Joss Still Talking About "Ripper" TV Movie

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

Thursday, May 29, 2003 7:52 PM

Hi, I saw this news headline on Yahoo and thought it was worth sharing.

'Buffy' Star Says Call Me 'Giles'
Thu May 29,10:31 AM ET

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030529/ap_en_tv/an
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Anthony Stewart Head [Giles] and the creator of "Buffy," Joss Whedon, are still talking about doing a TV movie called "Ripper." It would focus on Giles' darker side.

ROBERTSPARLING

Thursday, May 29, 2003 9:23 PM

I would love to see this movie made. Hopefully not in the cartoon mode they were originally discussing. I'd love to see Giles being a bad ass (like he isn't one already).

BRTICK

Thursday, May 29, 2003 11:34 PM

i think the ripper show and the cartoon are two different things. and i, for one, would love to see them both.

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INVISIBLEGREEN

Friday, May 30, 2003 1:32 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by RobertSparling:
I would love to see this movie made. Hopefully not in the cartoon mode they were originally discussing. I'd love to see Giles being a bad ass (like he isn't one already).

A "Ripper" cartoon? I think you got confused.

SUCCATASH

Friday, May 30, 2003 1:44 AM

I thought they were going to make a Buffy cartoon, but the green light turned red.

BRTICK

Friday, May 30, 2003 1:51 AM

Quote:
I thought they were going to make a Buffy cartoon, but the green light turned red.

I can't find the article right now, but Joss and Co. put some stuff together(scripts, artwork, etc.), but they ended up not being able to sell the animated show to a network. for whatever reasons.

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SUCCATASH

Friday, May 30, 2003 1:54 AM

Here's the thread I was thinking of:

"Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Animated Series" Canceled
http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=9&t=879

XENARC

Friday, May 30, 2003 3:20 AM

Saw a webpage awhile ago with art samples from the cartoon plans. It was being drawn by the same artist that did the characters for Batman Beyond, with a similar style.

XenArc

SERENITYVALLEY

Friday, May 30, 2003 3:20 PM

I'd like to see this movie because I missed the series. I intentionally didn't watch it because Giles doesn't interest me, but by the time I found out Max Perlich (Whistler) was in it, it was all ready over. Whistler is in it, isn't he? He's my all time favorite character out of BtVS and Angel, so I hope it works out.

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

BRTICK

Friday, May 30, 2003 5:13 PM

Quote:
SerenityValley wrote:
Friday, May 30, 2003 05:20
I'd like to see this movie because I missed the series. I intentionally didn't watch it because Giles doesn't interest me, but by the time I found out Max Perlich (Whistler) was in it, it was all ready over. Whistler is in it, isn't he? He's my all time favorite character out of BtVS and Angel, so I hope it works out.

what are you talking about? they didn't actually make Ripper the show, yet... did they?

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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
ople_anthony_stewart_head_2

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.