Buffy The Vampire Slayer “is probably the most ripe show we have for bringing back,” Fox Chairman and CEO Gary Newman said this morning at the INTV conference in Jerusalem. He refrained from confirming such a move for fear of not being able “to get out of the building alive.” But he did allow, “It’s something we talk about frequently. Joss Whedon is one of the greatest creators we’ve ever worked for. When Joss decides it’s time, we’ll do it.”
The comments came during a chat about the current trend towards reviving beloved series. Fox has done it with The X-Files and is developing another new 24. Reaching back further, 20th Century Fox TV is co-producing a reboot of The Greatest American Hero and doing a new iteration of Prison Break.
But Newman said, “Reboots aren’t actually a focus for us. Most of the time it starts with a creator coming in. Admittedly, we chased The X-Files for a while. But when we first brought it back it was Chris and David and Gillian. The 24 franchise… we’ll always want it.”
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What’s so hot about them? The built-in familiarity. “In this world with nearly 500 scripted series, getting a leg up on marketing is an opportunity,” Newman said.
But, he cautioned, “If you do it cynically, if you don’t have a great creative reason to to it, I don’t think it’s going to work.”
A trailblazing and genre-busting series, Buffy starred Sarah Michelle Gellar, David Boreanz, Alyson Hannigan, Charisma Carpenter, Anthony Stewart Head,
Seth Green and James Marsters. It celebrated its 20th anniversary last year, after originally running for seven seasons, five on the WB and two on UPN.
1st off idk sound’s ug 2nd they screwed up the show after going on to comic strips, that was stupid, 3rd reboot my do some good for r kids, dose not meen we have to watch it, 4th if they reboot it make it longer and don’t fuck up with comic strips, 5th put it on a regular channel not stupid shit that people can’t afford like next flix or hanalu they need to make it so r kids can watch it on regular tv let them see there Owen taste of Buffy the vampire slayer
Spin-off/continuation only, please. The shows left it wide open for that world to continue growing. I’d rather meet some new slayers rather than hoping someone does half as well as the original cast.
Agreed Kazui and Sandollar are key but their main sticking points are financial and probably easy to overcome. But if it’s to succeed on the marketing front, it absolutely has to have Joss’ involvement or at least his unequivocal support. The existing fan base won’t allow for anything less.
Personally, I’d rather have Marti Noxon at the helm. I much preferred season 6 and her more mature version of the show. I’d also like to see Spike and Xander more than any of the other characters. My preference being a Spike anthology series starting James Marsters playing different realities each season (Watcher William that survived Drusilla’s attack one season, future human Shanshu Spike another season, etc. Ending with a final season that ties it all together.)
If it worked for a cult favorite show like Twin Peaks coming back 25 years later better than ever with it’s core original cast, it can easily work for Buffy.
The key to it’s success as a reboot was having its original creators making it, so it never lost it’s soul – no pun intended regarding Buffyverse. As long as Joss is driving any Buffy reboot and some essential original characters are in it, it will be an instant hit yet again.
This is the best news possible that if it happens at all, they will only do it with Joss in control behind it.
Did this a long time ago, it was part of a 3 part video that led to a movie. It was not a reboot but another concept that I came up with. Still used all the existing actors and their perspective characters.