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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Movie: The Remake

For all of you Buffy fans out there, your wildest dreams are about to come true... and it's your worst nightmare. The director and producer of the original Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie are getting ready to relaunch the franchise minus Angel, Willow, Xander, Spike and (believe it or not) Joss Whedon. The new film would have no connection to the TV series, to avoid trampling on Whedon's vision, and would be darker, event-sized and, they hope, franchise-worthy. They've even teamed up with Asian-horror remake king Roy Lee (The Grudge, The Ring, The Eye, The Strangers) to make sure it has the appropriately creepy (and, apparently, Asian) vibe. While I love Joss Whedon, I also love the idea of a teenage girl killing vampires, so I'd be happy to see someone try a new take on Buffy... as long as it's my take. Here's my helpful (mandatory) guide to how they should do it.

The Story
Obviously, a movie called Buffy the Vampire Slayer needs to focus on Buffy herself, and the name "Buffy" comes with certain connotations. So we can expect the basic story to not change very much: rich, spoiled cheerleader-type is chosen to fight vampires, for some reason. But will the movie go the comedy route, a la the original? Doubtful, since the rights owners like Lee's idea of taking Buffy to a "new place." Besides, why try to do comedy again, when nothing you can do will live up to the shining example Joss Whedon has set for you? We'd like to see a movie that delivers non-stop action and a healthy dose of horror, two elements that took a back seat to the angst-comedy combo of previous incarnations. By taking it the route of an Underworld or Resident Evil, they've at least got a shot at a three-picture deal.

The Director
Hopefully, 1992 Buffy director Fran Rubel Kuzui won't be stepping back behind the camera, since that film was the last (and pretty much only) thing she ever directed. Lee may want to get some of his J-horror directors involved, but if they're trying to turn this into an action franchise, we'd look at the directors who deliver the best action. Doug Liman, who helmed the first Bourne film, as well as Jumper and Mr. & Mrs. Smith, might be good for giving the movie a hyperkinetic feel. Hell, get any of the directors of the Transporter franchise -- Corey Yuen (Transporter 1, DOA), Louis Leterrier (Transporter 2, Incredible Hulk) or Olivier Megaton (Transporter 3) -- and you'll have a martial arts extravaganza, with more vamp-fu than you can shake a stick at.

The Slayer
How do you solve a problem like Buffy? No offense to O.B. Kristy Swanson, but Sarah Michelle Gellar is Buffy, and all future Buffys will be compared to her. So right away, I'm gonna say, "Don't go blonde." Sorry, Hayden Panettiere, but surely not all rich, spoiled girls named Buffy are blonde -- although I have to wonder how many girls named "Buffy" have even been born since the original movie came out. The Hollywood Reporter is already throwing out actress names like Megan Fox and Kristen Stewart, but if this thing is gonna be a franchise, we need to get the girl when she's young and hasn't already signed on to a vampire franchise. It's entirely possible that the next Buffy hasn't even been in a film yet, but if we had to pick, Daveigh Chase of Big Love and S. Darko seems fairly morose, and freaked us out a little in the latter, and we think her dance moves as a member of Sparkle Motion could translate well to anti-vamp martial arts.

What do you guys think? Worst news in the history of ever? Or just unfortunate? Let the Powers That Be know below.

181 Comments

May 26, 2009 2:44 PM
kricka
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Aaaarrrrgghhh..... a part of me just died a little.

May 26, 2009 2:59 PM
poncho punch
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to quote farrah of 'rock of love:bus'-"Lame! LAAAMMME!!"

May 26, 2009 3:05 PM
Nouillade
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What the HELL ... ?

Grrrrr

May 26, 2009 3:10 PM
YayCoffee
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Not ok!

This makes me more upset than I should probably rationally be...

But.

No JOSS WHEDON?

He created Buffy!

Sounds like Kuzui (who has held on to the rights) is a big stealing idea stealer who steals other people's ideas. Rights or NO... the fan-base KNOWS where Buffy Belongs!

Go get your own, FRAN!

May 26, 2009 3:15 PM
Pulpbomb
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Someone is wearing their Bad Idea Jeans today!

May 26, 2009 3:15 PM
Just
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Why? I mean, really....WHY?!?!

May 26, 2009 3:16 PM
stephanie
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

If it's not from Joss, it's NOT BUFFY!!

May 26, 2009 3:17 PM
Jean
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This really is "corrupt a wish"

May 26, 2009 3:17 PM
Melissa
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I am not a fan of this. Not one bit.

May 26, 2009 3:21 PM
Summer
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I'm willing to give it a chance, as long as it's got plenty of comedy. That's a Buffy hallmark, and without it, it'll be just another Hollywood vampire movie.

May 26, 2009 3:34 PM
Doug
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If you're going to do a remake of Buffy, then you should do a remake of Buffy. If you want to do a creepy action movie about a girl who kills vampires, just make that.

By 're-imagining' Joss Whedon's creation without any of the things that made the character (even in that god-awful movie) -special-, you're not really honoring the creative product. Even the new Star Trek had the good grace to be respectful of its source material. Obviously not true in this case, since Kuzui and her gang have already shown an amazing lack of respect for it during the first go-round.

As rich as the Kuzuis got off the TV franchise, I can't believe they're this willing to crap where they eat.

May 26, 2009 3:39 PM
Anonymous
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Um, no. Just no.

May 26, 2009 3:40 PM
jen
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Did I really just witness TWoP alluding to Daveigh Chase in "S. Darko" as evidence of her acting? as opposed to her turn in the actual original movie? you chose the barely acknowledgable so-called remake? If you wanted to cite her in something creepy, why not note that she actually WAS the creepy dead girl in the Ring, meaning that Roy Lee already knows her.

May 26, 2009 3:46 PM
Heather
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Nooooooooooooooooo!

May 26, 2009 4:06 PM
Lisa
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This is like the concept of a Star Trek reboot not only without Gene Roddenberry and William Shatner, but also without Spock, Bones, Scotty, Uhura, The Enterprise, or Star Fleet.

IOW, it makes no sense whatsoever. Just make an Anita Blake Vampire Huntress movie instead because that's about as "BtVS" as this remake sounds.

May 26, 2009 4:09 PM
Lisa
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And the point of this would be...?

If this is to have absolutely NOTHING from BtVS, then just make an Anita Blake Vampire Huntress movie instead. It would has as much to do with Buffy as this sounds like (which is to say, none).

May 26, 2009 4:12 PM
Cindy McLennan
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That's it, Zach. I am not writing another HIMYM weecap for you to edit, at least until fall.

May 26, 2009 4:19 PM
Cecilia
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For those who loved the series, but wished it was terrible....

May 26, 2009 4:22 PM
Angela M.
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This is not a good idea. I can never get behind this, unless it has Joss Whedon attached to it. Epic Fail.

May 26, 2009 5:07 PM
Jenny Mack
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Is it too early to start protesting?

May 26, 2009 5:58 PM
coalhouse
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I knew the "remake" fad was only one bad idea away from jumping the shark, but this would definitely cross that line.

It's funny; if the story was "former Buffy the Vampire Slayer co-producers Kaz and Fran Rubel Kuzui have agreed to collaborate with Asian horror-remake King Roy Lee to come up with an original, vampire-themed action franchise," I think reaction would have ranged from "meh" to "cool."

Doing it this way means reaction ranges from "no" to "F___ no."

May 26, 2009 6:17 PM
Emmy
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Sounds like a good enough movie, but it's not Buffy. Couldn't they just call it Mitzie the Undead Fighter?

May 26, 2009 6:23 PM
Mimi
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That's it. I'm done. Tell my mom I love her.

May 26, 2009 6:39 PM
Nicky
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Um, How 'bout no? Leave well enough alone guys!

May 26, 2009 6:53 PM
shannon
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UGG of all the directors they get the WORST!!! The REmake of those movies STUNK!! Now take the director of the original Audtion..now that would be Twisted

May 26, 2009 6:59 PM
Brody
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Obviously, Joss's Buffy is the icon, but please stop calling it "the original." The '90s movie with Kirsty Swanson and Luke Perry was the original -- WITHOUT the Scooby gang -- and is a cult classic in its own right.

That being said, there is NO WAY anyone can remake Buffy better than Joss remade Buffy, so I don't think they should even try.

May 26, 2009 7:02 PM
Jenna
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I would buy it more if they picked someone other than Buffy herself. A predecessor, perhaps, or successor (discounting the ending of the TV show). Another character that can still be a hot teen fighting vampires, but isn't already done better than anyone else can manage.

May 26, 2009 7:06 PM
Larry
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So wrong.

The show is WAY too cult for fans to get up en masse and watch a totally unrelated movie. And even though I loved the series, the character is not quite iconic enough, in my opinion, to merit a "reboot."

Stupid. Capitalize on vampires being popular in some other way. Heck, do Dracula again. Lazy, stupid Hollywood people.

May 26, 2009 7:16 PM
jody
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All I can say is No...just no.

May 26, 2009 7:24 PM
Tina
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I don't see how this could possibly be any good. While I'm generally open-minded about remakes and reboots and re-"lets make some more money off this dead horse", I love this series far too much to sit through a remake without thinking (and/or yelling) "THIS is wrong!" "THAT is wrong!" "Jesus GAWD, how could they do THAT!" and "How could they leave THAT out??" Since that would make me the disgruntled fangirl that I typically make fun of, I just couldn't even watch this out of principle.

May 26, 2009 7:25 PM
Lutenist
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Hey, why not? It couldn't be a bigger mess than the last three seasons of Buffy. And after eight years of Buffy and Angel, the old team probably doesn't have any new ideas left.

May 26, 2009 7:45 PM
Liz
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Worst thing to ever happen!!!!

Buffy is Sarah Michelle Gellar and Joss Whedon, and nothing will ever compare or live up to the established mythology. Basterdizing the Buffy legacy is a total disrespect to all the loyal fans.

May 26, 2009 7:48 PM
MsMLeigh
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I just threw up a little in my mouth. Wrong wrong and wrong.

May 26, 2009 7:50 PM
Kelly
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NO.

May 26, 2009 7:52 PM
Megan
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Is there any possible way to influence the direction this will take (if it truly, unavoidably must happen, like a train wreck).

May 26, 2009 7:53 PM
Kelly
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NO.

May 26, 2009 7:58 PM
Liz
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Please, please, please, no.

May 26, 2009 8:06 PM
Anonymous
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replied to comment from Brody

The 90's movie WAS Josh's!

May 26, 2009 8:09 PM
stacy
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replied to comment from Brody

Um, Brody, the 90's movie WAS Joss'!

May 26, 2009 8:55 PM
Nikki
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Worst. News. Ever.

The series doesn't need a reboot, it was perfectly fine where it was.

May 26, 2009 9:19 PM
Bruce
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First post ever here @TWOP.

No Joss, no Sarah, no way!

May 26, 2009 9:29 PM
Amanda B
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OMFG

This is beyond torture. I mean, first they keep toying with us saying "there will be/won't be" a BtVS movie. And now it's this crap tastic idea of taking a show I loved through high school and college then destroying it. I can't even bear to give this movie a chance. This is a cult legacy people are messing with. Buffy isn't Buffy without SMG & Joss - end of freaking story.

Worst. News. Ever.

At least Dollhouse was renewed - that is at least an authentic by product of Joss Whedon awesomeness.

May 26, 2009 9:40 PM
coalhouse
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If they do this, Joss will get his revenge.

Ever since Topher made the crack on Dollhouse about how they were going to "store people's souls in little jars with all the other fireflies," I've been 100% sure that if Dollhouse lasts long enough to allow for some pure fun, Topher will find a reason to program Echo with a personality and skillset that will be extremely familiar to fans of the Buffyverse. The ep would be called "five by five." I just KNOW he's going to do this. Which will just remind everyone how utterly pointless a Buffy reboot would be.

May 26, 2009 10:01 PM
Pamela
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I could *maybe* get behind a movie based in the buffyverse with none of the actual buffy characters if they focused on the life of another, preferably brunette, slayer and left Buffy out of it.

Because, ugh, what is the point? Anyone who is not SMG is not Buffy. And with no input from Joss the only reason cult fans (which is to say 99% of us) of the show would watch the movie is so they could rip it to shreds in the forums lol.

May 26, 2009 10:13 PM
Lauren
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I didn't think it was possible to hate Twilight for rebooting the vampire franchise in all the wrong ways....but there it is.
Seriously? The original movie was terrible! The tv show WAS the remake, and it remade it brilliantly. We don't need a remake of a remake! Seriously, GET SOME ORIGINAL IDEAS AND STOP STEALING ALREADY WELL-EXECUTED ONES!

May 26, 2009 10:20 PM
Kiwi
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Ewww...I won't see the movie.No Joss?SMG will always be THE Buffy.

May 26, 2009 10:31 PM
Miss Mia
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replied to comment from Amanda B

Agreed - no way I pay money to see this.

Give me a movie with Buffy, Spike, Willow, etal, including Joss, and I'm there.

A faux Buffy? I think not.

May 26, 2009 11:17 PM
twitchytail
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Grr. Aargh.

May 26, 2009 11:49 PM
Marquis
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It's kinda amusing the buffy media thread is far less angry over this. Yes there's anger, but less than here.

Personally I think the way they are going about this is a potential P.R. disaster. You need a fan base support for something like this.

That being said a chance to see a Buffy who isn't whiny and perhaps a little more competent.

I'd be interested to see what they would do with the movie's original conceit, (I'm not sure if it was Joss' conceit originally or it got changed.) That the Slayer and the Watcher are the same people reincarnated, as opposed there being dozen or hundreds of potentials.

According to the current season 8 canon vampires are beings of regret and no longer soulless killing machines, so I'm not sure I can say that current Buffy is even the same thing as early TV Buffy anymore.

If that's the case why not let someone see what they can do with it.

Opinon is slightly divided, but a lot of people say that Star Trek the franchise got a lot better when they were able to work around and past the heavy restrictions Gene Roddenberry set about how everyone should get along all happy like.

Who's to say the same can't be said for Buffy?

I'm not thrilled and don't have high hopes given the people behind it, but I won't outright condemn it.

May 26, 2009 11:57 PM
Michael
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Here's where the producers are going off the rails. It's not as if the movie BtVS has a great deal of loyal fans who watch it and recite back lines ala Rocky Horror Picture show. When Buffy the Vampire Slayer series came on I was stunned that they were making a series off of a middling movie. Six years and episodes like "Hush", "The Body", and "Once More With Feeling" later I was Joss's loyal disciple. If you were talking about a movie say 25-30 years later such as Battlestar Galactica's reboot, ok fine, but there are too many people with too recent memories to buy this.

May 27, 2009 12:16 AM
X
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Oh dear god no.

May 27, 2009 12:36 AM
leftielucy
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Meh, whatever. It's not like it could be much worse than seasons 5 through 7, really.

May 27, 2009 12:37 AM
butrcup
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They may as well decide to do another Indiana Jones movie, only without Harrison Ford, and Indiana doesn't know history and is fine with snakes and doesn't wear a hat or use a whip or ever say anything witty. And never found the ark or went to the Temple of Doom or found the holy grail. (Or whatever with the aliens, I can live without that one, lol.)

While we're at it, let's have a new Die Hard without Bruce Willis (but still with McClain), a new Rocky without Stallone...and how about a "Friends" movie with other people playing Joey, Chandler, Ross, Rachel, Monica, and Phoebe?

May 27, 2009 12:59 AM
pat
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OR a Terminator movie without Schwartzenegger, or a Batman movie without Adam West.

May 27, 2009 1:12 AM
pat
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seriously, I understand how so many of you are horrified at the idea of a Buffy reboot. But the TV series itself was a reboot. And the fact is that Buffy was such a popular and succesful character and franchise that it is inevitable that someone else would eventually want to play with it. Somebody above asked why they couldn't just make a Dracula movie if they wanted to do vampires. For many people, Bela Lugosi is the only true Dracula. That doesn't keep thousands of producers and writers from messing about with the character themselves, including ironically Joss Whedon on the Buffy series. We are just going to have to bite our tongues and remember that whatever travesty of a Buffy film they make is not going to damage the TV show's reputation any more than the original movie did.

May 27, 2009 3:20 AM
Natalie
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The real Buffy would roll over in her grave.

May 27, 2009 3:40 AM
tjbw
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kendra

May 27, 2009 3:42 AM
Betsy
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I'm sorry, but it isn't ironic that Joss Whedon changed things in the Buffy series from the movie because it was all HIS IDEA. He wrote the movie. Things were somewhat taking out of his hands and he seems to have distanced himself from the movie because it wasn't his original vision, but that doesn't mean he was rebooting the movie with the series the way this current remake is looking to. It was his to "reboot," and if anything, he was trying to make something that was closer to his original vision for Buffy.

Sorry, but that's been really bugging me.

As far as the movie goes, I know plenty of people enjoy the movie as the camp that it is, but I was never a fan. And I think, as many people have already said, it seems silly to try to show the Buffyverse without all of the extra characters because at this point, they seem as key to the success of the show/movie as Buffy herself. If they wanted to do someone pre-Buffy, it could be watchable (although without the infamous Whedon wit, not quite as awesome as it could be).

May 27, 2009 3:57 AM
JTD
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Joss and Company's writing, along with fabulous acting was what made the series. Unlessthey bring a whole new crew and a new Slayer, I can't see it. Either way, what appealed to people about the show will be missing.

May 27, 2009 4:27 AM
booklord
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I think that the Star Trek remake has gotten into Hollywood's head. They see a successful franchise reboot and think they can do it with other franchises. Just a couple of problems. First, Abrahms is one of the best out there and there isn't anyone near that caliber being suggested for this. Second, the core of the Buffy fans are Joss Whedon fans. They followed him to Firefly and Dollhouse and will take exception to him being excluded from a movie remake.

May 27, 2009 5:55 AM
Buffangel
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To quote from Chandler... "My brains are all over that wall."

I am absotively horrified. Is nothing sacred in Hollywood!?

WHY!? WHY!?? WHY!!!????????

May 27, 2009 6:52 AM
lilia
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Lame. If they want vampire hunters, there are lots of possibilities, Anita, or Catherine,just to name a few. They want the "built-in" audience. However, I would go. To watch, and laugh,and mock…

May 27, 2009 8:36 AM
Anonymous
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replied to comment from pat

Yes, that's the same thing. Because it's been 30 years and Buffy is totally outdated now.

May 27, 2009 8:53 AM
Shaz
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ACK!

No Joss, no love. Seriously.

May 27, 2009 9:52 AM
Alex
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NO! It's not "BtVS" with Joss. Don't do it, Epic FAIL!

May 27, 2009 10:10 AM
LostLenore
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Stupid stupid stupid! I'm a fan of the original movie and the series, but you CANNOT have Buffy without comedy. This is just as lame as ScFi turning into SyFy.

May 27, 2009 10:24 AM
Linda
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sigh, I'm not a big Joss groupie but this idea is just begging for failure. How many "re-imagings" does Hollywood have to subject us too before they realize that most of the time they fail. I still cringe when I think of the "Wild, Wild West." I couldn't bring myself to sit thru the "Mod Squad" and "Miami Vice." I know folks love the new Galactica but I found it way too depressing. I think I'm one of those few that enjoyed both the Buffy movie and the series but I kept in mind that they were two separate entities.

May 27, 2009 10:36 AM
Terry
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Why must Hollywood continue to stomp on my child/young-adulthood. Why not make a movie about an ass kicking vampire slayer that isn't Buffy? Hell make a spin-off using one of the other Slayers - for Pete's sake, there are hundres (if not more) thanks to Chosen.

May 27, 2009 10:51 AM
Lia
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Oh hell no.

May 27, 2009 11:02 AM
Michelle
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The very idea is blasphemous. No, just no. No Joss, no Buffy. Period.

May 27, 2009 11:13 AM
Anonymous
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I agree with Terry - if you need to remake Buffy, why not make it one of the old Slayers? It even would have the advantage that the audience knows their destiny is to die, so you might actually believe they might die at any time (or at least, die defeating the bad guys). Hell, make it Nikki Woods, who had to balance being a Slayer with being a mom.

May 27, 2009 11:16 AM
alr
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As some others have said...I don't understand why it isn't possible to focus on one of the other Chosen Ones from the end of the series. That way, they wouldn't be pissing off any fans of the old BtVS and they would have the freedom to do whatever they wanted with the character.
So frustrating.

May 27, 2009 11:23 AM
m
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I don't think the people making this really see it as a reboot or even a remake; they're just taking a title that they like and using that as a "start-a-story" to make up their own thing (think "Cheaper by the Dozen"). They can do this because the original(s) frankly don't matter. I loved the series (and tolerated the movie) just like everyone here--but far, far more people in the viewing public never watched a single episode. THAT'S the audience that the producers are going after, not the cult fans--because, by definition, there aren't enough of us to make a hit. Plenty of pre-existing fans are going to see the movie anyway, just out of curiosity or so they can say how bad it is; for the movie to make big money it has to appeal to the masses, who don't know Angel from Oz and only expect SMG and the Scoobies in an actual Scooby Doo movie.

May 27, 2009 11:25 AM
Limber
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Completely ridiculous. Sounds like the filmmakers have some sort of option on the actual franchise name, and that's the only reason they're doing this.

Vampire teen movie? Fine. But Buffy's nowhere near remake territory.

May 27, 2009 11:44 AM
VFan
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The worst idea I've ever heard. and that's saying something

May 27, 2009 12:27 PM
Sunny Tyler
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Seriously, that sounds like a joke. There can't be a Buffy movie without Joss Whedon.

May 27, 2009 12:29 PM
nickyjean
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Past or future Slayer but not Buffy herself. Like Trek, re imagining the vision takes time. Not enough has really pasted. But in the case of Star Trek, there is a franchise to emmulate. Buffy/Weadon has created a substantial universe. Why limit creativity to something so Iconic when if you want to make something that "takes Buffy to a 'new place'" then start everything there. There is less scrutiny on continuing the saga then there is on recreating it.

May 27, 2009 12:38 PM
Amy
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I think I speak for everyone when I say
GRRRR ARGHHH!!!!!

May 27, 2009 1:12 PM
romantic idiot
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[quote]If you're going to do a remake of Buffy, then you should do a remake of Buffy. If you want to do a creepy action movie about a girl who kills vampires, just make that.

By 're-imagining' Joss Whedon's creation without any of the things that made the character (even in that god-awful movie) -special-, you're not really honoring the creative product. Even the new Star Trek had the good grace to be respectful of its source material. Obviously not true in this case, since Kuzui and her gang have already shown an amazing lack of respect for it during the first go-round.

As rich as the Kuzuis got off the TV franchise, I can't believe they're this willing to crap where they eat.[/quote]
Word.

Also, re: a creepy, depressing horror flick
1. We've seen The Wish
2. We've seen the UPN Years.

Without Buffy Summers and the Scoobie gang - you couldn't PAY me to go watch this nonsense.

No way. No how. Not happening.

If they are looking for vampire hunters to ruin - take a shot at Anita Blake - you couldn't do any more harm than LKH has done already. If you want to pick up decent heroines - Rachel Morgan is still up for grabs, as are Mercy Thompson and Dante Valentine.

Just no Buffy. No Buffy without SMG and Joss. And the Scoobs. Not for another 30 years. And maybe not even then.

May 27, 2009 1:20 PM
Anonymous
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I feel sick. BtVS is Joss and Sarah. I will pretend I didn't read this and go on remembering the awesome 7 seasons of Buffy knowing there's no more. NO MORE.

May 27, 2009 1:27 PM
Me
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A new Buffy movie? That's the kind of wooly-headed liberal thinking that leads to being eaten!

May 27, 2009 1:32 PM
Mike B
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replied to comment from nickyjean

Actually, I think you have that backwards. People whinge much more about continuing a storyline, since it has to fit everything that has come before. Reimagining it, they could change the rules for vampires - make them all turn into bats - and it would be fine as long as it worked as a movie. Also I dont think they have the rights to do anything with the series.

May 27, 2009 1:33 PM
anonymous
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Oh, this is so disappointing. Does no one have a single original idea such that everything once fresh must be remade? Joss, Sarah, Alyson Hannigan, Nicholas Brendan all MADE the show the cult favourite it was. You can't always recreate artistic chemistry.

May 27, 2009 2:50 PM
E
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Here's a wacky thought: Perhaps Roy Lee should try to come up with an original horror movie. Crazy, I know.

May 27, 2009 2:52 PM
Judi
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I was immediately like, WHAT? But then I started opening my mind. Then I read "Megan Fox." Now I want to go bury myself under the covers for days.

May 27, 2009 3:45 PM
Kate
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I know that in the last few years of it's existance BTVS wasn't exactly in it's prime...BUT that series was a staple of my preteen years. I have wanted nothing more than a buffy movie since the day the last episode aired. The thought of anyone else but SMG, Joss and co. is a combination of heartbreak and outrage to me. Picking up this season's hotest (but probably not most talented) teen actress to play her disgusts me.

If they want to make a dark movie about a teenage vampire slayer, fine. Do it. Just don't you dare call it Buffy the vampire slayer. I agree with the author of this column, this film will need to dissasociate itself from the series...way dissasociate itself. I certainly won't be seeing it either way.

May 27, 2009 3:56 PM
Big Jonny
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NUMFAR!!! Do the Dance of Shame!!!

May 27, 2009 4:08 PM
SM
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Why? Why? Why would you EVER do that? TREK I understand, and it was done respectfully...but THIS?!?! Come up with your own ideas assholes.

May 27, 2009 4:16 PM
Rene
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This is a HORRID idea that should be abandoned. "A vague disclaimer is no ones friend" (willow)

May 27, 2009 5:39 PM
Sandra
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What the hell? No. Just, no.

If they wanted to make a WB/UPN-esque show into a movie, they should have went with Veronica Mars or Supernatural. No. Let's take BtVS and piss all over it.

May 27, 2009 6:32 PM
Alison
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Oh, the wrongness.

May 27, 2009 6:51 PM
k.
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With Coalhouse on the Whedonverse allusions/revenge via Dollhouse--very much looking forward to that.

Why not get the many activated slayers or the search/orientations of unfound slayers in high gear? With or without Buffy and the Scoobs, the question then would be just, I dunno, good writing? (In Hollywood pitchspeak: "Think X-Men meets Harry P. meets Sis'hood of the Traveling Vamp-Slaying Pants.")

Retooling Buffy for humorless horror blockbuster fran. is a something sad and dead and tangled in the low tide weeds. Craptastic is too nice a descriptor.

May 27, 2009 7:29 PM
MonicaOP
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Nooooo, please no!!!! Don't do this!!! Not without Joss!!!! :(

May 27, 2009 7:31 PM
wwbd
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this movie should not try to remake the original "buffy" story but, perhaps add a new facet. utilize "the potentials" to carry on the story with references to the original scoobys. and what was so wrong with the last three seasons, i thought they were well thought out and pertinent to the ultimate story line.

May 27, 2009 8:01 PM
k.
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Um, sorry for posting the same comment_seven_times. Yeesh . . .

Ditto wwbd--the last 3 seasons were good and yes great even. Bring on the potentials.

Now to hit "submit comment" once and once only.

May 27, 2009 8:17 PM
gdgf
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Or they could just leave good enough alone.
BARF.
this makes me sick.

May 27, 2009 8:19 PM
Tom L
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No. It can't happen.

Those news suck beyond the telling of it.

Imagine how hard it would be to explain to people what the real BTVS is.

No Willow, Xander, Giles, Spike? No Joss Whedon? No SMG as Buffy?

No. No. No. It can't be done.

How can we stop that apocalypse?

May 27, 2009 8:23 PM
E.
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Wost. Idea. Ever.

I hope it dies before even getting to the cinema. Worst. Idea. Ever. Gah.

May 27, 2009 8:24 PM
Robin Hudson
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A real life Monkey's Paw. *shiver*

May 27, 2009 8:28 PM
J
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I am literally disgusted by this entire idea. Unless Joss and Sarah are involved in this movie, it should not go forward.

May 27, 2009 8:28 PM
The Geek Chick
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No no no no no no no....I'm having flashbacks to the movie. I wonder if Fran saw the sucess of the Star Trek, and decided to get on the bandwagon. Greed will talk people into stupid situations. Hey! Let's do Firefly reboot without Joss.

May 27, 2009 8:31 PM
Mary
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No, just no. There is no way to make this OK. If the Buffy "owners" want to get back in to vampires, just start over and do something else completely. Any re-do will be to Josh, Sarah Michelle & the gang as an Elvis impersonator is to the actual Elvis. Yep, THAT lame! Please no.

May 27, 2009 8:33 PM
Brittany
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correct me if i'm wrong but i do believe they've already confirmed that they are NOT making the movie about Buffy. it's about another vampire slayer, but in the same buffy universe.

May 27, 2009 8:34 PM
Anonymous
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People keep mentioning Batman etc as an example of rebooting that went OK... well Batman was already an established comic book character with a history all his own.... no one was Batman first, Batman was Batman. This makes it easier to reboot.

Star Trek...makes sense, all of the original actors are in their late 60's, early 70's or dead... we hadn't had an TOS movie for almost 20 years. Makes sense to reboot it.

Buffy has been off the air for barely, what 5-6 years and has an active canonized storyline currently in comic form... why reboot. Wait like 10-15 years and then do it...with SMG passing along the torch to another slayer, or something..

Star Trek kept the original characters, and respected them... You cannot do Buffy without SMG and the Scoobies

May 27, 2009 8:35 PM
tyna_x
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The first thing that really comes to mind is pure *sigh* :/, because Joss Whedon is my absolute hero, and he is the total embodiment of all things Sunnydale. *iquoteangel* So to do a remake of the MOVIE which was not successful, WITHOUT Joss, and with the producer of the origional film, (AND without the characters of Spike, Willow or Xander) seems insane. But, saying all that.. Having the movie re-made, with a completely different vibe, reborn as something else, also seems like a good idea to me. I just want the story to keep on. I mean, it's been six years now, since the show was off air, and over ten years since the origional movie was made. The actors (Sarah Michelle Gellar, Alyson Hannigan, Nick Brendon, Tony Head, James Masters) won't go back into that world again, so I think the only way (apart from the comics Joss & team are currently writing) to keep that story going, is with a re-make. But then I just wonder what Joss thinks about it all o.o I mean.. His first words were "I hope it's cool." & that doesn't sound like he's really happy about it.. I'd have thought he'd have more to add.. :/ I mean.. if it turned out he was offended by having HIS world re-made, maybe I don't want it to happen o_o! So I guess I'm still pretty torn. iudgsahjoihds BAH!
:3

May 27, 2009 8:37 PM
jessica
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this is reminding me of men in black when the giant cochroach sucks out that guy and uses his skin. no joss? no angel? no spike? buffy will probably be like the cochroach. ugh. this is such a slap in the face to not only joss, the BRILLIANT writer but to us buffy fans. Why cant anything be left alone anymore!!!

May 27, 2009 8:45 PM
suedehead
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Ok we have been begging, BEGGING, for a movie or another tv series with or without buffy. a spike/illyria movie, a giles or faith show, anything anything. some have been content with a series of comic books, but that does nothing for me. but this reboot is horrible news. let them do it alone, but then someone please give joss some money to make a movie related to the actual show. we don't need a rehash of a horrific movie, we need something new.

May 27, 2009 8:46 PM
Ajack922
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I legit cried when I heard the news... No Joss?! Nothing to do with the TV Series?! Remake of the original (not so good) movie?! This is just a bad idea in so many ways, is there anyway that someone can stop a movie from being made, like legally, can Joss not let them, because it's gonna be a huge black storm cloud in the Buffyverse sky!!!!!

May 27, 2009 8:54 PM
Méin Féin
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You what I hate about all of this is that THIS piece o shite is the Buffy a new and wider audience are going to be introduced to. That kills me. Buffy is Whedon's words and Gellar's face. This is pretty much the worst thing that could happen to the franchise as far as I am concerned...Kuzuis and all.

I'm hoping ot God Twentieth Century Fox can do something about this bull.

May 27, 2009 8:58 PM
Nirk
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First Star Trek movie was done by a director who had never seen Star Trek. This could be worse. Only thing that I can think of that'd be worse would be Buffy vs. Aquaman. Why would anyone do that? Who in their right mind would do this?

May 27, 2009 8:59 PM
Tracey
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Ok, if they do this I know I will not see it. I have only once ever bought a tv series dvd, and that was several seasons of Buffy. (I buy them as I can afford them.) Buffy is Sarah Michelle Gellar. It is not Buffy without the Scoobies. And if there was to be a movie it would have to follow the timeline of all the slayers having been activated! You can't recreate Buffy and think fans are going to willingly watch it without that.

May 27, 2009 9:06 PM
Trinity
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DO. NOT. WANT.

May 27, 2009 9:11 PM
the sarah
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replied to comment from Nouillade

argh!

May 27, 2009 9:19 PM
ketgz2
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Bad. Just bad. I blame Twilight, and the success of True Blood, which is also nothing like the original. If they can be successful, why not a vrappy, most likely to be chaply made new Buffy movie? Other than the fact that BtVS has RABID FANS that know the show's success comes straight from Joss's story telling andSMG's acting skills. Sure, she was hot, but she was also an emmy winning actress before being Buffy.

May 27, 2009 9:24 PM
Maria
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Buffy is Whedon's character, whether we are talking about the movie that took his original concept & butchered it or the show where he got to be closer to his vision. Thankfully we have the comics but where are you going to go with this crap? I agree, make up a random movie with slayers but don't mess with anything that has to do with the Whedonverse

May 27, 2009 9:24 PM
Megan
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Yeah, there is not enough 'no' in the world.

May 27, 2009 9:25 PM
not_Bridget
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To those suggesting the movie makers look to Anita Blake, check this story from last March: "IFC is teaming with Lionsgate for a TV movie based on the 'Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter' books." http://www.thrfeed.com/2009/03/ifc-anita-blake-vampire-hunter.html#more

Vampires are hot again & Roy Lee has been looking for a good vampire franchise; most of the good ones have been taken. Gosh, Buffy is for sale! (Or for rent--perhaps the real owners of the Dollhouse have been discovered.)

Joss & the original Buffy/Angel crew are mostly busy now. I'd love to see what he could come up with, someday. Adventures of Other Slayers? Sure--with the right talent.

If the Kuzuis are the creative talents behind a new film, I predict release direct to DVD. Followed by release for overseas markets--where it will be promptly bootlegged!

May 27, 2009 9:33 PM
Brandon
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replied to comment from Brody

Brody-
Joss is the man who created Buffy, originally. He is the one who wrote that movie. The TV show was his way to take it in a direction he wanted. But he is still responsible for the movie.

May 27, 2009 9:35 PM
Shannon
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No no no no no no nooooooooooo. This is a world of fail just waiting to happen.

May 27, 2009 9:35 PM
Joanna
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Many of us BtVS fans all feel the same way: I AM THE BIGGEST BUFFY FAN EVER. that being said, i would NEVER see this movie AND i would probably protest it.

May 27, 2009 9:35 PM
Brandon
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I think they should let Joss do a Fray movie.

May 27, 2009 9:40 PM
Brandon
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I think they should let Joss do a Fray movie.

May 27, 2009 9:43 PM
Rekidk
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As much as I think this is basically the worst idea ever, I'll probably go to see it.

May 27, 2009 10:48 PM
Ety
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So what I'm reading here is news that some producers are wanting more money and are perfectly willing to rip the soul out of a beloved concept and put forth a vapid, poorly made filler between Twilight movies.

I mean, come on, if you bring in at least just Joss Whedon, you've got loads more potential for a fantastic film as well as appealing to the fanbase that helped pad your bank account. In the words of Kristy Swanson's Buffy, "Just a shot in the dark."

If there was ever a chance that Fran Rubel Kuzui would read this, I implore you: Don't betray the fans.

May 27, 2009 10:53 PM
Anonymous
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Joss Whedon fans should attack the premiere. With rocket launchers. Because that's how we roll.

May 27, 2009 11:13 PM
kaydee
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who are these kuzui people anyway? i know mrs. kuz owns the rights to buffy or something like that, but i would assume at this point joss could buy and sell her.
either way, she has to have known she would be feeling some serious wrath of the buffy fans.

May 27, 2009 11:13 PM
Josh
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Whedonites are batsh*t insane (in the best way possible) and will NOT let this happen. I mean, they alone got Dollhouse renewed because they scared Fox into bringing it back (fearing that canceling it would create another Firefly situation). I think this is a perfect example why you don't mess with Joss. His fans will ruin you if you don't comply with his and their demands.

May 27, 2009 11:30 PM
koni
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Reading these comments reminds me why I loved Buffy so much. Don't cheapen the wonder that was BTVS in this way! There is a reason the original series attracted such clever, intelligent, and devoted fans. That reason is Joss Whedon. Period. "Numfar, do the dance of shame."

May 27, 2009 11:36 PM
Nowax
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Hey sure, why not? They made Coke "better" and America loved it! And who can forget "Euro-Disney?" That's great, too! And polyester? It's as good as silk!

I say let no-talent hacks have a go at a masterpiece. What could go wrong?

May 27, 2009 11:38 PM
Ricky
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No Joss. No SMG. NO BUFFY.

May 27, 2009 11:41 PM
Melissa
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Another thought. If someone wants to capitalize on the "vampire craze", why has the Christopher Pike series, The Last Vampire, never been tapped? His vampire mythology was new but not so obnoxious (not like Twilight, ugh).
I really, seriously refuse to spend money on a new Buffy. Not the way the Kuzuis want to do it.

May 28, 2009 12:54 AM
Fray
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This IS the worst idea ever. The Kuzuis are like the devil that Joss unwittingly made a deal with when he was young and poor.... and they just keep pouring salt on the wound, trying to capitalize on his creativity. They are clearly classless, money-grubbing people who have no imagination of their own.

May 28, 2009 12:56 AM
Cole
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replied to comment from Brody

Umm, Brody, I think you may be confused. Whedon wrote and pitched the original Buffy script, which Kuzui frankensteined (much to our delight) into the original film. Fortunately, Joss had the opportunity to continue developing the storyline with the TV series half a decade later.

Unless that's what you meant by remake. Something tells me NOT.

May 28, 2009 12:56 AM
Fray
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This IS the worst idea ever. The Kuzuis are like the devil that Joss unwittingly made a deal with when he was young and poor.... and they just keep pouring salt on the wound, trying to capitalize on his creativity. They are clearly classless, money-grubbing people who have no imagination of their own.

May 28, 2009 1:04 AM
Laura
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Dear Kuzuis and Lee:

If you want to make a movie that capitalizes on Buffy fans, SEND JOSS A PAYCHECK and give him oversight.

Otherwise, grab the money you would have spent on this movie and send it through an industrial-grade shredder.

Is it really that difficult to understand? Joss IS everything we love about Buffy. Take that away and you've got nothing.

May 28, 2009 1:07 AM
Fray
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replied to comment from pat

You've got it all wrong. Buffy was Joss' from the beginning... he just got lured into a bad movie deal by hacks who made a mockery of his original concept. We're all lucky he gave us seven years of his ORIGINAL vision. So in my opinion, the show is the original. The movie was just senseless garbage.

May 28, 2009 1:38 AM
Kris
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Read someone else saying the film probably will go on the route of Underworld or Resident Evil, make me sicker about the idea. It's like a nightmare, my fav tv show turning into RE, It's the thing I fear most (that and twilight stuff)

May 28, 2009 3:14 AM
Veiriti
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Buffy movie without Joss Whedon?!!!??? That's LAME!!! And no Spike and Angel in it!??? The first Buffy movie with Christine Swanson was awful!! I didn't like it at all!! I've started to watch the tv series because of Angel and I became a huge fan of Buffy tv show mostly because of Spike!!! Only Joss Whedon can create these amazing characters!!! I ever wanted Buffy movie (or Spike movie) – that's my dream, but Buffy movie created by Joss Whedon with Sarah Michelle Gellar, James Marsters and David Boreanaz starring in it. Without them... NO THANKS!!!

May 28, 2009 3:26 AM
Ron
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a failure beyond belief

May 28, 2009 3:41 AM
Hpets
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Sounds like Kuzui is trying to resurrect her biggest cash-cow (since she managed to ride her partial-ownership of the Buffy character as an executive producer throughout the TV series).

Highly unimpressed.

(Apologies if this double-posted)

May 28, 2009 4:56 AM
andrea
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Buffy without Joss... hmm let me think .... WHAT A HELL , it's the same thing that the movie without all the "principal caracteres" buffy has a story if you want to do a movie whit it you need to follow the "moove" and only josh can imagine the movie ..
people sometimes are lame .

xoxo from luxembourg

May 28, 2009 5:11 AM
Tom
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No Joss Whedon?

Does that mean no Twilight Slayer who's incapable of doing her job when her lover loses his soul and starts slaughtering people? No Season 6 & 7?

Sounds great to me.

May 28, 2009 6:23 AM
grant
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Hope this a success, if only for these whiny lame Whedonites to eat some shiit. Get over it, Whedon is good but not great (certainly not the hack that Abrams is). Buffy only really 2 or 3 classic seasons, the rest were ok or crap. Same as Angel. And Firefly was ok, not a cancelled too soon before it's time classic. Then again, I liked it better when it was called "Oulaw Star".

May 28, 2009 7:05 AM
lmd
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I feel sick ... irrationally so I realise, but what the hell are they thinking?

May 28, 2009 7:27 AM
tickles
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Buffy is like a member of my family. I have seen every single episode of Buffy and Angel. I am delighted anytime one of the Scoobies guest on a show and Sarah Michelle Geller makes a movie a must see. I can cite lines and give descriptions of episodes just by hearing their titles. I want a life size Spike cut out and an Angel the Vuppet doll for Christmas. Each and every character...from Willow and Cordy to Fred and Gunn are precious to me. I want to be Faith. (without the bloodlust!) This article makes me feel like crying.

May 28, 2009 7:39 AM
Cat
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Okay, I love Buffy, and have loved her and her world for years. Call me crazy, but I will take what I can get. Doesn't mean I'll like it, but I will damn well watch it. I think the biggest sadness for me is that I may never again have the oppourtunity to watch James Marsters flounce around dressed only in a sock... If I made a Buffy movie, thats what the conflict and resolution would be based around.

May 28, 2009 7:42 AM
Joe
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The "fans" boycotted the Wolverine movie, and that opened #1 at the box office and the studio is scrambling to give it a sequel and its own spinoff. Enjoy raging, nerdos.

May 28, 2009 8:57 AM
theo
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I really don't care if they want to remake the movie - ie. the year before Buffy went to Sunnydale and met Willow and Xander etc.

I thought the original movie was dire, and it didn't fit in with the canon of the TV series at all. The other characters wouldn't be supposed to be in that movie anyway...

Plus SMG would be way too old to play herself now. Newly activated, Buffy is meant to be 15.

The only thing about this news that upsets me is the lack of Joss. With him involved I'd expect a decent replacement for the awful original movie, which fits better with his TV-series-canon.

Without him, I sense a train wreck. Without the right type of Whedon black humour it will probably end up like a million other horror films. And as far as canon, we're likely to end up even further away from the TV series than the original was.

May 28, 2009 9:16 AM
TvTube2u
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I'm still waiting for the Angel movie that was promised.

May 28, 2009 9:29 AM
Stephanie
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WOW. it is really a relief to know that other die hard fans of BtVS series are as opposed to this as I am. Buffy is one of the only good memories I have of my teen years, and hollywood need not bastardize that with *cough* Hayden Pannettiere urg!

May 28, 2009 9:35 AM
Joss Weirdo
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Have you ever heard JW give an interview? I commend any studio that leaves him out of a process. The guy may be a good idea man, but he always seems completely cloying and out of touch in interviews. He isn't just self deprecating. He is self doubting to a ridiculous degree. I feel they are doing the right thing. Joss is not a god. Not even a lesser imp. Just a confused immature man.

May 28, 2009 10:48 AM
Robin
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Your list of demands is not my list of demands.

(Of course, my list of demands really only has one: Please, please don't do this.)

May 28, 2009 10:56 AM
Crazyness
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if you want to make a movie about a girl who kills vampires, do that, but don't use Buffy. Buffy has been done and done fantastically by Joss. Don't try to capitalize off the name because we all know it will just be a disappointment. maybe do a future slayer after Buffy, but why stain the story we all love as is.

May 28, 2009 11:30 AM
John W
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Why not lose the name "Buffy"? Just go with a more generic title like "Tales of the Vampire Slayer". They could then have their cake and eat it too. They could make a movie about any teenage girl not named Buffy who fights vampires. They get to make their own move and not step on Joss Whedon's toes.

May 28, 2009 12:28 PM
Billie
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Seriously? No Angel or Spike? Count me out!

May 28, 2009 5:39 PM
Jen G
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Why does it have to be Buffy the Vampire Slayer? Why not just a story about a Vampire Slayer that we haven't met yet?

May 28, 2009 7:24 PM
Stephen Crowe
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Personaly i just dont think fans of buffy and joss or any of the characters/acters in the tv series that arent being used in the new film will like this idea. i also think that Daveigh Chase reminds me of Dawn summers in the show so im not sure Daveigh wud wrk out

May 29, 2009 12:05 AM
Lauren
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replied to comment from Summer

I'm on board with everyone who says that without Joss, it's not Buffy. I think you could even do something with the franchise without SMG and the other Scoobies -- focus on another slayer, etc., all the stuff that others have posted. But it was Whedon's guidance that made the TV show brilliant, ever-changing and yet familiar in certain ways...

and as for the comment: "Have you ever heard JW give an interview? I commend any studio that leaves him out of a process. The guy may be a good idea man, but he always seems completely cloying and out of touch in interviews. He isn't just self deprecating. He is self doubting to a ridiculous degree. I feel they are doing the right thing. Joss is not a god. Not even a lesser imp. Just a confused immature man."

I say to this: WHAT? I've heard him give a ton of interviews... in some, he's more articulate and witty than in others, but in all he articulately expresses a sound and interesting creative vision. I've never heard him be unsure of where he wants to take a project. Even if some of his ideas don't work out as well as others, I think what makes him a great artist is his willingness to try new things.

...And that's exactly what the reboot won't do, at least in the same sense. Joss is all about keeping his fans on their toes, but the reboot (minus Joss) will try to capitalize on all the conventions of horror flicks in order to draw in a blockbuster-sized audience. Therefore, it will revamp all the things about the show that we love and don't want them to revamp, while sticking to the more conventional aspects of mainstream Hollywood films. *That* is why a Buffy movie minus Joss is a shitty idea. I echo the idea that "there isn't enough NO in the world."

May 29, 2009 2:32 AM
Dan
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No SMG, No Joss, No Alyson, No Nick, No A.S.Head, Forget it, No Movie !!!!.
Anything else would'nt be a BTVS movie.

May 29, 2009 2:39 AM
Dan
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How can anyone in there right mind make a BTVS movie without all the cast and crew from the tv series.
Fran Rubel Kuzui if you some how get a chance to read this, then please wake up to yourself and make the movie we all want and have been asking for since 2003 with the only real buffy, SMG, scooby's & crew.

May 29, 2009 1:11 PM
Tafkah
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There's so much wrongness in this I don't even know where to start.

May 29, 2009 1:57 PM
Anonymous
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replied to comment from m

The problem with this idea (that they're aiming for people who have never seen the show) is that for those that have never seen an episode of Buffy, they hear "Buffy The Vampire Slayer" and instantly think "stupid teen-angsty geek show" and therefore wouldn't go and see a movie titled that. Which only leaves the true fans, who, as has previously pointed out, love Joss and the original idea and not necessarily "buffy" as such. Whedon is a genius and he made BTVS what it is today (and he continues to do so with the comic series).

May 29, 2009 5:03 PM
Rick
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While I'm a huge Whedon fan (yeah, I've even watched every ep of DOLLHOUSE), I'm actually not too upset about this, for one reason: assuming they keep to the more feministy angle that Whedon took, this movie/franchise will be the perfect antidote to helpless Bella of "Twilight."

May 30, 2009 12:26 AM
Jessie
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replied to comment from Brody

Joss wrote the "original" but left the movie because they were making a mess of it basically (think how great it would have been if he'd got his say - see the series). They are leaving him out again to make an even bigger mess? Oh and to make more money off HIS work?? Wrong, wrong wrong

May 31, 2009 7:28 PM
Amber
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replied to comment from jen

THANK YOU. I thought I was the only one cringing at S. Darko (and not for the intended reasons).

Blech.

Also -- in general -- I'm not knocking a brunette version of Buffy but wanted to add a bit of trivia -- in the tv series they almost cast Charisma Carpenter as Buffy and SMG as Cordelia. Consider the strange ramifications of THAT alternate universe.

May 31, 2009 7:32 PM
Amber
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replied to comment from Brody

Hear, hear! Good point.

May 31, 2009 8:02 PM
Amber
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I can't even imagine what plot they could come up with for the rebooted Buffy movie. If we're in the established Buffy-verse...

Long-shot guess:
Roy Lee's remakes tend to be based on a basic plot progression -- Protagonist discovers strange things happening to/around them, feel haunted, investigate catalyst event that started eerie trend, make horrifying discovery about the past/source of haunting and works to free self of haunted trappings.

Translated into a Buffy story, would this not be a rebooted version of teen girl discovering she is the Chosen one?

In a darker version, I expect more "tension" to be established, meaning that she would be without a support group (no Scoobies, no Watcher...she would have to research the phenomena herself). And how is a teen to do that? And where would this occult information even BE?

It might mean a return to the prophetic dreams movie and tv Buffy had...about being attacked and fighting off monsters until, what, she's ACTUALLY attacked?

My brain (what little of it remains) hurts.

I just don't get it. I can't imagine what their intentions are for a revisioned Buffy.

I mean, what new angle could there be? Shy, nerd-like girl realizes she has supernatural powers to fight off the undead of ________? Brash, sassy-mouthed Scene kid discovers deeper purpose to her existence?

See, it's unthinkable. And the things you do think of -- are really rather disgusting.

Outside a movie version of the first season story arc (Buffy confronts her own death and the Master) -- and, in its own way -- revisioned original Buffy movie plot, I don't see WHAT they can do here.

Mrar. Might as well have Nancy from The Craft realize she's the Slayer while bemoaning the loss of Manan and her powers.

CRAZINESS. (But I DO love Fairuza Balk. :-P)

June 4, 2009 12:55 AM
Andy
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No Joss and No Sarah= No Buffy.

NO ONE can pull BUFFY without them... of and without James Masterson and/or David Boreanz [PLEASE!]

June 5, 2009 10:17 PM
Gab
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This doesn't make any sense, when is this suposed to take place. In the movie she found out she was a slayer and the show happened rite after the movie and rite after that there is now the comic book series. I don't think this going to be a movie about buffys drive from la to sunnydale and it can't be between the tv show and the comic book because it would have to be with willow and xander and etc. THIS DOESNT MAKE ANY SENSE

June 15, 2009 6:39 AM
Jess
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I agree with what a lot of you have said when it comes to making a show about a vampire slayer just not Buffy. It would work out better and certainly a lot of us would be less pissed. But sadly I doubt that will be the case.

It sucks that because of Twilight's movie success that now all of a sudden everyone is like WOOOO LETS DO SOMETHING WITH SEXY BROODING VAMPIRES. Yet we are all like....WTF THAT WAS SO 1997!

Majority of the ppl who would see this are too familiar with BTVS the series and honestly without Joss or any sort of proper connection to the Scoobies and Buffy its going to be a failure to us.


and!!!


It's tooooo soooon!
wait like 20 more years and then ruin my favorite show with a cash in for the vamp craze.

June 20, 2009 1:54 PM
Matt
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If you're going to do a movie called "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" I want the original cast and crew, especially Joss. I would like it sooner rather than later so the actors haven't aged very much.
If you aren't going to do anything like that, then give it a few years and call it a different name.
Also, if you use Kristen Stewart there's a good possibility that many fans will shoot themselves.

June 24, 2009 10:19 AM
G
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NO Joss, No SMG etc, no Buffy. That simple...I would however be behind the idea of a buffyverse movie. Keep the history, mention events that happened in the tv series, use them to shape the world that this new movie takes place in. There are hundreds or thousands of Slayers...choose one, choose a few and create your new franchise. That way, if you don't royally F it up...you might attract some of the Joss fans. If they remake Buffy...its going to be a disaster.

July 6, 2009 3:50 PM
Ryan
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why make a movie when the fans could read the comic books that joss is making? but, i did read somewhere that they want to make a new buffy movie so that they could like introduce a new generation to her or something like that. if there is going to be another buffy movie, sarah is not going to play her. she has already stated that. and kristen stewart, WILL NOT PLAY BUFFY! she can stay in twilight where she belongs, but she is not playing buffy.

July 17, 2009 4:20 PM
Joe
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Personally, I'd like to see a movie about the 'Fangtastic Four' (Angelus, Darla, Spike, and Dru) during their time ravaging the globe. Throughout both "Buffy" and "Angel", we got tidbits every now and then (some instances more tidbitty than others) of their endeavors, but only just enough to paint a clear enough picture of the backstory within their particular episodes. I mean, everyone and their Watcher made a huge deal about why Angelus and Spike were chock full of evil--'he killed puppies' this, 'he made my ears bleed with his poetry' that--but we barely got to see any of the years worth of soulless fun they undoubtedly had. Does that seem right to you?

In terms of the actual abomination-in-the-making at hand, I agree with the lot. Any attempt at a Buffy film without Joss behind the helm of his own gorram creation is like playing Russian Roulette--alone--with a bullet in every chamber; it's a concept that any cynic can at least partially appreciate (for its hilarity if nothing else), but the thought of someone actually following through with such idiocy can stake even the strongest of hearts.

What bothers me the most about it is the fact that neither BtVS or AtS is techincally over; we still have comic-versions of the newest seasons for both. And, correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't a series have to be 'killed' before it brought back from the dead? The cast is active. The fan-base for Whedon in general is still both young and scary. Give the dust time to settle before you give the world something else to sing about, jeez.

Also, I don't quite see how anything they crank out in terms of plot can be anything close to good in the first place, 'Buffy' handle or not. I keep hearing that they want to move toward a darker, more horror-based scene, but let's face it, vampires aren't scary. They're too human. And, even with the possibility of demons being in the mix, we're talking about a girl chosen to beat the living go-se out of them in the first place. Going into a film knowing that just makes any attempt at 'creepy' look silly, because you know already that the protagonist is equipped to deal.

Picture the Slayer cowering in front of her first 'scary vamp' (Let's call 'em Scamps). Personally, instead of being worried for the character, I'd end up wondering how long into the film it's going to be before she actually grows a pair. And when she finally does, I hold confidence behind the assumption that the film is going to be cut-and-dry action from that point on; once she overcomes that obstacle, all she'd have left is to take down the obligatory big bad.

I may be completely off-base, and probably am, but that's the first thing that comes to mind when I think of a Buffy horror flick, or anything close to it; something that's not scary, not witty, and not worth it.

July 21, 2009 5:24 AM
john
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There will never be another smg for the movie of buffy the vampire slayer but lets be for real she might not want to do the movie or the rest of the scooby gang, but they really should consider summer glau for the movie she isn't blond and i think the actor has untapped potential that some of her roles just didn't do her justice. The franchise could do well to keeping this actor in mind with remaking the movie and potential remake of the show.

August 2, 2009 6:51 PM
Seacorals
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Hell No. Buffy was popular because Joss Whedon saw it as a metaphor for women's rights and female empowerment. To the people who originally made the movie and ignored Joss Whedon, the concept of female empowerment was a joke. Why would I want to watch a movie by people who think women's right is a gag.

August 6, 2009 11:27 PM
skylar
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just letem finish the damn show i 'd rather have the same characters but obviously ego's and prior commitments are preventing that i'll settle for a true ending to the show with a possibillity for a sequel....just f-in finish what you started.!!!!!!!!

October 2, 2009 1:10 PM
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October 2, 2009 1:20 PM
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October 2, 2009 10:40 PM
austin
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i think they should use at least shara michell gellar dat would be great cuz i mean like it said she is buffy so i think it would be awsome and it would make the movie 100 times better and also they better make the vampires go dust in this movie

October 19, 2009 12:23 PM
Patty-Bear
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Omg... The world is ending. They are remaking everything. SMG in the best buffy ever. I heard they thought about Megan Fox I lost my mind. Megan Fox Might be Cordllia wait no she shouldn't be in the same sentence as buffy. I am going to die... *tears of blood*..

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