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Say it isn’t so! The guys over at Screen Rant bring us the following awful news about a possible reboot of Buffy without Joss involved! Here’s what they had to say:

Roy Lee and Doug Davison of Vertigo Entertainment, and the original franchise rights holders, Kuzui Enterprises (Fran Rubel Kuzui and Kaz Kuzui), of the movie Buffy The Vampire Slayer are looking to remake the popular vampire slayer movie and at the moment, it looks like they’re looking to do it without Joss Whedon.

Joss Whedon wrote the screenplay for the 1992 movie and as we all know, was brought back to helm the highly popular TV series that ran from 1997 to 2003, and also led to the 1999 spin-off, Angel.

Despite the rich history of the Buffy TV franchise, there are no plans to use some of the more popular characters from the TV series like Angel, Willow or others. They’re looking to take the franchise into a darker direction than the original and have a slayer that is destined to protect each generation of humanity.

At the moment though Whedon is not attached to this new project.

It may only be that he has not been contacted by Kuzui Enterprises yet and has not been ruled out. At this point they are meeting with writers and hearing what they have for ideas on the new premise.

Our Take

For this premise to actually work, they need to be very careful how they approach this new idea of theirs.

I like the idea of it being darker but the idea of anyone else helming a Buffy project aside from Whedon might be breaking a holy seal of such.

They already have an installed fanbase, but it will be a fine line they’ll be walking if they use anyone besides Whedon. Yet sometimes, change is warranted and can be successful. It will be interesting to see what happens. As details develop, we’ll keep you apprised.

How do you feel about this potential change to the Buffy The Vampire Slayer franchise reboot? Who do you think might be a good writer to replace the irreverent Joss Whedon – or do you think this is just noise to generate media buzz, saying they aren’t looking at Whedon to guide the reboot?

Wow, that was the longest week of my friggin’ life. The site’s been down because I was broke and my domain expired without me realizing it, lol. But we’re renewed for another year, sorry about that!

Whoo, long hiatus on this site but Natalie and I are currently knee-deep in updating more than 2 dozen websites with new ad codes over at Fan-Sites.org so that takes priority and it makes it hard to keep this site up to snuff.

Plus, for one more excuse, I’m currently devoting my time to Shia LaBeouf Online and Natalie to Robtastic: Robert Pattinson and because of that we’ll be a bit on the slow side here. Sorry!

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Aristotle. Nietzsche. Buffy?

The blond heroine of the campy television series “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” as well as other works by creator Joss Whedon, will be the focus of a three-day academic conference beginning Friday at Henderson State University.

The show, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, won cult fame and critical praise during its seven seasons on The WB and UPN networks.

Since it ended, the series has spawned enough academic books on the philosophy surrounding the roles of friendship and feminism to fill a bookshelf at the college in Arkadelphia, said Kevin Durand, an associate professor of philosophy.

“It has staying power,” Durand said. “It’s like I tell my students in philosophy a lot of times: We’re not so much about necessarily finding all the answers as wanting to ask better questions. ‘Buffy,’ I think, does that. ‘Buffy’ never really leaves you with nice, pat answers. You have even more questions than when you started.”

Durand said more than 90 academic papers will be discussed at the conference. He expects about 150 people to attend and discuss the vampire slayer and Whedon’s other works, including the television series “Firefly” and “Angel.” Another point of discussion will be a lesser-known part of Whedon’s work – his screenplay for the hit animated film “Toy Story.”

Among the papers: “Buffy and Feminism,” “Buffy and Identity,” “Gender Stereotypes and the Image of Domesticity in ‘Firefly,’ ” “‘Firefly:’ The Illusive Safety of Big Damn Heroes” and a Durand favourite by a British scholar, “Hero’s Journey, Heroine’s Return: Buffy, Eurydice and the Orpheus Myth.”

“That one just sounds cool,” he said.

Durand, who contributed an academic paper at each of the two previous Buffy conferences, often focuses on how power plays into the “Buffy” series. He said much of the heroine’s strength came from others and her willingness to work with friends in her fight against creatures of the night.

SOURCE: MSN.CA