Buffy: un possibile film?

So di dire una cosa grossa: se qualcuno me lo chiedesse adesso, io
garantirei di pagare 100 euro il biglietto del cinema per vedere un film di
Buffy fatto da Joss.

http://www.endofshow.com/2008/11/24/why-buffy-the-vampire-slayer-isnt-over-yet/

Why Buffy The Vampire Slayer isn’t over yet
News November 24th, 2008

Kevin Beaumont has something to say.

The year is 2008, and that sound you hear crackling is a pile of money
burning in 20th Century Fox’s back yard.  Let me explain.

To form a major motion picture, you need three elements: a story (your
creative reason), a profitable venture (a business reason), and a talented
cast and crew (your creative force).  It also requires strong catering on
set.

When “Buffy The Vampire Slayer” finished airing in 2003, I knew the show
was over - it had bowed out with something to say.

But yet the story kept bouncing around in my head.  Would anybody ever like
Dawn?  Would Buffy ever touch Xander in the bad place?

Fast forward to 2008.  Clearly I wasn’t the only person pondering those
characters and their story.  Series creator Joss Whedon started a “season
eight” comic, aided by many former Buffy writers, to continue tales in the
universe.

“Buffy” is an international franchise, providing major DVD sales for 20th
Century Fox, with brand recognition in all major territories.  Most of the
staff writers have gone on to big gigs, many winning major roles on hit TV
shows.  Show lead Sarah Michelle Gellar has gone on to front horror pic
“The Grudge” and family friendly “Scooby Doo” (written by the foul mouthed
and entirely hilarious James Gunn).

So, now all you need is a business reason.

And here it is: “Twilight”.  ”Twilight” is essentially lite-horror, romance
porn.  But make no mistake - in it’s opening weekend, the modestly budgeted
($38m) flick took over $70m.  For something to be considered successful
enough for a sequel, a general rule of thumb is two and a half times the
production budget on domestic release.  ”Twilight” should easily make that
mark by its second weekend.  It turns out a vampiresque story with added
romance and teen appeal could be a worldwide hit.  Who’d have thought?

Oh yes.  Joss Whedon.

I know what you’re thinking.  Yes, cheesecake is great — and back when the
first Buffy movie was made, it was a box office bomb.  Because it was. 
Because it was an almost terrible mess of badly executed ideas.  Joss
didn’t have creative control of the movie, because it simply wasn’t his
movie - direction laid elsewhere, and he was, in movie direction terms - a
small fish.

Forget the cheesecake and come back to 2008 with me - now you have somebody
who understands movie direction, who has an amazing cast who want to move
on to the big screen.  You have, in Joss, somebody who wants to make a big
summer action movie.  You have somebody who has those characters and that
story burning in his brain, itching to escape.  And - critically - you have
somebody who understands teen appeal vampire romance porn like nobody else
on the planet.

There’s a stack of money waiting to be made here.  And let’s not even
mention Whedonites across the global and their DVD fetish.  Want midnight
screenings and buzz, too?  Check.

The real question is this - what story would you tell in a 2 hour motion
picture?

-- 
Jolan Tru
Filippo "Hytok" Simone
http://perestroika.iobloggo.com/
-- 
Jolan Tru
Filippo "Hytok" Simone
http://perestroika.iobloggo.com/