Buffy the Animated Series

Buffy the Animated Series

infobox television
show_name = Buffy the Animated Series
bgcolour =Television colour|Buffy the Vampire Slayer


caption = Promo artwork
format = Animated TV series
runtime = 22 minutes (30 including commercial time)
creator = Joss Whedon
starring = Giselle Loren
Alyson Hannigan
Nicholas Brendon
Anthony Stewart Head
Charisma Carpenter
Michelle Trachtenberg
country = USA
network = Fox/Other
picture_format = N/A
first_aired = N/A
last_aired = N/A
num_episodes = Single 4-minute pilot
Six+ scripts completed but unproduced

"Buffy the Animated Series" is an undeveloped animated TV show based on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". Initially greenlit by "20th Century Fox" in 2002, it went ultimately unproduced and unaired when no network was willing to buy the series. The series would have taken place in the middle of Buffy Season 1. Loeb described the continuity as "Episode 7.5" [" [http://www.fanboyplanet.com/derek/mc-buffyjephloeb.php Jeph Loeb Spills News, Not Blood, About Buffy The Animated Series... ] ", "FanBoyPlanet.com" (2004). Jeph Loeb said regarding continuity, "For the fans, we've always seen it as Episode 7.5. Buffy has met Angel."]

Production details

Development began on the show in 2001. Whedon and Jeph Loeb were to be Executive Producers for the show, and most of the cast from "Buffy" would return to voice their characters. However the series soon ran into problems. "20th Century Fox" were going to produce the show, and it was initially planned that the show would air on "Fox Kids", possibly as early as February 2002 [ [http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,8042,00.html "Eonline.com" - News on the show from March 2001] ] . When "Fox Kids" ceased operations "Fox" shopped it to other networks. When no network was willing to purchase the series, production halted.

Two years later, in 2004, "Fox" once again showed an interest in developing and selling the show to another network. Various key actors/actresses including Anthony Stewart Head, did voice work, and artwork was produced to make a four-minute presentation. That pilot was used to try to sell the series to a network [ [http://www.slayonline.co.uk/index.php?action=show&type=news&id=272 "Slayonline.co.uk" - Anthony Stewart Head Talks About Ripper and Buffy Animated] ] . However once again no network was willing to take the risk of purchasing the show. Loeb has pointed out that networks find the show difficult since it would be too adult to air with children's television, but not suitable to many people in a prime-time slot.

*Whedon revealed to Hollywood Reporter: "We just couldn't find a home for (it). We had a great animation director, great visuals, six or seven hilarious scripts from our own staff -- and nobody wanted it. I was completely baffled. I felt like I was sitting there with bags of money and nobody would take them from me. It was a question of people either not wanting it or not being able to put up the money because it was not a cheap show. One thing I was very hard-line about was, I didn't want people to see it if it looked like crap. I wanted it to be on a level with "Animaniacs" or "Batman: The Animated Series." And that's a little pricier. But I just don't think it's worth doing unless it's beautiful to look at as well as fun." [ [http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1889839 "Hollywoodreporter.com" - Whedon comments on the series.] ]

In an interview with "TV Guide" in September 2005, Whedon announced that that the series was effectively dead.

Writing and acting

Writing staff

*Jeph Loeb said that the series would have begun with the episode, "A Day in the Life" for which the script was completed by Loeb with Whedon which "introduces the characters, sets up their dynamics and the show's premise". [Cairns, Bryan, "An Animated Guy", from "Cult Times" Special #27 (September 2003), page 44.]
*Loeb mentioned that one of the episode revolved around "Buffy getting her driver's license but dealing with a demon driver's ed teacher." [Cairns, Bryan, "An Animated Guy", from "Cult Times" Special #27 (September 2003), page 44.]
*Jane Espenson wrote three scripts for the show: One of which was called "The Back Room", one was called "Lunch is Revolting!", and another called "Teeny". "Teeny" would have been about a shrunken Buffy. [ [http://www.mikejozic.com/buffyweek4.html "Mikejozic.com"] ]
*Espenson revealed that "Steve DeKnight and Drew Greenberg wrote episodes, if I recall. And I believe Doug Petrie did too. I think there was a story set aside for Rebecca Kirshner that she never got to start." Joss Whedon and Jeph Loeb wrote the pilot. She said there had been eight scripts written in all, although two were incomplete [ [http://www.mikejozic.com/buffyweek4.html "Mikejozic.com"] ] .

Episodes

Jeph Loeb has revealed that there are thirteen scripts of the animated series. [ [http://vampiresandslayers.ning.com/profiles/blog/show?id=2235870%3ABlogPost%3A17998] ]

*"A Day in the Life" (by Jeph Loeb and Joss Whedon)
*"Teeny" (by Jane Espenson)
*"Lunch is Revolting!" (by Jane Espenson)
*"The Back Room" (by Jane Espenson)
*Completed episode script (by Steve DeKnight)
*Completed episode script (by Drew Greenberg)
*Completed episode script (by Doug Petrie)
*Unstarted episode script (story set aside for Rebecca Kirshner)

Cast

**Sarah Michelle Gellar was not interested in returning to the role, since she was busy, she had not seen a script, and she was afraid of jumping the shark [ [http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-main.html?2004-10/21/13.00.tv "Scifi.com" - Sarah Michelle Gellar talks about the series, October 2004] ] .
**Giselle Loren had already voiced 'Buffy Summers' for the "Buffy" video games, "Buffy (Xbox)" and ""

*Giselle Loren as 'Buffy Summers'
*Alyson Hannigan as 'Willow Rosenberg'
*Nicholas Brendon as 'Xander Harris'
*Anthony Stewart Head as 'Rupert Giles'
*Charisma Carpenter as 'Cordelia Chase'
*Michelle Trachtenberg as 'Dawn Summers'
*Kristine Sutherland as 'Joyce Summers'
*Armin Shimerman as 'Principal Snyder'
*David Boreanaz as 'Angel'

Leak

On August 1, 2008, the four minute unaired presentation was leaked online via YouTube. [http://whedonesque.com/comments/17177#more] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnUvZP7-5LM YouTube: Bufly Vampire Slayor]

Facebook Group

This prompted a group of impressed fans to try to revive the project by creating a group on Facebook [http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=25478542302&refurl=http%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fs.php%3Fn%3D-1%26k%3D200000010%26init%3Ds%253Agroup%26q%3Dbuffy%2Banimated] .

Petition

A petition can also be found on the unofficial fan-made website [http://www.buffyanimated.com] . This Petition is to finally get the Animated Series produced.

Myspace Page

An unofficial fan-made myspace page can be found further promoting the petition. [http://www.myspace.com/bringbuffyback]

upport of members of the cast

On August 20th 2008, Nicholas Brendon said on his audiolog : " "I know that there’s been talk about the Buffy Animated Series. Which we did, gosh, like, three years ago. You know, to be quite honest with you, I don’t know why it didn’t go further, but I know that there’s been a lot of hububaloo on the old YouTube there, and I checked it out and I almost got a little teary. You know, I hadn’t seen Xander in a while, and it was kind of neat to kind of go back into that library and that into life, and all that stuff. But, yeah. So, listen, I’ll go on the record by saying I would love to do an animated series for Buffy. That being said, I might be the only one. But, I’m not sure. I haven’t had a chance to talk to anybody about it. So, you know, keep your fingers crossed"." [http://nickbrendon.com/2008/08/20/audioblog_update/]

On August 26th 2008, Jeph Loeb declared in an interview to MTV : “"Everything still exists — the designs, the scripts. It’s such a ‘no-duh’ project, so why the hell not? All you need is to draw it. Eight years ago, there was no fascination with ‘Family Guy’ or ‘Robot Chicken,’ but there’s an audience now that could drive to it. You can’t stand in the way of pop culture".” [http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/08/26/buffy-the-vampire-slayer-animated-series-to-be-resurrected/]

Quotes

Jane Espenson has revealed only two short extracts from the scripts on her weblog:

*Quote 1

:Buffy realizes she's eaten her Mother's breakfast by mistake. She holds up the last bite of bagel and, instead of saying, "there's a bite left," she says:

:BUFFY

::"There's a remnant."

*Quote 2

:Buffy has just inappropriately used her Slayer-Strength on the volleyball court, so she vows to restrain herself:

:BUFFY

::"Sure. Okay. I can hold back. Call me Dairy Queen, 'cuz here comes a soft serve."

:(then)

::"Sorry, that was kinda lame."

*Quote 3 (from the script, "Teeny")Fact|date=April 2008

:Buffy has been shrunk down to about 6 inches tall. She's trying to climb a staircase, and reacting to what she sees.

:BUFFY

::"Boy. Everything's so tall. And... textured."

Footnotes and references

ee also

*Undeveloped Buffyverse productions
**Spike movie

External links

Information

* [http://www.aintitcoolnews.com/display.cgi?id=17663 "Aintitcoolnews.com" - Brief news on the show, March 2004]
* [http://www.ericwight.com/portfolio.html "Ericwight.com" - Art work related to the halted project, 2004]
* [http://www.moviehole.net/news/4313.html "Moviehole.net" - David Fury revealed that the show might have gone to DVD, October 2004]
* [http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-main.html?2004-10/21/13.00.tv "Scifi.com" - Sarah Michelle Gellar talks about the series, October 2004]
* [http://whedonesque.com/comments/5141 "Whedonesque.com" - Whedonesquers discuss Gellar's interview with "scifi.com", October 2004]
* [http://tvseriesfinale.com/articles/buffy-the-vampire-slayer-watch-the-animated-series-pilot-what-happened/ "TVSeriesFinale.com" - Article on series and pilot video]

Interviews

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/buffy/interviews/espenson/page12.shtml "Bbc.co.uk" - Interview with Espenson, 2002]
* [http://www.smgfan.com/ericwight.htm "Smgfan.com" - Interview with Eric Wight, March 2003.]
* [http://fanboyplanet.com/derek/mc-buffyjephloeb.php "Fanboyplanet.com" - Interview with Jeph Loeb, 2004.]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/buffy/cult/news/buffy/2004/06/01/11568.shtml "Bbc.co.uk" - Interview with Jeph Loeb, June 2004]
* [http://www.mikejozic.com/buffyweek4.html "Mikejozic.com" - Interview with Espenson and Eric Wight, 2004]

Quotes and trivia

* [http://www.janeespenson.com/archives/00000095.php Janeespenson.com - Espenson's web log contains some extracts from Buffy Animated scripts] and [http://www.janeespenson.com/archives/00000097.php also here]


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