Amazon Studios’ Zombieland pilot isn’t what fans might have hoped for, adding another name to the long list of failed move-to-television adaptations. Still, from M*A*S*H to Friday Night Lights, there are plenty of shows that outshine the big-screen originals.
At a special screening of The Avengers, Joss Whedon talked about including The Wasp in his original script, hinted at a future villain and explained why the Buffy animated series didn’t get off the ground.
It turns out that the shawarma joke at the end of Marvel’s The Avengers actually may be a nod to Nicholas Brendon’s audition for Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
At Fan Expo Canada, actors James Marsters and Juliet Landau reflect on their time playing Spike and Drusilla on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel, and trying their hands writing their characters’ comic-book adventures.
Appearing at Fan Expo Canada, Buffy and Angel alum Julie Benz discussed her role on Syfy’s post-apocalyptic drama Defiance, leaving Dexter and her desire to work again with Joss Whedon.
Spinning out of my ongoing fascination with the idea of canon – both “official” and personal – my attention wanders back to expanded universe spin-offs from long-running franchises. What happens when the original source material is overwhelmed by the peripheral?
Well-established as a killer of beloved characters, from Joyce Summers to Shepherd Book to Winifred Burkle, writer/director Joss Whedon comes clean about a certain turn of events in Marvel’s The Avengers. WARNING: SPOILERS!
Asked who would win in a fight between Black Widow and Buffy Summers, The Avengers director Joss Whedon responds with an elaborately choreographed “first guess.”
We all know that Christmas is a time to get fed up of your friends and family and turn to television for the kind of cheer that you only wish existed in real life. Bearing that in mind, then, it seems only right to suggest some shows to dial up on Netflix Streaming to make your yuletide bright.
Warner Bros.’ much-criticized plans for a reboot of the 1992 Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie are in limbo after screenwriter Whit Anderson’s scripted was rejected completely.
We’re still a few days away from the official announcements of the networks’ fall schedules, but one thing is clear from the news that we’ve already heard: Genre television is essentially dead on mainstream networks, at least for the time being.
Anthony Head, who played Watcher and mentor Rupert Giles on the Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV series, adds his name to the list of those who think the planned Buffy movie remake is a mistake. He also laid to rest any remaining hopes for that long-discussed Giles spinoff.
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