According to THR, there will be a new Buffy movie, except Joss Whedon is currently not involved and the movie plans to be a reboot, with nothing to do with the beloved TV series. None of the supporting characters like Angel, Spike, Willow, or others will be involved.

From THR –

“Buffy” creator Joss Whedon isn’t involved and it’s not set up at a studio, but Roy Lee and Doug Davison of Vertigo Entertainment are working with original movie director Fran Rubel Kuzui and her husband, Kaz Kuzui, on what is being labeled a remake or relaunch, but not a sequel or prequel.Perhaps those earlier rumors of talks with Sarah Michelle Gellar were true, they just didn’t talk to Whedon about it.

While Whedon is the person most associated with “Buffy,” Kuzui and her Kuzui Enterprises have held onto the rights since the beginning, when she discovered the “Buffy” script from then-unknown Whedon. She developed the script while her husband put together the financing to make the 1992 movie, which was released by Fox.

There’s no news about who would be starring as Buffy or who would be writing or directing the movie.  However, I know that many people who love Joss Whedon and Buffy the TV Show will be extremely upset if Whedon is not involved and that it has nothing to do with the TV series.

This could end up being really bad, imagine a new Buffy movie with no Whedon, no Sarah Michelle Gellar, no connection to the TV Show, and then possibly bombing at the box office. 

At least Serenity, while no box office champ, was a good movie, stayed true to the original series, and sold a bunch of DVDs.

What do you think of this news?

- Dennis

Source:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i666afabc28491e6a2f12dfb80c0f7098

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