Too Good To Be True

Whedonesque.com is reporting that the Australian Sun-Herald Times (an obvious international authority in all things cinema) is making the unfounded and emotionally manipulative claim that Joss Whedon not only has a script for a "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" film adaptation ready and waiting but that 20th Century Fox, in the wake of teen girl's gushing about vamp-fest Twilight, is eager to unearth the indubitable Ms. Summers for another go round on the big screen. It has probably been long enough that the cast (read: Sarah Michelle Gellar) would be willing to put aside their egos and return to Sunnydale but the chances of the stars aligning (literally and figuratively) still seem slim. Buffy and her cohorts have been living on in comic book form with a Whedon sanctioned "Season Eight" series. Spin-off focus Angel has also been resurrected in the comic series "After the Fall." Following, the conclusion of the original "Buffy" series, Whedon had pitched another spin-off to then UPN (now CW) that would focus on fan favorites Spike and Faith. When that failed to pan out, he proposed a series of TV films that would focus on supporting characters such as Willow. No filmed follow-up ever emerged. The consensus regarding this emerging news about a film is skeptical to say the least. The hand-drawn Whedon-verse will have to do for the moment.