Producers Of "Buffy" Movie Did Contact Whedon About The Reboot

Producers Of "Buffy" Movie Did Contact Whedon About The Reboot

Joss Whedon spoke to Entertainment Weekly about the proposed "Buffy" reboot..

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By MarkCassidy - Jun 12, 2009 06:06 AM EST
Filed Under: Horror
Source: aintitcoolnews.com

After the pretty much universal backlash when it was announced that a "Buffy The Vampire Slayer" movie would be going ahead without the man that put the point on her stake in the first place, the big-screen project’s producers did “ultimately reach out” to franchise mastermind Joss Whedon, Whedon reveals to Entertainment Weekly.

Busy with both “Cabin in the Woods” movie post-production and preparing a second season of “Dollhouse,” Whedon apparently indicated he had little or no interest in what is expected to be a reboot free of such beloved characters as Willow, Xander, Giles, Angel, Faith and Spike.

“I think that's something better left untouched by me,” Whedon tells Entertainment Weekly. “So I wish them luck.”

And its luck they will need! An EW poll reveals that only 3% of respondants would see a Whedon-free “Buffy.”

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LEEE777
LEEE777 - 6/12/2009, 6:49 AM
REEBOOT/REMAKE = SUCKFEST! ; )

Hey i think a BUFFY VS BLADE should happen on the big screen! Yeah, NEW LINE an FOX would hav'ta sort something out but why not???!

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It's asking to be made!!! ; )

Shaman
Shaman - 6/12/2009, 6:54 AM
AHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA!!!!! Gotta love his sarcasm!!! "I think that's something better left untouched by me, I wish them luck" LMFAO!!! He knows it's shit, he know they're gonna need alot more than mere luck and he wants NOTHING to do with it!!! Priceless!!! :))
BCat
BCat - 6/12/2009, 7:03 AM
This movie/remake/reboot/revomit whatever it is is NEVER gonna satisfy the diehard fans of the Buffy/Angel mythology (myself included) unless it has continuity and original cast involved!!!

Yeah the "Wish them luck" comment says it all lmao!!

LEEEE - You are a true picture finder fella LOL!!!
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 6/12/2009, 7:34 AM
BCat @ Cheers! ; )

An yeah its like spitting on all them fans faces thats supported the shows all these years, im not diehard but i watched 'em all the time when they first aired! Yet ANOTHER FOX idea!!! You gotta wonder whos running that place lol! : D

Lol SHAMAN @ Yeah!!!
rockingrich1webb
rockingrich1webb - 6/12/2009, 7:36 AM
I'm really getting tired of people rebooting things that don't even need to be rebooted.
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 6/12/2009, 7:37 AM
Its like the REBOOT FLU or something!
Shaman
Shaman - 6/12/2009, 7:43 AM
LEEE- I dunno who the brains of this operation is but... it's not comforting.

This guy maybe:

frank666
frank666 - 6/12/2009, 7:57 AM
just scrap it then if Joss doesnt want it. Unless of course it's done by someone else who had their fingers in the TV series. At least get Joss to consult.
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 6/12/2009, 8:25 AM
TIMMY!!! Heh heh. : D
mgalusick
mgalusick - 6/12/2009, 8:33 AM
Just let the franchise die. It's not worth rebooting. The show itself was a reboot I think. And I don't think there's enough in the premise to reboot it twice.
droopy1317
droopy1317 - 6/12/2009, 8:53 AM
let this movie be, there's too many remakes. are ppl too dam lazy to think of new ideas for movies that they have to bring old ones back. its too soon to remake this anyways
KidFReSHofKrypt0n
KidFReSHofKrypt0n - 6/12/2009, 8:57 AM
If either of these 2 chicks were to portray Buffy, I would have a seat in the theater...

Hayden P Pictures, Images and Photos

Elisha Cuthbert Pictures, Images and Photos

Who's with me?!?
ironknight27
ironknight27 - 6/12/2009, 9:17 AM
If Whedon does not want to touch it then maybe thats a good indication not to. I think that it is still too soon to bring these characters to the big screen especially if they are going to bring in a new cast. They are trying to capitalize on the Twilight movie. Which to me the whole Twilight series does seem to take a lot of those love/teen angst themes that the Buffy series was known for.
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 6/12/2009, 9:52 AM
Swag @ Can't see the first one but the second screams = WHITE QUEEN!!! ; )
Shaman
Shaman - 6/12/2009, 10:45 AM
Here's your White Queen!!! LOL :P Nice avatar BTW :)

Spada
Spada - 6/12/2009, 11:02 AM
psh 3%, you know all buffy fans are going to go see it

the same way we all went to see wolverine... psh

jaja
gerant
gerant - 6/12/2009, 11:38 AM
I could give two shits about the TV series. Bring on the movie flicks. I love the first and the TV series was a major pot hole. Bring back Ruebens!
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 6/12/2009, 11:41 AM
The Buffy movie was an experience akin to having my eyelids stretched out and hammered like i was Sylvester in a Tweety cartoon. It was BAD. The show, after a couple of teeny/cheesy seasons was, for the most part, very good..sometimes great.
Shaman
Shaman - 6/12/2009, 11:48 AM
Don't bother, he's into Megan Fox.
Triptheorist
Triptheorist - 6/12/2009, 11:48 AM
Let the Hot chick sketch fest begin!
Photobucket
p.s. Elisha Cuthbert is MINE! /throws guantlet
Shaman
Shaman - 6/12/2009, 12:01 PM
Triptheorist- I love your art dude!!! And i still remember your Green Lantern Alien Tree you made for IonParalax's contest! It was one of my favorites, in fact i had trouble to stop looking at it LOL :P You're a wonderful artist... now tell me you're a girl so i can start whackin' off LMFAO!!!

Oh and what medium did you use for this sketch???

TRACI LORDS IS MINE!!! *Throws two guantlets*
ironknight27
ironknight27 - 6/12/2009, 12:01 PM
Ror- I liked Buffy but Angel was the better show.

Shaman- Nice sketch real nice! I want to see the cleavage though!
Triptheorist
Triptheorist - 6/12/2009, 12:10 PM
Yeah, I enjoyed the hell out of that contest. I don't get to do stuff like, that often. As soon as I saw it I ran and and grabbed my sketch pad, and 20 minutes later BAM! I use a crappy office depot mechanical pencil, always a mechanical pencil. And finally I'm not a girl, although I have been told I would look really pretty in a dress. Please avoid the urge to go jerkin' the gherkin.
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 6/12/2009, 12:15 PM
Shaman when were you replaced by an alien from the planet Randy, whos mission it is to cover CBM with sexual innuendo and talk of doing outrageous things to other posters?

Because i want you to take me back with you!
Osiris
Osiris - 6/12/2009, 12:36 PM
this whole Reboot of Buffy is gaaaaaaaytastic......

The show was amazing and should be left alone not converted into a movie, and besides the series only stopped running new episodes a few years ago and last i knew FX was still running reruns so obviously the show is still in demand why kill a something that doesn't need to be shot.
Shaman
Shaman - 6/12/2009, 12:36 PM
Rorschach01- You know to much!!! Must take you to planet Randy and randomise you!!! LOL :P Nah i think it's because of the overload of girls we've been having here (2 or 3 LOL). It warped my fragile little mind :))

Triptheorist- You did the pic above with a mechanical pencil??? What's a mechanical pencil??? And put on yo damn dress!!!

Osiris- Cause the bunch of'em are idiots.

*Gerant throws three gauntlets, says Megan Fox is his*
ironknight27
ironknight27 - 6/12/2009, 12:40 PM
A mechanical pencil is the kind of pencils that require refills on a special lead. They are made usually from plastic and when the lead breaks you press the eraser in order to get the lead to come out. Wow I never thought I would ever explain that on this site.
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 6/12/2009, 1:00 PM
Lmao guys!

SHAMAN @ Nice pic!!! ; )
Shaman
Shaman - 6/12/2009, 1:01 PM
LOL It's cause i'm bilingual but my native tongue is french and we call those pencils "pousse-mine" which roughly translated means "push-lead". That's why i wasn't familiar with the term LOL :P

Triptheorist- You did that sketch above with a mechanical pencil??? DAMN, you smudge ALOT!!! I hate smudging, that's why you always see the lines in my shading LOL :P

LEEE777- Thanks dude, but you haven't seen all of these already??? Here's the link to my Galeries:

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/AnnwnShamansLair/galleries/
Betty
Betty - 6/12/2009, 2:10 PM
Shaman--Dude you can't do something that looks like that with a mechanical pencil. He'd have to have like an 8B lead and that would be too soft to put in a mechanical pencil.

If it is mechanical pencil, it is highly touched up with photoshop, darkened and then maybe a single filter on top and presto. I wouldn't be surprised if it just a photo from a victoria secret catalogue that has been photoshoped.
JeremyBentham
JeremyBentham - 6/12/2009, 2:40 PM
swag of krypton, i wish
Triptheorist
Triptheorist - 6/12/2009, 3:21 PM
It is a mechanical pencil. It is softened with photoshop, but it's mostly alot of smudging by hand. Let's just say it took me a long time. It's even from a victoria's secret catalogue. I used the magazine as a reference to draw the model by hand... plagiarism is a serious accusation. I can draw, there's about 4 drawings in the forum to back it up; http://www.comicbookmovie.com/forum/?ft=39435

Betty
Betty - 6/12/2009, 4:31 PM
I didnt mean to sound like I was attacking. I have never seen a drawing with a mechanical pencil that is so dark so I was like, "No way!"

I would suggest using a piece of charcoal for all of your darkest areas. It'll spread alot faster, saving you time and give you nice gradients. Then when you're done, spray it with hairspray from a foot away. That way it'll hold all those particles and wont fade or come off on your clothes so easy.
KidFReSHofKrypt0n
KidFReSHofKrypt0n - 6/12/2009, 4:41 PM
LEEE777 @ I fixed it, you should be able to see it now.
KidFReSHofKrypt0n
KidFReSHofKrypt0n - 6/12/2009, 4:50 PM
Its funny that you guys brought up the White Queen scenario, I don't know if this has been posted before but here it is anyway...

Elisha Cuthbert as Emma Frost

Add Emma Frost's accent and...

I jizzed in my pants, lol.
ironknight27
ironknight27 - 6/12/2009, 4:55 PM
DAMN!!!
Osiris
Osiris - 6/12/2009, 5:06 PM
@Betty@ this is a picture I drew with a mechanical pencil (one of my own characters btw) and this one hasn't had a photoshop adjustment to it yet, how dark the pencil actually shows up depends on how good your scanner really is.

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Triptheorist
Triptheorist - 6/12/2009, 5:08 PM
@Swag I LOVE that picture... Love. Damn, I'm still trying to wrap my mind around it. I called her first, you all saw it!
@Betty Sorry man, i just get a little touchy about that stuff... it's like defcon 4. Yeah, Charcoal is just waaaay to messy, even though I am a fan of the medium.
Bandrews1
Bandrews1 - 6/12/2009, 8:17 PM
He better just hope that they don't [frick] up something he started.
CockKnocker
CockKnocker - 6/12/2009, 10:44 PM
Shaman:
DO you really call a mechanical pencil a "pussi mine".
I love that!
lol
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