I haven't heard what the status is lately but here's a couple of semi-recent articles about Buffy: the Animated Series
Sci Fi Wire talks to Joss (6.19.02):
BBC talks with Jane Espenson about her writing some episodes and what the format will look like:
Sci Fi Wire talks to Joss (6.19.02):
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'Buffy' Toon Green-Lighted
Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon spoke for the first time about the departure of comic artist Jeph Loeb as boss of the proposed Buffy animated series, telling SCI FI Wire that Loeb left because of production delays. Whedon added that the series has finally been given a green light. "The process took so long to put the package together, it just came together on Friday [June 14], and he got an offer, a big deal over at Warner Brothers, and he had to move on," Whedon said in an interview. "He'd been shepherding it for over a year. We'd put together a bunch of great scripts. He's done an amazing job, but there was no light at the end of the tunnel. It was a really difficult process, and Chris Buchanan, the president of my company, finally got it through, but Jeph had to move on."
As for when the series might hit the airwaves, Whedon said, "I literally just heard on Friday it's a go. That's all the information I have right now, except we already have a bunch of scripts."
There are no hard feelings on Whedon's end, and he still hopes to include Loeb on some level, Whedon said. "We love Jeph, and he loves the project, and hopefully we'll be able to find some involvement. But the fact of the matter is, it just took so long."
BBC talks with Jane Espenson about her writing some episodes and what the format will look like:
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I gather youve written some scripts for the animated show. What's the style of the show going to be?
Ive written two scripts for the animated Buffy. One is called Teeny and one is called Food Fight. Steve DeKnight, one of the other writers, has written one and is in the process of writing a second one and the shows executive producer Jeff Loeb has written one.
These are all with Joss supervision and theyre coming out great, theyre really a blast to write. Theyre a half hour (long) so were writing them just like Buffy scripts, were breaking them like Buffy scripts, except its just the humour and the horror. It doesnt have the angst, they dont have a arc, because in animation its very hard to predict the order in which the episodes are going to air.
They tend to air them all higgledy-piggledly, so you cant really develop a realty strong arc and whats going to happen next week. Its much more self contained episodes, so theyre like my favourite episodes of Buffy. Theyre like the stand-alone episodes. Something crazy happens that affects our people, lets see what it does.
Theyre just as metaphorical and strong and themic as regular Buffy, but without all the tears.
) another poster said that at a recent convention (one presumes Creation convention in NJ around March 15) Nick Brendon said he was currently doing voice work on the animated series.
