Buffy The Vampire Slayer

Q: Mary of Madison - Are you going to the network upfronts for their new seasons? If so, could you ask David Janollari of The WB how the Buffy/Angel movies are coming? Specifically a Spike movie or spinoff starring James Marsters?

A: Joanne Weintraub - Wish I had some info for you, Mary, but the fan sites are ominously silent on the subject of a new Buffy movie. Not a good sign. As you probably know, Joss Whedon recently finished the screenplay for his Serenity feature, based on the old (well, not so old) Firefly series, and is supposed to start work on the Wonder Woman movie shortly, so Buffy/Angel/Spike don’t seem to be on anyone’s front burner. Re the May upfronts in NYC, those are sessions for advertisers who want to sample the new "product" in the spring; I don’t get to cover those. Instead, I go to the press tour for critics in July & January in L.A., where we get to see later, more complete cuts of the pilots. It’s always interesting to read what comes out of the upfronts, though.