Joss Still Talking About "Ripper" TV Movie

POSTED BY: Succatash
UPDATED: Saturday, May 31, 2003 02:01
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SPIDERFISH13

Friday, May 30, 2003 6:19 PM

This thread IS a bit confusing. I know they were talking about doing a series, but I thought it hadn't happened. I would LOVE to see a movie and/or a series for "Ripper", mainly because I LOVE ASH (Anthony Stuart Head). He was, imo, a VERY (and surprisingly) hot "Dr. Frakenfurter" in the London Production of the Rocky Horror Picture Show (he has a really wonderful voice too). LOVE Whistler too...

SUCCATASH

Friday, May 30, 2003 11:28 PM

A similar article was released today:
'Buffy' Star Likes Being Called 'Giles'
Fri May 30, 6:52 AM ET
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030530/ap_en_ce/pe
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He and "Buffy" creator Joss Whedon hope to make a TV movie in coming years called "Ripper," which would focus on Head's frequently bemused character's darker side.

Although the idea could become a TV series, he said, neither he nor Whedon want the character to get mired in a monster-of-the-week format.

"He said he's more interested in the character of Giles and what happens to him alone, his solitude," Head said.

SERENITYVALLEY

Saturday, May 31, 2003 1:33 AM

Really? Are you sure it didn't become a series? I heard it had. There's Yahoo clubs for it and it's on the internet movie database. I don't know, I thought it was a miniseries or something. Maybe it only played in the UK. THat was my impression. I don't know.

"Did he just go crazy and fall asleep?" -Wash
"I told him to sit down," -Simon

SUCCATASH

Saturday, May 31, 2003 2:01 AM

I search for Ripper on tvtome.com.

http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/ShowMainServlet/showid-4548/

Welcome to the Ripper guide at TV Tome.
This spin-off series from Buffy the Vampire Slayer will follow Rupert Giles, formerly Buffy Summers' Watcher, as he returns to his native England to find a course for his life in working with the Watchers Council in their quests to protect the world from evil. The show was scheduled to have a September 2002 premiere, and then a July 2003 premiere. These dates were false, however and production of the show hasn't even started yet. Joss Whedon assures us though that Ripper is not cancelled, but it's the farthest project from his mind at the moment. The most we know about his style for the show is that it will roughly have six episodes per season and the show might premiere with a two hour TV Movie. All of this has yet to be written in stone though.

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