Giles Spin Off Conformation

["Regina ___" <brainysmurf16@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Once again from E:

http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,8523,00.html?tnews

 

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"Buffy" Gets British Spinoff
by Chuck Kim
Jul 9, 2001, 5:30 PM PT

What's a watcher to do when his vampire slayer ups and dies on him? Move back to England and start his own series, of course.

Anthony Stewart Head, a fixture on Buffy the Vampire Slayer for the past five seasons, is staking out new territory across the Pond. Head will star in a Buffy spinoff series created especially for Britain's BBC, tentatively called Watcher.

Since Buffy's debut, Head has played Rupert Giles, the vampire slayer's British mentor who schools her in the arts of stomping out the supernatural.

But with Head looking to spend more time with his family in England, Buffy creator Joss Whedon has decided to accommodate the actor and launch the spinoff series.

When last we tuned in, Buffy was presumed dead. Figuring his pal is dust, Giles decides to pack up his bags and head home to the U.K. A member of the Clandestine Watchers Council, Giles will be returning to the organization's stronghold in England. The new series will focus on Giles battling occult threats, but with a strong emphasis on mystery as opposed to horror.

Head says the show will focus more on British-type bugaboos and less on vampires and demons. "We've got ghosts in England, lots of them," the actor tells E! Online.

In a BBC interview, Whedon describes the series. "I want to make a show that's very quiet, very adult, dealing with ghost stories and family metaphors that represent what's wrong with us. It's the same way as in Buffy, but without the kickboxing demons."

The BBC has ordered six episodes of the show. There's no word yet on whether the spinoff will air in the U.S. on BBC America.

Now that he's heading home to battle the baddies, Head's Buffy status will go from regular to recurring--he's slated to appear in just two of the first eight episodes next season. "I'm not leaving," Head tells E! Online. "You'll just be seeing a little bit less of me."

With the emphasis on Buffy's impending adulthood (even though she looked as good as dead, did you really think she had stabbed her last vampire?), the reduced role of Giles makes sense, storywise.

But while Head will pop up from time to time on Buffy, don't expect to see Sarah Michelle Gellar flying Virgin Airways anytime soon. The actress isn't slated to do any crossovers on the BBC show, though other members of the cast haven't been ruled out as guest stars. And with Whedon planning to focus on his two stateside shows, Buffy and Angel, it's not known how big a role he'll play in Watcher, other than developing characters and storylines.

Meanwhile, after five years on the WB, Buffy is ready to make its jump to UPN this fall.

 

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Ok guys, straight from the mouth of gossip maven Wanda over at E the URL's here if you wanna see for yourself:

http://www.eonline.com/Gossip/Wanda/Trans/Archive2001/010709.html

 

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LAST CHANCE HOTEL


From Alen: I was wondering how Buffy comes back.
In the first episode, I guarantee you see three things: (1) Buffy Bot fills in as town slayer and accompanies Dawn to parent-teacher meetings (and totally humiliates her). She "reports" to Willow. (2) Willow uses a spell to "bring back" some form of the real Buffy, which coincides with the arrival of this season's first big baddie. (3) Buffy watches as the baddie's gang tears apart Buffy Bot.


From jonas007: Which is more likely...that we'll see Shannen Doherty on Buffy or Shannen Doherty in the buff?
Shannen in the buff. 10 to 1 odds.


From hjsdf: What do you mean by "some form of the real Buffy"? I want the same old Buffy hero back.
Don't we all. But I'm promised she's just enough old Buffy that we "won't miss her," with new elements thrown in so we "won't get bored."


From gee_spot: Spill! Who's the first big baddie?
Name's Razor. Think bigger, badder version of Freddie Kruger, complete with switchblade hands. One of his minions discovers Buffy Bot isn't the real Buffy, and he jumps into action, subsequently breaking up the site where the gang tries to bring back Buffy with Will's spell.


From kylie: Heard anything on the Buffy musical?
Just this sweet little tidbit: It includes a love song from Tara to Willow. Awww...Read that in a very cool article that's coming out in the August issue of Out magazine, which boasts Alyson Hannigan's purty li'l mug on the cover. It's a must-read for any Buffy fan. Joss and Alyson let a few spoilers slip while discussing the Willow-Tara storyline and talk about that first kiss last spring.

Quotage: "We must have kissed a hundred times," recalls Amber Benson, whose character initiated the power smooch to comfort her sweetie over the death of Buffy's mom. "It was very nice." "After one take," remembers Hannigan, "Joss did say, 'Can we have one that's less like you're going to sleep together in about five minutes?' "

From cesarecat: How accurate are the Buffy spoilers on other sites?
Haven't seen most of them, but I can tell you to read the Ain't It Cool News ones with a big ol' heap of salt.

ANGEL:

From thiagomo: Hi, sunshine! I saw your video about Julie Benz. (You look gorgeous, by the way.) Please tell me we see Darla again on Angel.
Meow, moonshine. Julie has committed to return next season.

Regina

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