 seconds to spare.)

But while his words may have been brief, come on, the meaning behind
them was anything but. At the very least, his statement is open to all
kinds of interpretation. Is he taking the high road? Is he genuinely
hopeful it won’t suck? Is “cool” secret code for something else — like
“colossal failure,” perhaps? Post your theories below!

express your outrage here

errant said:

awesome



As for the idea of a movie without Joss, mmy gawd, it's just wrong. Maybe they figure there are enough Buffy fans who will check it out merely out of curiosity, even though we KNOW it's just wrong.

new Buffy movie





I clearly didn't see the thumbs down.
[Edited 10/18/09 7:55am]

Yeah, put me on record as saying that will be a disaster of colossal proportions. No Joss, No Buffy. PERIOD.

ButterscotchPimp said:

I'll definitely be skipping this one

thekidsgirl said:

Me too

I did not even know there was a movie. I remember the TV show and another show with a guy in it but a movie?

OnlyNDaUsa said:

yup.



it's more of a comedy. look out for it on TV, they should be playing it around this time of year

what I don't understand is.... why WOULDN'T they ask Joss to be involved? yeah, he's got Dollhouse going on, but other than that, he doesn't really have a full plate.

and both Gellar and Boreanaz have mentioned that they would be on board for a movie or movies, if the story was right. and the rest of the cast? you tell them where and what time to show up and i'm sure they'll all be there.


I guess the only drawback would be that everybody would be relatively old and they wouldn't get that t(w)een Twilight audience.

on the other hand, without Whedon and Gellar and the rest, there will be NO audience.

the internet will sabotage the shit out of this movie before they make $1 on it

Oh Isn't 'Pee Wee Herman' in that? I think I have seen part of that.

errant said:

Yes. http://prince.org/msg/100/309791

sextonseven said:

Haha! I just looked back at my reaction!