More Spike?
Filed under: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, RumorMonger, Fandom
Does Joss Whedon sleep? I mean, the guy has more irons in the fire than
anyone on earth (well, except for Steve Carell). He's in the middle of promoting Serenity, hoping
to make sequels, figuring out where Wonder Woman came from, and directing Goner - where the hell is he finding all this time and brain power?
Apparently, however, he's finally jammed everything he can handle into
his life: word is that someone else will be running the Spike movie.
That's right, a Spike movie. Well, at least if former Spike companion Amy Acker
is to be believed. She told E! that during a recent conversation with Whedon himself, the Buffy creator sorta confirmed that
Tom Minear (who wrote for Angel and Firefly) will write and direct the film, and that the film will focus
on Spike and her Angel character, Illyria.While it's not a press release or anything, this info nevertheless seems to lend a bit more legitimacy to the endless rumors about the project. That said, though, I need confirmation that James Marsters is offically on board before I let myself get excited.
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9-26-2005 @ 1:50PM
Chris said...
Tim Minear never wrote for Buffy.He worked on Angel.Really this is just the same circle of talk we've been getting for a while now.Until Joss Whedon has backers to finance a project and contracts are signed,this is still talk and nothing offical.I don't think Joss Whedon is set on a firm idea yet either based off his recent interviews the last few weeks,
If this project does go forward though I think Tim Minear is a great choice to oversee it.He's written some of the best episodes of Angel and unlike some of the former ME writers,has only written Spike once in the season 2 flashback episode,"Darla."He won't bring all the excess baggage the other writers carry in regards to the Spike character which I think is a very good thing.Plus he's never written Illyria either so he might be able to bring something fresh to all this.
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9-29-2005 @ 10:38AM
Linda Harmon said...
This is exactly what I wanted to see as the Spike character with the Illyria character were wildly exciting together. They really play well off each other. But I must say that even that 'Easy Money' movie with James Marsters was very good. This guy really lights up any screen. I will definitely not miss a 'smallville' this season for sure.
--linda harmon
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11-15-2005 @ 11:49AM
Martha Fischer said...
Thanks, Chris. Post has been corrected.
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