Joss Whedon Not Involved with ‘Buffy’ Relaunch

Posted by Dr. Cole Abaius (cole.abaius@filmschoolrejects.com) on May 25, 2009

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Three cheers for originality in Hollywood went out this evening as news was announced that two producers from Vertigo are working with the director of the original 1992 film, Fran Rubel Kuzui, to bring a relaunch of Buffy the Vampire Slayer back into our lives.

While I’m actually really excited that the character could come back into the media, but The Hollywood Reporter is Hollywood reporting that Joss Whedon won’t be involved. Or at least isn’t right now. Kuzui maintained rights since they discovered the property back in the early 1990s, and was also an EP for the television series written by Whedon. But, as expected, it looks like the movie won’t touch on the television canon in any way. Probably a wise move.

There’s little detail as to how this project would pan out, but the early indication is that it would be refitted as a franchise-style big picture, stepping miles and miles away from the campy goodness of the original film, the television series, and moving toward making the character of Buffy darker and most likely CGI-filled.

Oddly enough, with the vampire craze going on, it looks like Buffy would be both coming early and late to the party.

What do you think? No Whedon?


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  • Oh... God, no!
    This on really makes me pissed! Fanboy OUTRAGE!

    Although I appreciate that it's not touching the real canon, good on them for that
  • Mary Kate
    Buffy is nothing without Whedon. Look at the original movie.. it sucked... i think it is cute but it did suck. The television series was a hit.. hollywood needs to step back andlook at themselves. Without Whedon.. Buffy will be nothing.
    And
    "But, as expected, it looks like the movie won’t touch on the television canon in any way. Probably a wise move."
    That is NOT a wise move at all. completely idiotic.
  • What I meant was that trying to tie in a film to the already huge canon of the television show (or even trying to match it, especially if they are trying to make the tone way different) would be a mistake.

    But the biggest mistake is not including Whedon. Of course.
  • Tron
    I love(d) buffy. (well season 1 - 5, 6 and 7 the writers clearly stopped trying). Various reasons for that, known to most any fan.

    but yea... seeing a whedonless buffy woudln't interest me. and i do agree that if anything they should go near the tv canon, as it'll (mostly) be fans of the tv show seeing a buffy movie. (odds are someone who hated the show.. NOT gonna see the movie, it's that simple).

    also. without whedon and ignoring the tv series i have grave fears that we're gonna get 'buffy.. now with emo wrist slitting action!' (just look at twilight... but not for too long it may cause permanent blindness)
  • a Whedon-less Buffy is not a Buffy I'm willing to see.
  • NO JOSS WHEDON??

    ...A Big Fat WORLD Of NO!!
    Whoever is even Dreaming of doing BUFFY Needs Joss or this is one fan who will Stake it where it stands.
  • Never watched the TV show. Watched the movie. Enjoyed it. Bring it on. I'm no Whedon fanboy (Firefly was awesome, Dollhouse is OK, didn't really care about his earlier movies) so I don't give two shits if he's involved or not. Hot Cheerleader vampire slayer, please.
  • Boooooo...
  • My kids are Buffy snobs, they'll be most unhappy. I'm not thrilled either. However, I know we'll all give it a chance. The girls would watch it just to see Willow and Giles again.
  • Amaranthisasin
    After 8 seasons on TV, reruns, and the continuance to comics I think they are going to find that canon for buffy is Joss Whedon's version. Its been a while since it was on TV with new episodes but not so long that everyone has forgotten. If they can find someone to out-write Whedon then awesome but I wouldn't take that bet. You're also going to have to find a cast that can make people forget about the TV cast. This may be easier than out-writing Whedon but I think only slightly. There's a lot of time invested in this story and a lot of fans there. The real question: Why the hell would you alienate a built in core like that?
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