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Amazing 'Trash Film Orgy' Gets Down in Sacramento
29 June 2009 9:08 AM, PDT | From ESplatter.com | See recent ESplatter news
If you haven't checked out Sacramento's annual "Trash Film Orgy," you owe it to yourself to. If you're within a 100-mile radius, do check it out. This year's lineup has just been announced, and although it is a bit a light on horror movies it does include "Chopping Mall" in the lineup. Here's the scoop: Northern California's most infamous Midnight Movie Show returns for its 9th incredible season! Bringing you the best in 35mm Exploitation and Cult Cinema, Tfo promises the ultimate theatre experience! With Live Bloody Stage Shows, Original Shorts, Audience Participation, Games, Costume Contests, Prizes and much, much More-you won’t believe your eyes! This year’s festival features many exciting surprises…including the return of special guest stars and the Tfo’s original host Francois Fly!!! July 11th- Flash Gordon See the 1980 Sci-Fi camp classic on the big screen! With Max Von Sydow, Sam Jones, Timothy Dalton,
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Fox Not Yet Cast In Buffy Movie
14 June 2009 6:30 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news
Buffy The Vampire Slayer producers have brushed off rumours Hollywood siren Megan Fox has signed up to star in the TV show's upcoming big screen revival - insisting casting has yet to begin.
The title character in the blood sucking series, most famously played by Sarah Michelle Gellar, was originally brought to cinemas in the 1992 movie of the same name, starring Kristy Swanson.
Gellar's TV show ran for seven years before coming to an end in 2003.
And Fox has been a rumoured favourite to revive the series since studio bosses announced last month they are looking for a new vampire slayer to take the story back to the big screen.
But producer Roy Lee insists casting has yet to begin: "The rumours of Megan Fox being involved with Buffy are just rumours. As with any film project with a female lead under the age of 30, Megan is the actress that most studios want so it is no surprise her name is mentioned. While I think she would be great for our project, we are still in the early stages of developing the script."
Buffy movie update: No Joss Whedon and no Megan Fox
14 June 2009 6:26 AM, PDT | From The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news
Joss Whedon, creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, has declined to be involved with a planned new movie about the character.
Recently, it was announced that a new Buffy film would be made and that Whedon had not been approached.
He now tells Entertainment Weekly: "I believe [the producers] did ultimately reach out to my agent after the news broke. I think that's something better left untouched by me. So, I wish them luck."
Meanwhile, unlikely rumours of Transformers star Megan Fox being attached to the project have been dismissed.
Producer Roy Lee told IGN: "The rumours of Megan Fox being involved with Buffy are just rumours.
"As with any film project with a female lead under the age of 30, Megan is the actress that most studios want so it is no surprise her name is mentioned.
"While I think she would be great for our project, we are still in the
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David Bentley
No Whedon For Buffy The Vampire Slayer Remake!
14 June 2009 5:24 AM, PDT | From HorrorYearbook | See recent HorrorYearbook news
Fran Rubel and Kaz Kuzui may not be as stupid as we think, because at least they did try to get Joss Whedon to join their asinine project of rebooting the Buffy the Vampire Slayer universe. Whedon recently told EW.com: "I believe [the producers] did ultimately reach out to my agent after the news broke," Whedon says. "I think that's something better left untouched by me. So, I wish them luck." The Kuzui Hacks managed to ruin Whedon's original Buffy script with the Kristy Swanson pile of crap in 1992, and plan to do it all over again, by making a new movie with all new characters. What they don't realize is it is way too soon for a reboot, and most fans will not embrace a movie that doesn't have Whedon attached. In a recent poll on EW.com only 3% of people said they would watch a new Buffy film if he was not involved.
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Whedon offered Buffy?
12 June 2009 1:12 AM, PDT | From JoBlo.com | See recent JoBlo news
When news broke that the director of Buffy The Vampire Slayer (the Kristy Swanson version) was looking to reboot the franchise with a new film outside of the Joss Whedon/TV "Buffy" universe, Whedon fans were understandably pissed. Whedon's "Buffy" universe is treated like gospel so why would Buffy fans want to see a movie where his entire universe was thrown out? There was a backlash that was quite vocal and apparently the producers of the reboot heard those voices loud...
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Anthony Head on a Reboot without Joss Whedon
2 June 2009 12:16 PM, PDT | From TVSeriesFinale.com | See recent TVSeriesFinale news
Last week, news broke that a Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie is finally in the works. Unfortunately, it's not the ones that fans have been hoping for. Rather than reuniting TV castmates like Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Alyson Hannigan, and James Marsters, the film would be a reboot of the original low-budget movie.
Back in 1992, Fox released the campy Buffy flick starring Kristy Swanson, Donald Sutherland, and Luke Perry. The original script was written by a then-unknown writer named Joss Whedon. Fran Rubel Kuzui and her husband, Kaz, "discovered" the story for their Kuzui Enterprises. Ms. Kuzui directed the film while her husband put together the financing.
The movie wasn't a big success and Whedon has often lamented that the movie wasn't what he'd envisioned at all. Director Kuzui sought to make it into a "pop culture comedy about what people think about vampires." Whedon said, "I had written
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Head Slams Buffy Movie
2 June 2009 1:00 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news
Buffy The Vampire Slayer star Anthony Head will refuse to watch the new movie spin-off of the hit U.S. show - because the first big screen Buffy outing was such a disaster.
The franchise began with the 1992 film of the same name, starring Kristy Swanson, which spawned the small screen series with Sarah Michelle Gellar in the lead role and Head playing her mentor Rupert Giles.
The cult TV programme came to an end in 2003 but is set to be rebooted with a film featuring a brand new vampire slayer.
But Head, who was a big fan of the show's lead writer Joss Whedon and his storylines, is adamant he won't be supporting the movie - because Whedon's script for the first picture was changed beyond all recognition by director Fran Rubel Kuzui
He says, “I wouldn’t want to see it, no. The Kuzuis didn’t do a great job on the movie the first time around. It was Joss’ script at the age of 19, but they changed a lot of it. They said, ‘Look, we know best and we know how to make this movie,’ and it became quite schlocky and high camp. It would be madness to do (the movie) without Whedon. It may be a bit like watching a car wreck.”
They're Remaking 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' Without Joss Whedon!
26 May 2009 5:21 PM, PDT | From Fandango | See recent Fandango news
Those of you hardcore Buffy the Vampire Slayer fans will know that the character was not born on television as Sarah Michelle Gellar, but instead was a 1992 movie starring Kristy Swanson as a Clueless-type high school gal who learns how to slay vampires from Donald Sutherland, while wooing Luke Perry and running from the lead villain, as played by Pee-Wee Herman, er, Paul Reubens. Unfortunately I'm not kidding; the film also starred a young Hilary Swank, Ben Affleck and David Arquette. (Don't tell anyone, but I totally consider this flick to be a fantastic guilty pleasure.) The film itself, though, was written by Joss Whedon, who would later revive it as a pretty kickass television series that slowly built its own massive fanbase and spin-off show (Angel). Now, 17 years after the...
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They're Remaking 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' Without Joss Whedon!
26 May 2009 5:21 PM, PDT | From Fandango | See recent Fandango news
Those of you hardcore Buffy the Vampire Slayer fans will know that the character was not born on television as Sarah Michelle Gellar, but instead was a 1992 movie starring Kristy Swanson as a Clueless-type high school gal who learns how to slay vampires from Donald Sutherland, while wooing Luke Perry and running from the lead villain, as played by Pee-Wee Herman, er, Paul Reubens. Unfortunately I'm not kidding; the film also starred a young Hilary Swank, Ben Affleck and David Arquette. (Don't tell anyone, but I totally consider this flick to be a fantastic guilty pleasure.) The film itself, though, was written by Joss Whedon, who would later revive it as a pretty kickass television series that slowly built its own massive fanbase and spin-off show (Angel). Now, 17 years after the...
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They're Remaking 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' Without Joss Whedon!
26 May 2009 5:21 PM, PDT | From Fandango | See recent Fandango news
Those of you hardcore Buffy the Vampire Slayer fans will know that the character was not born on television as Sarah Michelle Gellar, but instead was a 1992 movie starring Kristy Swanson as a Clueless-type high school gal who learns how to slay vampires from Donald Sutherland, while wooing Luke Perry and running from the lead villain, as played by Pee-Wee Herman, er, Paul Reubens. Unfortunately I'm not kidding; the film also starred a young Hilary Swank, Ben Affleck and David Arquette. (Don't tell anyone, but I totally consider this flick to be a fantastic guilty pleasure.) The film itself, though, was written by Joss Whedon, who would later revive it as a pretty kickass television series that slowly built its own massive fanbase and spin-off show (Angel). Now, 17 years after the...
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‘Buffy’ Reboot Without Whedon, Plus His Response
26 May 2009 5:20 PM, PDT | From newsinfilm.com | See recent newsinfilm news
Maybe I should just change the name of this site to NewsinRemakes because that’s where things seem to be headed. Another high profile reboot was announced today.
Vertigo Entertainment is planning a reboot of the 1992 movie Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The director of the original, Fran Rubel Kuzui, is developing an updated version along with her husband. The reboot (not a sequel or prequel) isn’t set up at a studio yet, but producers are shopping the idea around town. Curiously absent is writer and fan favorite Joss Whedon.
Buffy was Whedon’s first feature film script, which was sort of a campy, middling movie featuring Kristy Swanson, Donald Sutherland, Paul Reubens, and Luke Perry. It’s also the first movie for Oscar winner Hilary Swank. Whedon later used the characters to create a cult following with a “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” TV series (starring Sarah Michelle Gellar) that
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Jeff Leins
Joss Whedon Speaks Out On Today’s ‘Buffy’ News
26 May 2009 3:30 PM, PDT | From MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news
Really folks. What would we do without Michael Ausiello? The dude pulls out some fantastic scoops on his Entertainment Weekly TV blog, The Ausiello Files. Take today. We all learned that another “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” movie is in the works, and that it will draw it’s primary inspiration from the original 1992 movie, the one starring Kristy Swanson. Not Joss Whedon’s much-loved TV series starring Sarah Michelle Gellar.
It kinda sorta makes no sense, right? There are reasons of course. This latest “Buffy” initiative is being spearheaded by the movie’s director, Fran Rubel Kuzui. You should go back and read this morning’s update on the subject if you want more details. The key point I want you all to walk away with is that “Buffy” TV fans are in an uproar over Whedon’s apparent non-involvement in the coming movie.
Which brings me back to Ausiello,
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Adam Rosenberg
'Buffy' Flick Gets Revived (Sans Whedon!)
26 May 2009 9:02 AM, PDT | From Cinematical.com | See recent Cinematical news
The original Buffy was a silly early '90s flick featuring Kristy Swanson, dreamy Luke Perry as her Bf Pike, Rutger Hauer as the bad vamp about town Lothos, a post-Pee Wee Paul Reubens as one of his henchmen, and Donald Sutherland as a told-ya-so! dude named Merrick who warned her she was a predestined kicker of vampire ass. Blink-and-miss-it cameos include Hilary Swank, Ben Affleck, gossip columnist Liz Smith, David Arquette, and Ricki Lake. Really.
Now Buffy is getting a 21st century transfusion with help from the original director Fran Rubel Kuzui and producer Kaz Kuzui to create "what is being labeled a remake or relaunch, but not a sequel or prequel," according to Hollywood Reporter. So with that very oblique description in mind, it looks like this will be a sort of different incarnation of Buffy -- a different vampire "warrior" for a different generation. One with "franchise potential,
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Jenni Miller
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Next on the Remake/Reboot Chopping Block
26 May 2009 8:48 AM, PDT | From Beyond Hollywood | See recent Beyond Hollywood news
If the idea of remaking or reboot movies make you quiver with frustration, then you’re probably not a very big fan of Roy Lee and Doug Davison and their Vertigo Entertainment. These two guys, but in particular Roy Lee, have been nearly single-handedly responsible for all those by-the-numbers Asian horror movie remakes you’ve seen over the past decade or so. They haven’t stopped at remaking horror movies, either. Some of their past credits include remakes of “My Sassy Girl”, “Quarantine”, “The Lake House”, and “Possession”. Basically, if it’s a remake of an Asian title, check the credits, and you’ll usually find these guys’ names attached as producers. Their latest? A reboot of Joss Whedon’s “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” on the big screen. You may or may not recall, but the Buffy TV series that you Whedon fans know and love actually started as a
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New Buffy Movie Minus Whedon
26 May 2009 8:10 AM, PDT | From Atomic Popcorn | See recent Atomic Popcorn news
"You get the script, I'll try to get Whedon...maybe."
Well the people over at Vertigo Entertainment better know what they’re doing, because at this point I am pretty sure they’re receiving a ton of hate mail from Whedon-ites on this remake/reboot. Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the feature film starring Kristy Swanson and Luke Perry, is the latest on the slab to be revived but with a couple of differences. The first of which is that geek god Joss Whedon, writer/creator of the feature version, is not attached to this film in any way shape or form. Second being that Kaz Kuzui & Fran Rubel Kuzui will both be taking full hold of the remake. Fran Kuzui and Kuzui Enterprises were those who helped start up the first Buffy movie reach its way from the script onto the big screen.
Claiming that this particular Buffy adventure will
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Melissa
Buffy's Back...Kind of
26 May 2009 8:08 AM, PDT | From www.actressarchives.com | See recent Actress Archives news
Good news for sci-fi fans who love to watch hot blonde girls kick some vampire ass - "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" is making a big screen return. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Joss Whedon's ditzy, vampire-staking (and screwing) character is set to get another shot in movie theatres since it's epic failure the first time around in 1992. The character, first portrayed by Kristy Swanson, bounced back from its initial flop when Sarah Michelle Gellar breathed new life into her in the television series, ...
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News: 'Booting Buffy: Producer to relaunch Buffy The Vampire Slayer
26 May 2009 6:28 AM, PDT | From doorQ.com | See recent doorQ.com news
Further bad news out of California today, as Fran Rubel Kuzi and Kaz Kuzi, rights-holders to the Buff The Vampire Slayer series -- have announced their intent to reboot the series with a new, "epic" movie series. Joss Whedon will not be involved.
The Kuzi's are the producers / directors of the original Buffy movie, the 1992 flop which starred Kristy Swanson and Luke Perry. That film has gone on to become a semi-camp classic, so bad it's good, but only, I think, because everyone knows the TV series is out there.
According to the Hollywood Reporter article, the Kuzi's are interested in taking advantage of the continuing popular love of the Buffy universe, the continuing requests to see the first film remade, and the unprecedented success that the Star Trek relaunch has enjoyed.
So while this new launch isn't going to do away with the Whedon Universe -- which continues to
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New ‘Buffy’ movie in the works, but there is a catch
26 May 2009 5:23 AM, PDT | From The Cinema Post | See recent The Cinema Post news
How is it possible that a “Buffy The Vampire Slayer” movie could be made without the involvement of or blessing from Joss Whedon? And minus the original cast? The answer to this question lies in the details of the confusing rights entanglement that led to the first unsuccessful Buffy movie, which was released in 1992, years before the popular TV series launched on the WB network.
Fran Rubel Kuzui and her husband, Kaz Kuzui under the company name “Kuzui Enterprises” came into possession of the rights to “Buffy” when Joss Whedon originally developed the script back in 1992, an unknown writer at that point. Kuzui then took the script to Fox and developed the first feature film which starred Kristy Swanson, Luke Perry and Donald Sutherland. The film was panned on release, and it took years before the “Buffy” TV series incarnation that we know starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Allyson Hannigan,
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Paul Larn
Buffy Heading Back To The Big Screen
26 May 2009 5:10 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news
Buffy The Vampire Slayer is heading back to the big screen with a new movie based on the hit franchise.
The character, most famously played by Sarah Michelle Gellar in the hit TV series, was originally introduced in the 1992 movie of the same name, starring Kristy Swanson.
The following TV show ran for seven years before coming to an end in 2003.
And now the blood-sucking series could be heading back to the big screen with a brand new vampire slayer.
Director Fran Rubel Kuzui, who directed the original film and executive produced the TV programme, owns the rights to the Buffy brand and is planning to reboot the franchise for cinemas, replacing Gellar and the rest of the cast with new actors to fight demons in a different generation.
Kuzui tells the Hollywood Reporter, "Everything has its moment. Every movie takes on a life at some point, and this seems like the moment to do this."
Buffy Getting a Second Shot at the Big Screen ... Without Whedon
26 May 2009 5:05 AM, PDT | From Reelzchannel.com | See recent ReelzChannel news
Empire Magazine is reporting that we can expect a remake/reboot of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie, but it won't be with the man that made the TV series a success, Joss Whedon.
How could this happen, you ask? It turns out the actual rights holders are Fran and Kaz Kazui, who bought them in 1992 from a pre-fame Whedon. The Kazuis are the geniuses responsible for bringing us the Kristy Swanson film of the same name -- the one that sucked eggs. Later, Joss resurrected the character with a reboot of his own, and that became the wildly popular TV franchise starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, with the Kazui brothers listed as producers.
The snub at the character's creator won't make Slayer fans very happy. And as if that weren't bad enough, the Kazuis aren't even going to try to get the supporting cast -- Willow, Xander, Spike, or Angel -- from the show.
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Jim Littler
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