Yesterday afternoon we learned that the reboot of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer film is officially moving forward WITHOUT any input at all from creator Joss Whedon. Today, we get to hear from Joss himself about this Buffy reboot. Joss was asked to respond to the news of the planned Buffy reboot, which will be [...]
Yesterday afternoon we learned that the reboot of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer film is officially moving forward WITHOUT any input at all from creator Joss Whedon. Today, we get to hear from Joss himself about this Buffy reboot. Joss was asked to respond to the news of the planned Buffy reboot, which will be written by a woman named Whit Anderson, and this is what he had to say:
I’m glad you asked for my thoughts on the announcement of Buffy the cinema film. This is a sad, sad reflection on our times, when people must feed off the carcasses of beloved stories from their youths—just because they can’t think of an original idea of their own, like I did with my Avengers idea that I made up myself.
Obviously I have strong, mixed emotions about something like this. My first reaction upon hearing who was writing it was, “Whit Stillman AND Wes Anderson? This is gonna be the most sardonically adorable movie EVER.” Apparently I was misinformed. Then I thought, “I’ll make a mint! This is worth more than all my Toy Story residuals combined!” Apparently I am seldom informed of anything. And possibly a little slow. But seriously, are vampires even popular any more?
I always hoped that Buffy would live on even after my death. But, you know, AFTER. I don’t love the idea of my creation in other hands, but I’m also well aware that many more hands than mine went into making that show what it was. And there is no legal grounds for doing anything other than sighing audibly. I can’t wish people who are passionate about my little myth ill. I can, however, take this time to announce that I’m making a Batman movie. Because there’s a franchise that truly needs updating. So look for The Dark Knight Rises Way Earlier Than That Other One And Also More Cheaply And In Toronto, rebooting into a theater near you.
Leave me to my pain! Sincerely, Joss Whedon.
This is exactly the type of response you’d expect from Joss Whedon, yes he is obviously pissed and he makes that clear … but he manages to refrain from making any low blows and actually writes a body of text that will very likely be even better than the entire script for the planned Buffy reboot. I am still not calmed down from the news that Warner Bros. plans to move forward with an entirely new Joss Whedon-less Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie. I’m not sure if folks understand but the new reboot will NOT feature any of Buffy‘s beloved friends! The studio owns the rights to the character Buffy Summers but they DO NOT own the rights to any of her friends … Giles, Willow, Xander, Cordelia, Angel, Spike and on and on. Those characters are owned by Joss Whedon and they will NOT be appearing in the big screen reboot that WB is planning. It is just unbelievable that they think they will be able to profit from Whedon‘s work without his influence in the film at all. Complete bullshit!
As a result of the Buffy reboot news, a Facebook fan campaign called I’m with JoJo (which is similar to the I’m with CoCo campaign that started up in support of Conan O’Brien earlier this year) has been launched in an effort to show Warner Bros. that NO ONE wants this Buffy reboot to happen without Joss Whedon‘s involvement. You can join the I’m with JoJo campaign HERE and let your voice be heard.
This is not the last we’ll be hearing of the Buffy reboot but it will likely be the last we hear from Whedon on the reboot … which means, this may be the last thing of import we hear about this travesty that just won’t die.
No Whedon? No Buffy.
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