Terrible idea.

I'm not the kind of fan to get my knickers in a knot about things - but this is a totally idiotic idea. It's clearly a quick buck tactic; a situation where a license-holder has seen a potentially profitable opportunity and is leaking the idea to gauge support. They could make a good movie. They're right about the premise - it wouldn't have to be Buffy... But they'd also have to ignore the TV chronology to make that fly. At the end of the series, every potential *was* a slayer... Getting all whiny about canon is the kind of thing basement dwelling Trek gonks do - I know. But Buffy wasn't "premise" driven - it was character driven. That was its USP - and why every SciFi franchise is now a knowing, postmodern soap opera. BtVS changed television. Full stop. So - if you do Buffy without the TV series continuity, you might as well not do Buffy at all. Do it with the old characters, and you tap into all the good will of the fanbase. Do it without and you have to spend 90 minutes setting up the premise and establishing relationships with a bunch of new dudes. You might as well do Twilight or Blade or make up a brand new vampire franchise. Furthermore, if you do a Buffy movie without Joss Whedon - you might as well not do Buffy. Whedon isn't quite the televisual Messiah that many fans make out - but he was great for Buffy. He was responsible for Buffy's style, its meter and tone. Hell, he's responsible for how a generation of geeks speak . Ultimately, he's why it became popular. There's another reason why it's dumb to write off the TV series continuity. The actors still want to do it. Anthony Head has been pitching the Ripper spin-off to anyone who'll listen for years. James Marsters has been itching to do Spike. Boreanaz said he'd play Angel if it was on the big screen. There have even been recent rumours that Sarah Michelle Gellar might finally be up for a return - after her post-Buffy movie career failed to go ballistic. Actually, let's just make that "failed". Before going off "half-cocked", getting all producery about their ownership of the franchise, the Kazui's would have been better off arranging a quiet meeting with Whedon - see if he's got any ideas first. Let him sound out Gellar. Get the core team back at least. Because this premature bluster shows that the Kazui's really don't get the Buffy fanbase at all. And if they can't get the preliminaries right - how does that bode for a future movie?

The Reuters statement suggests a new vampire slayer not a remake. So it could work.

Just a heads up for fans of the original, or the curious, the movie is on tonight on Film4 at 11:40pm, then an hour later on +1

seriously, just get some new ideas... this isnt worth the time of day if it has nothing to do with the show...

So if it's not about Buffy and his friends, but about a new slayer, is it going to be called "Lisa the Vampire Slayer"? Or does the new slayer also happen to be improbably and conveniently called Buffy?

Sorry, Buffy and _her_ friends. Also forgot to mention: worst idea ever.

I heard it was more of a continuation to the series thats set on the correct timeline from where the last episode was aired so they mentioned SMG returning as buffy and maybe even having a kid of her own. but the idea in this report is terrible.

I can't imagine SMG returning without Whedon's involvement. I've understood she's been weary about returning to the role, so why would she bother to do it for Kuzui?

I second SeymourCat above- truly terrible idea. Who is seriously going to watch this if it comes out? Besides that, the original movie was truly godawful and this director should never be let near a set again.

Osiris292 - that's a completely different and unrelated rumour.