When it was announced that Warner Bros. was developing a film reboot of the Buffy the Vampire franchise, the fan reception was pretty overwhelmingly hostile – not only because of the general fondness for Joss Whedon’s TV series, but also due to the writer/director’s complete lack of involvement with the reboot (he is currently busy helming The Avengers for Marvel, as it were).
However, according to a new report, progress on the Buffy revamp has been halted; in fact, for the time being, the project looks to be in danger of collapsing entirely – or, at least, not happening in the (relatively) near future.
Hero Complex has learned that Buffy reboot writer Whit Anderson handed in a script draft for the project back in Summer 2011 that left Warner Bros. officials unimpressed; in the end, the screenplay was rejected entirely. According to an insider, Anderson had originally developed a new take on the traditional Buffy mythos that convinced studio heads to give her ideas a shot, but “in the end there just wasn’t enough on the page.”
The search is now on to find a replacement screenwriter for the Buffy reboot, but immediate indications are that the project has (essentially) fallen into development limbo and doesn’t look to climb back out in the near future. Then again, Warner Bros. has a precedent for giving stalled remakes/reboots a second shot at development (ex. Akira) so don’t completely count out the possibility of a renovated Buffy movie just yet.
All the same, this is good news for those who just couldn’t get behind the idea of rebooting the Buffy franchise – which now encompasses a television show, comic book series, novel tie-ins, and the original (ultra-campy) 1992 movie. Recycling entertainment is all the rage in Hollywood right now, but this is one instance where almost everyone seems to agree: leave the original(s) alone and try something new instead.
Are you still hoping to see a Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot sometime in the future?
Source: LA Times
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Wow…what a shocker!!! Look as much as I would LOVE to see a Buffy reboot, or movie or whatever I have come to realize it’s just never going to happen. How can you possibly think that you can just remake a TV show that had(and still has a decade after the finale) probably the biggest fanbase in television. Poor James Marsters and Nick Brendon are probably wondering when they can stop doing damn buffy panels at comic con(LOL kidding they are great). SO how can anyone try to accomplish this and not include any of the original cast(which is understandable….unless they can transform james and david to look much younger), or JOSS WHEDON. Joss Whedon should be included. Hell, everytime someone mentions the name Buffy, Joss Whedon should get a royalty check. He made Buffy a decade before everyone else jumped on the vampire bandwagon and cashed in, and Buffy was 10000 times better than Twilight, TVD(which I do watch), and whatever other vampirey shows and movies are out there now.
Ha Ha!! Whoever thinks they can do this reboot they are an idiot..Unless its Joss Whedon..
instead of bringing back buffywhy don’t they do a spin off movie! Telling what happend to the new slayers or even get a new main girl that lives in the same world as Buffy!
Yes Yes Yes i wont to see a new buffy
Yes Yes Yes i wont to see a new buffy
I love Buffy. Like soooo much but only Joss Whedon should do this. Also, a film? Idk, I loved the show… I would watch it though. They should include David & Sarah..
I don’t see why joss can’t continue buffy same cast members bo reboot or movie just more and more seasons of buffy the scoot gang and maybe the new slayers yeah it’s been a long time since buffy but would be goooood to bring it back I’m a massive buffy fan and would love to see more but only with SMG and the original Scooby gang and ofcourse joss
I don’t see why joss can’t continue buffy same cast members bo reboot or movie just more and more seasons of buffy the scoot gang and maybe the new slayers yeah it’s been a long time since buffy but would be goooood to bring it back I’m a massive buffy fan and would love to see more
I think a Buffy movie would be amazing!! Always have but I don’t think it should be with anyone different!! The truth is the actors and the writers plus joss made the show what it was … Simply amazing!! Anyone who would try to take the roles would simply fail and I feel would make the series suck! If your going to do a movie stick with the same people and if your not going to stick with the same people then don’t worry about doing a movie. I know I wouldn’t support some other creator and actors and I’m sure I’m not alone with this opinion! Original Buffy the vampire slayer and angel are the best
no joss no buffy!
i would realy like the idee of a new vampire slayer girl
if it is NOT a reboot but mabay years after buffy or the same timeline
and buffy her self(if she wants)can get back for a main role or a geustrole
we all know its not poseble to get all the cast back.
willow could have lift the new slayers spell
so now there is only one slayer again or 2 ( 3 )
so we would have a new buffy series but with a new main slayer
hell dont even get why they did not make a serie called faith the vampire slayer
david and james are not to old!!!
they can make them look younger but i would prefer not to
just do a story line,angel/spike has fight the good fight afther the batle in L.A and as a price the get to be human again(explains the looking older thing)but drucilla wanted her boy’s back so she turned spike and angel again,but this time they remain to keep there souls.
there you have it,angel and spike just a little older but still vampire’s with a soul
It would be really difficult to get all the cast members back and the right writers to make the show something that it once was, but not only that it would be equally difficult to make the story line work so everything made sense. Also with the whole all the actors have aged problem and wouldn’t be able to do stunts like they did when they were younger. And ya know, a big part of the attraction and the emotional investment that we put into these shows, at least for me, has a lot to do with the “young love” that Buffy and Angel had (yes he is like 240 years old or whatever). Not only was it young, but there love is eternal and never fading. That kind of fearless passion is displayed more often and more infectiously and clearly by younger people than by those of us who have grown out of our “never say die” mentality. Because once we age we seem to lose some of that uncontrollable and undeniable desire. We seem to lose that Magic.
While I agree with those who say that the actors that once owned characters such as Buffy and Angel are still agile and dam good looking. I just have to say that the lust and heat displayed in the series may not be as addictive as it once was. And to reboot such an affecting show such as this and not have it be so affecting would be a disappointment and possibly taint the memory all together. Which in itself would be a travesty.
Although, if someone skilled enough and creative enough were to come and create a sort of spin off where a different slayer and different characters were to take part in a similar world and mythology as the original Buffy series, then perhaps it wouldn’t be a waste of time and a blemish to the memory of Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Angel. Naturally of course they would at least have to have some guest appearances from the original cast members.
And as just a note, Buffy and Angel need to be together. If i have yet to make that clear. There is no other way to have them. Spike can suck it.