Not Joss. Credit: Sam Comen

So everyone’s all blah, blah, blah, oh no, oh no about the news that Joss Whedon won’t be writing the new Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot. This lady will be doing it:

Not Joss.
  • Sam Comen
  • Not Joss.

Her name is Whit Anderson. But who is she, you scream?! Some actress who grew up watching Buffy. But what has she written, you scream! Nothing—stop screaming—I told you, she’s just some actress who loves Buffy. I do not envy the poor girl… following in the Joss Steps™. Joss is not sounding stoked about the whole endeavor. In a nutshell (and if you hate clicking links), he had this to say:

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?

Faith doesn’t trust this development either.

Any thoughts about the De-Jossing™ of the Buffster?

Mercury copy chief and appreciator of the most sophisticated form of comedy: PUNS!

8 replies on “Joss-less <i>Buffy the Vampire Slayer</i> Revamp”

  1. Yeah, this sounds like a bad idea. Unless I hear some previews telling me that this might have a prayer of being good, I’ll stick to the Dark Horse “season 8” stuff.

  2. I think this is a good thing, because the problem with Whedon’s Buffy was all that witty dialog and engaging characters. It was just so distracting.

    Also, they really need to cast Nicolas Cage in the new version.

  5. Yeah. On the one hand I love Buffy. On the other I love Joss’ writing, which is what I suspect what I love about Buffy. Yet on the other hand still, Joss’ stated purpose was to create a character that could exist irrespective of him – which this movie would do. Yet, the logical side of me knows that there’s very little chance this movie can be good without Joss and there’s still very cool Buffy stuff happening where Joss is involved. I don’t know, the timing of this “reboot” seems pretty awkward and poorly played.

    It’s a pickle. I’ll still probably see it in the theater.

  6. I will see it at Cinemagic, but definitely NOT at Regal. I might rant, but I’ll see it anyway. Somehow I can sense I will be seeing it alone (my husband doesn’t like Buffy. Although he did like Firefly. So maybe if I don’t tell him about the planned ranting…) or with other ranting Joss Whedon fans. If my husband is really lucky, I’ll see it with him AND a bunch of ranting Joss Whedon fans. On the upside, Tron’s coming out soon!

  7. Oh, it’s for a movie. I missed that part in the quote. I thought it was for a rebooted series.

    As long as Luke Perry makes a cameo in the “rebooted” movie, then I’m happy.

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