"(Harmony) Watcher" <nobody@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Mottola/w Snakes On A Plane And Mickie James"
> <motherfuckingsnakesoffthemotherfuckingplane@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > Sounds like Amy Acker has delivered the final nail in the coffin for
those
> > rumoured "Buffy" spin-off movies.
> > No Spike.
> >
> > No Illyria.
> >
> > No Willow
> >
> > No Go.
> >
> > No way FOX is going to win fans after this.
> >
> > "I think its safe to say that's not happening anymore," Acker told
fans
at
> > the Starfury event, says SyFyPortal, "'cause if they were, they'd be
> getting
> > done right now. There was supposed to be three of them -- one for
Spike,
a
> > Faith one and also one for Willow. I think it's safe to say that now
> because
> > its not going to happen."
> >
> > Acker said that FOX and creator Joss Whedon didn't see eye to eye on
the
> > telemovies. "Fox couldn't get it together the way Joss wanted to do
them."
> >
> > J.August Richards, who played Gunn on "Angel", would have been in one
of
> the
> > telemovies - but his character would've been a villain. Yep, seems
Angel's
> > law-abiding pal would've been turned.
> >
> > "I think it's okay to say this now, since its not happening, but I
think
J
> > (who plays Charles Gunn) was to be evil in it." she said. "He was to
> become
> > a vampire really early on in this really big battle."
> >
> > Richards, adds "I'd probably have him come back as a vampire and then
kill
> > himself." Added Richards. "That's always how I wanted it to end for my
> > character."
> >
> > So bummed right now. So bummed.
> >
> >
> Must it be on Fox and by Fox? Has Whedon tried the SciFi channel? Does
Fox
> own all rights to making any Buffy-related or Angel-related movie? How
> about direct to DVD? How many BtVS or AtS fans are there? And how many
such
> fans are interested in seeing a movie? If enough Buffyverse fans are
> interested, how about selling "early-bird" DVD vouchers to the fans who
> would pay to preorder the DVDs and get them later so as to help finance
the
> project?
>
> In this day-n-age, there's got to be a way to undercut the networks by
going
> directly to the fans. Ten thousand fans alone each chipping in $100 can
> generate one-million dollars to help finance it. Are there fewer than
ten
> thousand fans in the world? Since a $100 "donation" to PBS is not
uncommon,
> it might just be viable. Wishful thinking?
I should think it was extremely unlikely there were 10,000 fans willing to
pay $100 just to see a telemovie.
(kim)
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