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Buffy Resurrections
Jul. 11th, 2008 07:45 amFrom TV Fix:
Buffy headed to the big screen?
Could Buffy be headed for the big screen?
That's the latest theory from Portfolio magazine, which speculates that the success of the "season eight" comic book - which continues the story of Buffy's characters after the events of the TV series - could spawn a big-screen outing for the vampire slayer.
Reuniting Buffy (played in the TV series by Sarah Michelle Gellar) with her friends Willow (Alyson Hannigan) and Xander (Nicholas Brendon), the comic series has proven to be a best seller since in launched in 2007. Its initial 25-issue order has since been expanded to 40, and a shorter "ninth season" is also planned.
Buffy creator Joss Whedon - who also writes for the comic books - is no stranger to adapting his works to the silver screen: his failed TV series Firefly paved the way for the 2005 film Serenity.
Though adapting classic TV shows to movies is the latest hot trend in Hollywood - Sex and the City: The Movie set box office records, while rumours of a Friends film refuse to die - there is a huge obstacle standing in the way of a Buffy flick: Sarah Michelle Gellar.
The actress has expressed reservations about a Buffy film, telling Moviehole.net in 2007 that the thought of doing it "scares" her.
Can anyone else see the irony of watching a film based on a TV show based on a film (I've probably watch it anyway)?
