Too soon? BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER movie reboot goes "all dark and broody" Dark Knight style to challenge TWILIGHT franchise.
While creator Joss Whedon is boo-hooing over a big screen Buffy remake — toys he doesn’t even own — new scripter WHIT ANDERSON IS actually a girl — one who grew up watching the original BTVS tv series.
A little bit of pop cult history might help here – Whedon wrote and directed a Buffy the Vampire Slayer film starring Kristy Swanson in 1992. It bombed. He later developed the series for TV which became the cornerstone of then fledging 18-49 key market for the WB net in 1997. The movie rights remained with the original film’s producers Fran and Kaz Kuzui.
New writer, Whit, 29, told the LA Times, "I didn’t really watch much television at all, but I always watched Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
"That was the one show I would watch when I got home. I just loved this character. I was the same age as Buffy, and it was so rare to have a female lead character on TV in those days who was strong and capable and smart but also allowed to be feminine."
During its seven season run, Buffy put some serious bite on the teen market but now in the wake of Twilight-mania, a re-imagining for the big screen was inevitable.
Producer Charles Roven said "There is an active fan base eagerly awaiting this character’s return…While this is not your high-school Buffy, she’ll be just as witty, tough and sexy as we all remember her to be."
Meanwhile don’t cry for Whedon – he’s busy directing the super-hero blockbuster The Avengers for Marvel/Disney.
And as for Sarah Michelle Gellar – she’ll just have to be content with being the "Adam West" version of the beloved character.
Not so bad in the grand scheme of things.
