The new WB reason Angel was canceled ,movies still may happen

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ERELLEVENT

Friday, July 16, 2004 2:28 AM

Here found this on Scifi.com Sci Fi Wire and didnt see any post on it yet.

Garth Ancier, chairman of The WB network, confirmed to SCI FI Wire that the network has approached Angel creator Joss Whedon about doing a telefilm version of the canceled television series, about a vampire with a soul. "[We] have an offer on the table to Joss to do movies," Ancier said during the network's fall press preview in Los Angeles. "When Joss and David Boreanaz are both interested in doing it at the same time, I'm sure we will be doing Angel movies. Certainly Joss would like to. David will take a bit more coaxing, but I think he will do it."

Ancier later attributed the cancellation of the series, which ended a five-year run on The WB last May, to pressure from producer 20th Century Fox Television for a quick answer as to the show's renewal. "They had pushed for an early decision on whether the show should come back or not," Ancier said. "Had they not pushed for the early renewal, or, conversely, if we had said, 'You know what? Let's wait till we get to the scheduling room in May and decide then,' ... the show may or may not have been back. But I think we would have had that opportunity to discuss it. I think the mistake that was made is that between us and 20th, we didn't wait until May. We just made the decision early based upon their request."

HAKEN

Friday, July 16, 2004 2:32 AM

So they're blaming FOX for the cancellation?

SHAUN

Friday, July 16, 2004 3:14 AM

ahhhhhhhh!!!!!!!

fox strikes once again
i should have known they had a hand in angel's demise

RADHIL

Friday, July 16, 2004 3:31 AM

I'm just getting an eerie sense now, as I recall how 20th Century suddenly wanted a bunch more money at the end of season 5 of Buffy...

Radhil Trebors
Persona Under Construction

EMBERS

Friday, July 16, 2004 3:42 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Radhil:
I'm just getting an eerie sense now, as I recall how 20th Century suddenly wanted a bunch more money at the end of season 5 of Buffy...

Radhil Trebors
Persona Under Construction

You are correct Radhil: this is a normal set up for shows Fox produces for other networks,
after 5 years the fees change and Fox gets more $.
So UPN cancels rather than pay more for the show.
I don't know if it is a huge change in fees
after all, Ats was one of UPN's top rated shows.

But I have to say that Ancier is doing some revisionist spinning here...they don't want it to be their fault...they would rather blame Fox.

Actually it was clearly Jordon Levin (then head of programming for UPN) sole decision...but since he is gone I guess Ancier wants to forget him ... whatever.

I am going to be VERY disappointed if Ancier insists on having David Boreanez and/or SMG before commiting to a movie.
Fact is that James Marsters, Alyson Hannigan, Anthony Stewart Head, and others are willing to make a TV movie and I would love to see it made!

RHUTTNER

Friday, July 16, 2004 4:05 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by shaun:
ahhhhhhhh!!!!!!!

fox strikes once again
i should have known they had a hand in angel's demise

Not the same Fox. This is 20th Century Fox Television, the company that made Buffy, Angel, and Firefly. Not the Fox Television Network, the company that cancelled Firefly and had nothing to do with Buffy or Angel.

Are you an official Browncoat? If not, go sign up gorram it! http://browncoats.serenitymovie.com/serenity/?u=rhuttner

DANFAN

Wednesday, September 1, 2004 12:34 PM

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Fact is that James Marsters, Alyson Hannigan, Anthony Stewart Head, and others are willing to make a TV movie and I would love to see it made!

I hadn't considered this prior to your comment. But as I think about it, this idea grows on me... a lot.

After so many years on television, each of the characters that you named (and others as well) are well enough developed, with enough backstory, to fill a movie-sized story. The problem is that any time the subject is brought up, it's referred to as an "Angel" movie or a "Buffy" movie instead of a "Buffyverse" movie. If the suits could think outside of the box just long enough to make that distinction, we might see an excellent story centered around one of the other characters that we came to care about.

To be perfectly honest, I'd pay to go to a theater to see a movie centered around Faith's character! It was my fondest hope that Faith would have been the next Whedon series... I loved her "bad girl with a heart of tarnished gold" persona.

RABIT

Wednesday, September 1, 2004 12:55 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by danfan:
After so many years on television, each of the characters that you named (and others as well) are well enough developed, with enough backstory, to fill a movie-sized story. The problem is that any time the subject is brought up, it's referred to as an "Angel" movie or a "Buffy" movie instead of a "Buffyverse" movie. If the suits could think outside of the box just long enough to make that distinction, we might see an excellent story centered around one of the other characters that we came to care about.

To be perfectly honest, I'd pay to go to a theater to see a movie centered around Faith's character! It was my fondest hope that Faith would have been the next Whedon series... I loved her "bad girl with a heart of tarnished gold" persona.

Exactly! Yeah, I'd be very pleased with a Faith/Robin movie, a Willow/Kennedy movie, a Spike/Illyria (spelling?

) movie, etc. Note that, in all of these cases, you have one solidly defined character and one that is newer, ready for some significant development.

There's a lot of potential in the Buffyverse. It's a shame that the suits are too narrow-minded to see it...

Rabit

EMBERS

Wednesday, September 1, 2004 4:04 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by danfan:

After so many years on television, each of the characters that you named (and others as well) are well enough developed, with enough backstory, to fill a movie-sized story.

To be perfectly honest, I'd pay to go to a theater to see a movie centered around Faith's character!

When Joss was in Chicago at the comic book convention he joked that he was working on a musical entitled: 'ANDREW'
and I'd pay to see that! LOL

I do hope that now that Serenity is done filming and is in post production Joss will have enough time to focus on the TV movie thing. He said Fox is very interested in producing them. He has talked to James about doing a Spike movie (and JM said anywhere anytime, one line, 10 lines, or more, he is ready to do anything Joss wants), and Joss has talked to Tony Head on and off for years about doing 'Ripper'.

Personally I want Zombie Wesley (I just met Alexis at the Oakland convention and he is really great).

So I have my fingers crossed that we'll get something this year!

CONNORFLYNN

Friday, September 10, 2004 8:41 PM

I've been waiting for "Ripper" for ages. That would be very cool if he eventually got around to doing it.

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