Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie..minus everyone...

[WiccansIllusion]

Buffy Relaunching Without Whedon, Gellar...Regard for Fans?
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Delicious Digg Facebook Fark Newsvine Reddit StumbleUpon Technorati Yahoo! Bookmarks Print E! Online – Buffy Relaunching Without Whedon, Gellar...Regard for Fans?(E! Online) Gina Serpe Gina Serpe – Tue May 26, 10:40 am ET
Los Angeles (E! Online) – Blame Robert Pattinson. And, for that matter, Captain Kirk.

What with vampires and franchise relaunches suddenly all the rage, plans for a new Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie have inevitably come to pass, with the rights holders of the franchise announcing plans for a new Sunnydale-set film.

But there is a catch.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, the film, which will neither be a sequel nor prequel but a relaunch, is moving ahead with absolutely no involvement from film and series mastermind Joss Whedon. It will also fail to feature TV's Buffy herself, Sarah Michelle Gellar, and will in fact have no connection to the long-running series—meaning Angel, Willow, Xander and Spike will also be MIA.

That sound you just heard was the Whedonverse imploding.

The brain boxes behind the already fan-angering remake are Fran Rubel Kuzui, the director of the 1992 box-office bomb (which starred Kristy Swanson as the titular slayer abetted by Luke Perry), and her husband, Kaz Kuzui. Kuzui Enterprises has retained the rights to the franchise since their ill-fated film outing.

The idea behind the new reboot is to maintain the show's mythology while introducing a new slayer and Hellmouth-threatened group of pals, building on the idea that each generation has its own vampire slayer.

If all goes according to plan—and it's shaping up to be a rather large if—Kuzui is looking to franchise the film.

As for Whedon, he has yet to comment on the film's development. While Kuzui said they have not ruled out inviting cult king Whedon—still very much active in the Buffyverse, having shepherded several Buffy comic books to best-seller status in recent years—to take part in the film, they have not yet spoken to him about their plans.

[WebWarlock]

Why couldn't they have gotten rid of asshat Whedon say mid Season 6.?

I hope this move does FANTASTIC. Buffy without Whedon is like a dream come true.

Tim

[Rocktoddy]

For me, Whedon is to BtVS what Chaiken is to The L Word.

I am grateful for their initial concept of the shows, but that's where my loyalty stops. I might be won over by outside sources (say, a good friend of mine who's only now becoming a fan of Firefly/Serenity) to watch their stuff, but I'll never be emotionally invested in anything they set out to do.

Fran Rubel Kuzui and Kaz Kuzui... would it really be such a smart move to make a Buffy movie without erm, Buffy?

The idea behind the new reboot is to maintain the show's mythology while introducing a new slayer and Hellmouth-threatened group of pals, building on the idea that each generation has its own vampire slayer.

If all goes according to plan—and it's shaping up to be a rather large if—Kuzui is looking to franchise the film.

Oh, well, that answers my question. Hmm... I'm not sure what happened to Buffy et co, after the TV show was over, in Whedon's comics, but I do know I did not like the idea of all those newb potential slayers in Season Severed and them all gaining Slayer Status in the end. Like, wtf?

So maybe this will be a movie BEFORE Buffy? I hope? Meh, would I care?

WOULD BE cool though if somehow there's a reincarnated version of W/T (in reverse). I'd watch that. Maybe. See? I'm still on the fence here... o_O

[TheOriginalLostSoul]

I have to agree with the two posters above me that a Whedon-less Buffy would only make for a better - if not a more happier-ending-ish - movie.

But, doing it without ANY of the original cast members is simply stupid!

[Ben Varkentine]

doing it without ANY of the original cast members is simply stupid!

I agree. Let's get Kristy Swanson and Luke Perry!

[Faitheus88]

Maybe im just a freak, but i love Whedon and if they're going to do a movie, he should be in charge of it.
and then, it should only be done if the actors from the show want to do it. ALL of them. well the surviving ones anyway.

[Giftofamber]

Count me in on this!

Webwarlock said it beautifully! A Buffyverse without Whedon is AWESOME. I know I'll be seeing it in the theater for just that reason!