Buffy The Vampire Slayer

Comingsoon.net :

Eliza Dushku has been cast as the lead in Fox’s untitled John Feldman drama pilot for director Phillip Noyce.

Variety.com :

Eliza Dushku has signed on to topline Fox’s untitled grad student project. Dushku, known for her steady gigs on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Angel," has inked for the lead role in the 20th Century Fox TV/Original TV untitled project. The drama from Rob Cohen ("The Fast and the Furious") and Jon Feldman ("American Dreams"), revolves around a woman who graduates from college and discovers that she’s able to save lives by changing the course of events. Cohen is set to direct. Feldman said Dushku embodied all of the characteristics his lead character had. "Eliza was always the prototype for the role," Feldman said. "To actually get the prototype is an amazing thing. She’s incredibly smart, sexy and strong off-camera as well as on. She is in every sense of the word the lead," he said. Dushku, who recently signed with CAA for representation, starred last year on the silver screen in "City by the Sea" and "The New Guy." She is managed by The Firm.

Aintitcool.com :

Another Key Clue About That BUFFY Spinoff!!Tuesday, February 25, 2003 I am Hercules!! More evidence emerges this morning that Eliza Dushku will not play Faith the vampire slayer (at least on a regular basis) in any "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" spinoff. Variety reports that Dushku will play the lead in an another potential series, an untitled Fox network pilot from Jon Feldman ("American Dreams") and Rob Cohen ("The Fast and the Furious") about a grad student who discovers she can save lives by altering the course of events. Though the pilot may not necessarily go to series, Dushku’s commitment to it likely does prohibit the "Buffy" braintrust from building a series around Buffy’s darker counterpart. Dushku has signed to guest star this year in three upcoming episodes of "Buffy" spinoff "Angel" and the final five episodes of "Buffy" itself. "Buffy" now looks to end its seven-season run on May 20. A few reports, including one from Britain’s BBC News picked up an erroneous item in the London Express indicating that a Faith series was already a done deal. So what will producers pitch as a new Buffiverse series? Something, likely, with potential.

Zap2it.com :

LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) - The good news for fans of Eliza Dushku and Jared Padalecki is that they might have regular roles on TV come fall. They just might not be on the shows where viewers are accustomed to seeing them.

Dushku, who’s played rogue vampire slayer Faith on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spinoff, "Angel," has agreed to star in an untitled drama pilot for FOX. Padalecki, Dean on "Gilmore Girls," has taken the title role in The WB’s "MacGyver" pilot, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

John Feldman, creator of the FOX pilot, says he had Dushku in mind when writing his lead character, a young woman who discovers she can go back in time and relive a day in order to save lives.

"Onscreen and off, she is smart, strong, beautiful and embodies all the characteristics that are imperative to the character," Feldman says.

Dushku will play Faith on three episodes of "Angel" beginning Wednesday, March 5, and is also slated to appear in several "Buffy" episodes later this season. There has been talk of a possible Faith spinoff for UPN, but it apparently has yet to advance past the talking stage.