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Oh je n'avais pas vu cette news, c'est une excellente nouvelle en tout cas. Beaucoup de bonheur à eux.

Et une petite information en passant :

Nicholas Brendon sera en France pour la convention Ultimart qui se tiendra les 27, 28 et 29 août.

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There’s a different format to the latest SFX special – two 100 page magazines in one, both all about the Whedonverse

Worlds Of Whedon
We don’t think we’re making an overstatement when we say that Joss Whedon is the most important creative force to emerge in sci-fi and fantasy TV during SFX’s 201-issue lifetime. From the vampire slaying of Buffy to the interplanetary misbehaviour of Firefly, Whedon has become one of the most crucial, influential voices in pop culture. A good subject, then, for the latest SFX Special Edition.

In fact, we’ve decided that Joss is such a worthy recipient of the Special Edition treatment that we’ve devoted two whole magazines to him. In your Worlds Of Whedon pack, you get a features magazine crammed full of new interviews and fun stuff, while The Complete Joss Whedon is brimming with over 300 reviews, featuring his movie, TV and web work. Don’t believe the hype? Here’s what you get for your £7.99:

In features magazine Worlds Of Whedon you can look forward to:

• A massive, exclusive 14-page interview with Joss Whedon, in which he talks about the early days, the cancellations, The Avengers, Ripper, Serenity 2 and loads more.
  
• Brand new, exclusive interviews with 11 stars who found fame in Joss Whedon shows, including Eliza Dushku, Nathan Fillion, Anthony Head, Charisma Carpenter and Adam Baldwin.
  
• Conversations with Jane Espenson, Tim Minear and other writers who made their names with Joss, and went on to become some of the leading lights in US television.
  
• An in-depth trip into the world of Whedonverse comics, including news on upcoming Firefly title The Shepherd’s Tale.
  
• A look at the music of Whedon’s shows, including chats with the composers behind “Once More, With Feeling” and Dr Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog.
  
• An exploration of Joss Whedon fandom at the San Diego Comic-Con, plus a look at new Firefly fan film Browncoats: Redemption.
  
• All the reasons Joss is the perfect man to helm The Avengers.
  
• A glimpse at a world where Joss Whedon is king (it looks like a cool place to live).
  
• A celebration of the Whedonverse’s top supporting players.
  
• A look at Joss’s work beyond his TV shows.
  
• The Jossary.
  
• More!

If that doesn’t sound like enough The Complete Joss Whedon boasts:

• Complete episode guides for Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Angel, Firefly, Dollhouse and Dr Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog.
  
• The big reveal of your Top 30 Joss Whedon episodes. (Clue: At least one of them involves singing).
  
• Reviews of the movies Joss scripted for the big screen – even Alien Resurrection.
  
• Breakdowns of what made each of the TV shows work (or not…)
  
• Worlds Of Whedon is on sale from Thursday 30 September, priced £7.99. It’s very, very shiny.

Une preview du magazine avec une interview de Joss et Anthony Head, au sujet du projet "Ripper" qui n'a jamais vu le jour :

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SFX WHEDON SPECIAL PREVIEW: Ripper

Joss Whedon and Anthony Head share their thoughts on the legendary Buffy spin-off that never was…

Joss Whedon and Anthony Head have been reminiscing about the Buffy spin-off that never was, Ripper, in the SFX Worlds Of Whedon special.

So, was this near-mythical series about Giles’s life after Buffy ever more than a discussion over a cup of coffee?

“Yes,” confirms Head. “There was one story. Joss fed it to me when we were filming the last episode of Buffy. He told me this idea, and it was just beautiful. Absolutely beautiful. And I said, ‘Yeah, I’d go with that.’ Then it all went very quiet. The problem being that anything to do with the Buffy universe has to be signed off by so many people, it’s pretty much a non-starter from the beginning.

“It nearly came to fruition. I introduced Joss to [former Doctor Who executive producer] Julie Gardner. I met Julie, and she started talking about Joss, so I put the two of them together. They got on really, really well… But then Joss had that lunch meeting with Eliza Dushku, and that was that.

“I’d still love to do it in some form. I still think it’s a beautiful idea, which is why I’m not telling you what it is – it’s the most extraordinary ghost story. It doesn’t have to be Giles. I’d still do it as a one-off.”

Whedon adds: “Ripper got so complicated. Fox is great at complicating things. The BBC basically said to me and Tony Head that it doesn’t have to be Ripper, ‘We’d just like to do something’. It sounded cool 
but I was busy doing something else, as I always am. Tony is amazingly enough still friends with me despite years of ‘Hey, you know what, we could…’

Une autre interview de ce même magazine où Eliza s'exprime sur le projet de spin-off sur Faith qui n'a jamais vu le jour. En gros, elle dit qu'elle ne regrette pas d'avoir décliné la proposition pour explorer d'autres rôles, et que même Joss l'y avait encouragé pour sa carrière.

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When Buffy ended, there were rumours of a Faith spin-off. Eliza Dushku reveals how near it came to happening…

Eliza Dushku reveals the truth behind the rumoured Faith spin-off show in the SFX Worlds Of Whedon special, out this Thursday: “After I finished the show, I’d withdrawn from school and followed up with a couple of films like Bring It On, but I’d had such an awesome experience working with Joss I was ready to go down that road again. So I met with Joss and Tim Minear and spoke about the potential for a Faith spin-off. But Buffy had just gone on seven years and Joss was really straightforward: he couldn’t play the kind of day-to-day role he had on Buffy – he had his family. I love Tim Minear, I trust him wholeheartedly and it wasn’t that I felt without Joss it wasn’t right, but it was a contributing factor. On top of it, I had just played this character for almost five years, it felt like time to explore a different role. So I ended up making a decision that, though looking back I don’t regret, in hindsight maybe the talks could have continued a bit longer. It’s a question I’ve been asked a gazillion times: ‘Why’d you do Tru Calling and not the Faith spin-off?’ Thing is, even Joss was part of helping me make that decision. He said: ‘I think you have to follow your gut, which is trying something different, and we’ll stay friends so this isn’t goodbye, this is until next time.’”

Source : http://www.sfx.co.uk/2010/09/26/sfx-whedon-special-preview-the-faith-spin-off/

Et encore une autre preview d'une interview du magazine, avec Joss qui s'exprime sur le projet Serenity 2 qui n'a jamais vu le jour :

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SFX WHEDON SPECIAL PREVIEW: Serenity 2 Painful To Think About, Says Joss

He thinks about the scenes he’ll never get to shoot every day, he reckons

In the new SFX Worlds Of Whedon special, Joss Whedon reveals why it’s painful to even contemplate the idea of making a Serenity 2:

While it wasn’t a box office barn burner, Serenity is now something of a hit on DVD and Blu-ray, which makes the possibility of a sequel seem more likely. Alas, Whedon only shakes his head at the prospect: “As far as Firefly is concerned, that will always be unfinished business. Serenity was a Band-Aid on a sucking flesh wound. I think every day about the scenes that I’ll never get to shoot and how badass they were. It’s nice to know that people still care about Firefly but it’s actual grief that I feel. It’s not something you get over, it’s just something you learn to live with.”

Source : http://www.sfx.co.uk/2010/09/26/sfx-whedon-special-preview-serenity-2-painful-to-think-about-says-joss/

Merci pour toutes ses interviews .. Les nouveautés c'est toujours bien agréable.

Oh et bien félicitations a eux, il était temps que James trouve le bonheur. ^^ Merci d'avoir transmit l'information.

Yep, et puis, elle a l'air de bien s'entendre avec son fils...

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CBS Picks Up Drama Pilot Starring Sarah Michelle Gellar

Sarah Michelle Gellar is returning to broadcast series TV with a pilot at CBS. In its first drama pilot pickup this season, CBS has greenlighted Ringer, which is toplined by the former Buffy the Vampire Slayer star. The project hails from ABC Studios, CBS TV Studios and Brillstein Entertainment Partners. UPDATE: The pickup of Ringer was followed by another drama pilot order by CBS to an untitled supernatural medical drama from writer Susannah Grant.

Ringer, written on spec by Supernatural writer-producers Eric Charmelo & Nicole Snyder, centers on a troubled young woman (Gellar) who, while on the run from the mob, hides out by inhabiting the life of her wealthy twin sister, until she learns that her twin’s life has a bounty on it as well. Brillstein's Peter Traugott is executive producing, with Gellar, Charmelo and Snyder co-executive producing. Geller, repped by ICM and Brillstein's Joanne Colonna, has been heavily pursued by the broadcast networks since the end of Buffy in 2003. Her only TV gig since then had been the HBO pilot The Wonderful Maladys. Charmelo and Snyder, who are story editors on Supernatural, are with UTA and the Shuman Co.

The untitled Susannah Grant project, from CBS TV Studios and studio-based Timberman/Beverly Prods., centers on an ultra-competitive surgeon whose life is changed forever when his ex-wife dies and begins teaching him what life is all about from the here-after. Grant is executive producing with Timberman and Beverly who are in their first development season at their new studio home, CBS Studios.

TV Editor Nellie Andreeva

Source : http://www.deadline.com/2011/01/cbs-picks-up-drama-pilot-starring-sarah-michelle-gellar/

Et beaucoup plus de détails au sujet de cette nouvelle série ! Ils y parlent de beaucoup de choses, et détail intéressant : Sarah va jouer le rôle des deux soeurs. Et l'article si'ntéresse plus notamment aux fans de Buffy ! ^^

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Sarah Michelle Gellar's new CBS thriller pilot 'Ringer': The producer spills details! -- EXCLUSIVE
by Tanner Stransky

The networks have been on a pilot-greenlighting tear lately. But which possible show has the potential to be a gem of the 2011-12 season? We’ll go out on a limb here: CBS’ in-the-works thriller Ringer, which—should the pilot get the pickup to series during May’s network upfronts—would mark the much-anticipated return of Buffy the Vampire Slayer star Sarah Michelle Gellar to regular series television. Granted, Gellar acolytes have been titillated by her possible return before with HBO’s The Wonderful Maladys, only to have the pilot never make it to series. But alas, the potential seems to be there with Ringer. Until now, the show has only been described as drama about “a troubled young woman on the run who hides out by living the life of her wealthy twin sister, until she learns her sibling’s life has a bounty on it as well.” Rather vague. Are you dying for more details? Us, too, so we tracked down Peter Traugott, the pilot’s producer and head of Brillstein Entertainment Partners, the production company behind Ringer, and grilled him about the pilot. Here, Traugott spills more about Ringer’s plot, its enviable star Sarah Michelle Gellar and getting her to come back to network television (she wanted to do cable!), and why the show is indeed a good fit for CBS.

WHAT IS RINGER EXACTLY? “It’s a thriller, for sure,” Traugott explains. “It’s an edgy thriller about redemption and about revenge. There’s a point of view of two twin sisters who grew apart over a tragedy in their past. And one now seeks redemption and the other one seeks revenge. The sister who is seeking redemption has had a much more troubled life. When her fancy pants sister disappears, she takes over her life. She’s living the life of her more successful sister only to come to find out that her life is equally as fraught with danger and complication. Her sister dies in a boating accident. The other sister takes on her persona, only to come to find out that they have a hit out on her.”

WHY CAST SARAH MICHELLE GELLAR? HOW’D YOU GET HER TO COME BACK TO NETWORK TV? “Sarah had started thinking about coming back to TV a couple of years ago and she really wanted it to be something in cable,” Traugott explains. “In part just because of the subject matter you’re able to do in cable. But network television now has cracked that door a little bit and they’ve obviously been doing great stuff in network—and great stuff in cable. Both places are great. And this was a spec script that we had found and my colleague, Rachel Kaplan, had found by these young writers [Eric Charmelo and Nicole Snyder of The CW's Supernatural] and we flipped for it. Sarah’s manager got it to her, and she fell in love with the piece, too. We had been talking about this group for over a year trying to figure this out. For Sarah, she wasn’t really sure about network just because she wasn’t sure she would get what she wanted. When CBS read this thing and flipped for it and loved Sarah for it, that kind of started her thinking about being more open-minded to doing network because of the subject matter and this piece that she was so excited about.”

DOES GELLAR PLAY BOTH SISTERS ROLES? Yes! “She plays two characters: One is Bridget, the sister who takes over Siobhan’s life—Siobhan’s the other sister. The sisters reunite after having been estranged for a long time, and when they reunite, Siobhan dies. She falls…you know, in a boating accident.” So it’s like Hayley Mills of Lindsay Lohan in The Parent Trap and its more modern remake? “Yeah,” Traugott admit, with a laugh. “That’s kind of a comedic reference, and a reference old old Westerns—yeah, Sarah’s playing both roles.”

IF SIOBHAN DIES EARLY, DO WE SEE HER IN FLASHBACKS—OR WHAT? Yes, exactly. “You’ll see her that way. Not necessarily tonally nor stylistically, but the show comparable to Damages. I love Damages—by the way, it’s my favorite show—but in the same way that Damages tells part of the story in the present, through the past. Not just flashbacks but through actual stories in the past. That’s what’s happening here. Hopefully if we go to series, the audience will come to understand what the fall out was between Siobhan and Bridget. Why Siobhan would never want to see her sister again, why Bridget was in a kind of dark place in her life—all that stuff will be told as we move forward in Bridget’s stories through flashbacks with Siobhan.

WILL BUFFY FANS BE PLEASED WITH THIS ROLE FOR GELLAR? Duh: yes! “For the Buffy fans, she wanted part of what she initiated. As a matter of fact, her and her manager know this, but I know one thing she wanted to guard against was making sure that she whatever she does in TV, she does something that her fans who had grown up loving Buffy will also be excited about. And we think this show has that quality to it.

HOW WILL THIS PLEASE BUFFY FANS EXACTLY? “It’s a very different show. I mean, Buffy is so specific and a great, cool genre piece,” Traugott says. “But in the same way with Sarah, I think what’s remarkable about her as an actor—and very few people have this ability—she can play both sides well. If you remember Cruel Intentions, she was the villain, but you found yourself kind of rooting for her anyway. That’s what we’re looking for. How do we find something where her character has some edge, there’s some darkness to her, she doesn’t always do the right thing, but at the end of the day, you’re also rooting for her? And that’s what we were looking for in this. Obviously, Buffy was a hero, a kick-ass hero, and we wanted to be true to that with Sarah.”

IS GELLAR’S BRIDGET SUPPOSED TO BE A HEROINE? “It’s not like that, no,” Traugott clarifies. “I wouldn’t say that. It’s not that kind of a show. It’s more of a thriller. But we think it shows a lot of different layers to Sarah, and her character is so interesting and compelling. Very different from the Buffy character, but there’s a lot there for the audience to grab onto.

WHAT’S THE FORMAT? PROCEDURAL? SERIALIZED? “There’s an overriding arc that the writers have kind of figured out for the first several seasons, if we get so lucky,” Traugott says. “But there’s an overriding arc in part of Bridget’s drive of trying to figure out who is trying to kill Siobhan and now her, in Siobhan’s shoes. And week in and week out we will be telling episodic stories, relationship stories, hopefully wish-fulfilling kind of stories, because she is living this kind of fantastical life all the while trying to figure out who’s after her. She’ll be with Siobhan’s husband, which is obviously new to her because she’s in a relationship with a man she doesn’t know but he thinks he knows her. She’ll be dealing with Siobhan’s friends, and they’ll be trying to kind of safe-crack this mystery.”

WHAT OPENED THE DOOR FOR A SHOW LIKE THIS ON CBS? HOW DOES IT FIT THAT BRAND? “You know, to read the script, you would not have thought CBS, but I think when [CBS’ entertainment president] Nina Tassler and her team read it and flipped for it, and we came in and talked about it, they had passion for this. They talk a lot about The Good Wife and how, a couple of years ago, you wouldn’t have thought that the The Good Wife was a CBS show. But you go from a CSI kind of a show—a pure procedural—to The Good Wife, which has a procedural element but it’s obviously very character-driven and has a lot of great story and characters on it. Hopefully, if we do it right, Ringer can be the next evolution of that. That is, on paper it’s not necessarily a CBS show but worked exceedingly well in that Good Wife way.”

WHAT’S THE PILOT’S PRODUCTION SCHEDULE LIKE? “We’re just ramping up now where we’re getting into casting, we’re getting into pre-production stuff, we’re getting into director,” Traugott says. “All of our stuff is starting now. The goal would be to shoot—you know, like all the other pilots—sometime in early to mid March.”

WHY IS GELLAR PERFECT FOR THIS ROLE? “I’m just a fan of Sarah’s,” Traugott says. “I’m excited that there’s a piece of material she’s excited about and obviously as a producer, I wanna get this show on the air, and as a big fan of Sarah’s, I just want to watch her on TV again. It seems like America wants to, and it seems like CBS was a fan from what I saw. Hopefully if we do our jobs right we’ll have an opportunity. We’re excited. She’s iconic.”

Pour ceux qui le souhaitent, le site SlayerRevival en a fait une traduction : http://slayerevival.com/2011/01/26/plus-dinfos-sur-la-nouvelle-serie-ringer-de-sarah-m-gellar/

Oh oui, j'ai vue briévement un article sur le sujet, ma fois si cela pouvait enfin remettre Sarah sous les projecteurs, je ne serais pas contre. D'autant plus que l'idée de base me semble bien simpathique.

Grand Dieu la série [BUFFY] redémarre sur TEVA dès ce jour Jeudi 03 Mars 2011 17h10 pour 4 épisodes et ce en quotidienne (hors samedi-dimanche)!

P.S.: Et [Madame est servie] tout idem mais demain matin 11h40...

Merci de l'information. Voila une bien bonne nouvelle pour ceux qui n'ont pas les coffrets ou pour faire découvrir la série a de nouveaux fans.

Merci beaucoup pour cette information. Peut-être que ça apportera de nouveaux fans. ^^

C'est toujours sympathique de savoir que la série repasse parfois sur diverses chaînes. En ce moment, il n'y a pas de diffusion chez nous mais la plupart du temps ils font un roulement entre Buffy et Angel et les enchaînent. Au moins maintenant, les épisodes ne sont plus censurés et les saisons diffusées intégralement. Bonne information merci.

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Alyson Hannigan Back For 'American Reunion'

Alyson Hannigan has signed to reprise her role in American Reunion, the Universal film that brings back the cast of the raunchy American Pie franchise. Hannigan was the question mark among the original cast when stories about the sequel began popping up. She had the leverage for a nice piece of the pie because the story revolves around her marriage and child with Jason Biggs' character. Hannigan will work in the film before she returns to the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother. She’s repped by APA and Lovett Management.

http://www.deadline.com/2011/04/alyson-hannigan-back-for-american-reunion/