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Post subject: Buffy The Vampire Slayer (201?) Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 9:45 am |
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Quote: 'Buffy The Vampire Slayer' to get reboot treatment
Warner Bros have announced their plan to make a new Buffy The Vampire Slayer film - without the involvement of original writer Joss Whedon or any of the original cast. New Buffy writer Whit Anderson spoke to the LA Times about her vision for the makeover.
"The thing that was so wonderful about Buffy is what made it special was so timeless," she said. "The deep struggle she had with duty and destiny, that tug between what you’re supposed to be doing and what you want to be doing.
"The fate of the world is on her shoulders but some days she wakes up and she just doesn’t want to do it. And are we doomed and destined to love someone? That conflict was very interesting to me."
Fans of the original TV show are up in arms about the planned reboot, describing the remake on social networks like Twitter as "cynical", "shameless", and the lack of Whedon's involvement as "disgusting".
Whedon, who is now working on Marvel Pictures' The Avengers film, wrote the screenplay for the original 1992 Buffy The Vampire Slayer film and created the TV series that ran from 1997 to 2003.
The producer of the Buffy film, Charles Roven, disagrees with the fans' stance. He described Whit’s take on the concept as "pretty compelling and a lot of fun, and it’s interesting to see all of this re-imagined. This is a completely new reboot... it needs to be relevant to today".
Whedon's fans are notoriously devoted to the writer's work - petitioning and succeeding in convincing Universial Pictures to make Serenity, a feature-length film version of the Whedon's cancelled post-Buffy TV show Firefly in 2005.
Upon hearing news of the remake Whedon commented: "This is a sad, sad reflection on our times, when people must feed off the carcasses of beloved stories from their youths - just because they can’t think of an original idea of their own." http://www.nme.com/filmandtv/news/buffy ... ent/198353
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Post subject: Buffy The Vampire Slayer (201?) Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 9:52 am |
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Yeah, that's not going to suck at all.
(See, because of the whole vampire... thing... with the...)
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Post subject: Buffy The Vampire Slayer (201?) Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 9:52 am |
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I can't summon the energy to get worked up about this. As a long time BTVS fan, this won't feel like BTVS in much the same way the original movie doesn't. Whatever.
The ship on a BTVS movie featuring Sarah Michelle Gellar and the rest of the terrific TV cast has already sailed anyway IMO.
Even the ridiculous comic series (Season 8) has proven it might be better to let the franchise rest. And, yes, I still collect the Season 8 monthlies.
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Post subject: Buffy The Vampire Slayer (201?) Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 9:55 am |
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And, yes, vampires need to go away for at least 10 years.
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Post subject: Buffy The Vampire Slayer (201?) Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 2:51 pm |
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Who does Warner Brothers think is going to watch this "re-imagined" mess? Fans of the series will boycott it. Newbies won't give a shit. Plus, the show went off in 2003, hardly long enough to need an update (except they're doing the same thing with the Spider-Man franchise, so, um...).  Hollywood. Feh.
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Post subject: Buffy The Vampire Slayer (201?) Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 3:09 pm |
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Here's Whedon's full reply to Kristin Dos Santos of Entertainment Weekly... Whedon wrote: Kristin, I'm glad you asked for my thoughts on the announcement of Buffy the cinema film. This is a sad, sad reflection on our times, when people must feed off the carcasses of beloved stories from their youths—just because they can't think of an original idea of their own, like I did with my Avengers idea that I made up myself.
Obviously I have strong, mixed emotions about something like this. My first reaction upon hearing who was writing it was, "Whit Stillman AND Wes Anderson? This is gonna be the most sardonically adorable movie EVER." Apparently I was misinformed. Then I thought, "I'll make a mint! This is worth more than all my Toy Story residuals combined!" Apparently I am seldom informed of anything. And possibly a little slow. But seriously, are vampires even popular any more?
I always hoped that Buffy would live on even after my death. But, you know, AFTER. I don't love the idea of my creation in other hands, but I'm also well aware that many more hands than mine went into making that show what it was. And there is no legal grounds for doing anything other than sighing audibly. I can't wish people who are passionate about my little myth ill. I can, however, take this time to announce that I'm making a Batman movie. Because there's a franchise that truly needs updating. So look for The Dark Knight Rises Way Earlier Than That Other One And Also More Cheaply And In Toronto, rebooting into a theater near you.
Leave me to my pain! Sincerely, Joss Whedon.
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Post subject: Buffy The Vampire Slayer (201?) Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2010 7:55 am |
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Any chance Luke Perry can get in on this thing?
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Post subject: Buffy The Vampire Slayer (201?) Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2010 9:03 am |
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Scott wrote: Who does Warner Brothers think is going to watch this "re-imagined" mess? Some of these: http://boxofficemojo.com/franchises/cha ... ilight.htmAt first I was open to the idea of the reboot, I like the characters and the hero worship Whedon received makes me want to puke, so his lack of involvement was a non issue for me. But then I realized that the reason they are doing it is to cash in the Twilight craze, and the idea of making Buffy, the Anti Twilight, more like it is terrifying.
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Post subject: Buffy The Vampire Slayer (201?) Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2010 12:28 pm |
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Pope Krysak wrote: Any chance Luke Perry can get in on this thing? Let's not forget Kristy Swanson and Donald Sutherland, your Papalness.
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Post subject: Buffy The Vampire Slayer (201?) Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2010 1:07 pm |
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I can't believe anybody can summon the will to give a shit about this.
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Post subject: Buffy The Vampire Slayer (201?) Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2010 1:29 pm |
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Hanzo the Razor wrote: I can't believe anybody can summon the will to give a shit about this. It'll be interesting to watch the Buffy TV fans lose their fanboy cherries. We're all used to our classics being shat upon. For some of these fans, this is a real shock to the system.
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Post subject: Buffy The Vampire Slayer (201?) Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2010 1:33 pm |
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But we're hardened funnybook fans. We saw nippled Batman.
Nippled. Batman.
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Post subject: Buffy The Vampire Slayer (201?) Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2010 1:37 pm |
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If WB put out a re-imagining of Nolan's Dark Knight entirely populated by a cast of midgets... I'd be pissed, but I wouldn't be shocked.
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Post subject: Buffy The Vampire Slayer (201?) Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2010 12:42 am |
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RobertSwanderson wrote: If WB put out a re-imagining of Nolan's Dark Knight entirely populated by a cast of midgets... I'd be pissed, but I wouldn't be shocked. This movie is just crying out to be made. It could be like the Bugsy Malone of its generation...or something.
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Post subject: Buffy The Vampire Slayer (201?) Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2010 12:45 am |
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"Buffy the Midget Vampire Slayer" could work, too.
Heck, midget Star Trek, midget Planet of The Apes.....there's no end to it all. Although we may need to breed more midgets for some of the larger crowd scenes.
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Post subject: Buffy The Vampire Slayer (201?) Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2010 10:53 am |
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Midgets are the new zombies are the new vampires are the new monkeys
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Post subject: Buffy The Vampire Slayer (201?) Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2010 6:15 pm |
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Quote: Original vampire slayer wants return in new 'Buffy'
Kristy Swanson, the actress who played the lead role in Buffy The Vampire Slayer before Sarah Michelle Gellar, wants to reprise her part in the upcoming reboot. Warner Bros recently announced plans to resurrect the cult TV show for a new movie – without the involvement of the show's creator Joss Whedon.
Before the TV show Whedon wrote 1992's Buffy The Vampire Slayer movie, in which Swanson took the lead. Now the actress has said she believes the franchise could survive without Whedon's involvement and is also hoping for a part in the film.
Swanson told Entertainment Weekly: "Let Buffy live; why not? If they wanted me to be a part of it, I think that would be fantastic and that it would be a blast.
"There are die-hard Joss Whedon fans, who absolutely love him to death, and rightly so. He's a brilliant man, no doubt. I love everything Buffy. I don't care who's doing it." http://www.nme.com/filmandtv/news/origi ... ffy/198869
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Post subject: Buffy The Vampire Slayer (201?) Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2010 6:31 pm |
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Luke Perry is definitely getting in on this then. 
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Post subject: Buffy The Vampire Slayer (201?) Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2010 7:43 pm |
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Kristy Swanson was gorgeous in that movie. She is still quite a stunner. I just went from completely not interested to almost completely not interested.
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Post subject: Buffy The Vampire Slayer (201?) Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2010 9:56 pm |
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This will probably suck, just because it will probably follow the Twilight vibe too closely. That said an imagining of Buffy w/o Whedon in its own right is fine by me. If you want Joss Whedon Buffy there's already several seasons of it and one bad movie. I mean if this sucks, it's not like it's ruining much, we're talking about one good tv show which spun off of a shitty movie to begin with.
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Post subject: Buffy The Vampire Slayer (201?) Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2010 10:39 pm |
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Rawburn wrote: And, yes, vampires need to go away for at least 10 years. Snap it just hit me know. WB is trying to cash in on the vampire craze. I still can't believe Joss Whedon is being blocked from BTVS  ? I'll wait for the trailer before casting any judgement on it, though.
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Post subject: Buffy The Vampire Slayer (201?) Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 3:50 pm |
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Quote: 'Buffy The Vampire Slayer' reboot set to be scrapped
Plans for a new full length film version of the cult TV show Buffy The Vampire Slayer have been put on hold. A Hollywood reboot of the much loved comic and TV series has been in development for some time, but the project has now been put on ice after screenwriter Whit Anderson, a relatively inexperienced writer, who had been given the job of reinventing Joss Whedon's series about a teenage vampire slayer, has been dropped from the project after delivering a script that "fell far short of expectations and, in the end, was rejected completely", according to a report in the Los Angeles Times.
According to the report, a new writer is being sought to take the project forward, but producers are also thought to be giving serious consideration to shelving the whole project.
Both Joss Whedon and Sarah Michelle Gellar, who portrayed the show's heroine during its successful run from 1997 to 2003, have hit out at the idea of the series being resurrected.
Whedon, who is currently working on The Avengers, said when it was announced that a reboot was in the works: "This is a sad, sad reflection on our times, when people must feed off the carcasses of beloved stories from their youths, just because can’t think of an original idea of their own, like I did with my Avengers idea that I made up myself."
Gellar said: "I think it's a horrible idea. To try to do a 'Buffy' without Joss Whedon, I mean that's, like, honestly, to be incredibly non-eloquent: that's the dumbest idea I've ever heard." http://www.nme.com/filmandtv/news/buffy ... ppe/256394
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