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shadowkatI may have had one too many matcha latte's today. Hopefully, I will sleep tonight.
Buffy Reboot Casting News
I'm not crazy about this? It feels too much like a retread. But I may be wrong? Also there's one too many new regulars or new characters, and none of them look intriguing. Plus a lot of men, and not many women - the original series had more women or female characters and built in new characters as it went.
"Faly Rakotohavana (Unprisoned), Ava Jean (Law & Order: SVU), Severance‘s Sarah Bock, Daniel Di Tomasso (CSI: Vegas) and Frasier star Jack Cutmore-Scott have been cast as series regulars opposite Ryan Kiera Armstrong and Sarah Michelle Gellar in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot, which has a pilot order at Hulu.
Armstrong plays the new slayer — an introverted high-school student named Nova — in the untitled Buffyverse project, which Gellar executive produces in addition to reprising her signature role as Buffy Summers.
Rakotohavana will play Hugo, a privileged, likable high-school student who is a geek. Jean will play Larkin, another student described as a “chronic do-gooder.” Bock will play Gracie, the ringleader for a group of church-going students. Di Tomasso will play Abe, Nova’s single father who is a photojournalist. Scott will play Mr. Burke, a popular high school teacher.
Oscar winner Chloé Zhao is directing the pilot, written by Nora and Lilla Zuckerman. No additional information has been provided about the project, referred to as the next chapter in the Buffyverse, which comes from 20th Television and Searchlight TV [this is Disney].
Rakotohavana was a series regular on Hulu’s Unprisoned and a lead of the Disney+ film Secret Society of Second Born Royals. He is repped by Media Artists Group and The ESI Network.
Jean recently guest starred on Law & Order: SVU and is a series regular on the upcoming Angel Studios musical limited series A Week Away. She is repped by Thruline Entertainment, Evolve Artists Agency and Yorn, Levine, Barnes.
Bock is known for her role as Miss Huang in Season 2 of Apple TV+’s Severance. She is repped by the Kutalent Agency, Amplified, and Hansen, Jacobson, Teller.
Major Crimes alum Di Tomasso recently recurred on CSI: Vegas. He is repped by CESD and Authentic Talent & Literary Management.
British actor Cutmore-Scott recently starred opposite Kelsey Grammer in Paramount+’s Frasier reboot and recurred on Hulu’s murder mystery series Death and Other Details. He has appeared in three Christopher Nolan features: Oppenheimer, Tenet and Dunkirk. He is repped by UTA, Independent Talent Group, Entertainment 360, and Hansen, Jacobson, Teller."
Here's IGN's take on the above:
https://www.ign.com/articles/buffy-the-vampire-slayer-reboot-casting-confirms-its-new-scooby-gang-backing-up-previous-leaks
"As previously announced, Star Wars: Skeleton Crew actress Ryan Kiera Armstrong will lead the project, while Gellar will appear in its first episode, then appear afterwards in a recurring role.
The rest of the cast are all new to the franchise, TVLine reports, and include Severance's Sarah Bock as Gracie, Law & Order: SVU's Ava Jean as Larkin, and Faly Rakotohavana as Hugo. Major Crimes' Daniel di Tomasso plays Abe, while Frasier's Jack Cutmore-Scott is the mysterious Mr. Burke.
Gellar, meanwhile, was credited on the new script as Buffy "Anne" Summers, which some fans have suggested might mean the Slayer is once again attempting to operate under the radar, and using her middle name as a pseudonym.
While Gellar, who acts as an executive producer on the new show, has said she was keen for the reboot to feature a mix of new and returning characters, including those who were no longer alive, it's perhaps not surprising to see the series' core cast confirmed as all-new characters.
It's been more than 20 years since the original show's finale, and Gellar has said this reboot will need to find its own space to feature fresh stories and characters. That said, fans are still hoping for other classic characters to pop up from time to time, and original Buffy actress Charisma Carpenter has already told IGN she'd be keen to appear, after an "unjust" end to her character on spin-off Angel."
And the casting breakdown leaked on LJ:
https://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/130240609.html
Nova – A high school vampire hunter, determined and fearless, balancing school life with slaying. LEAD
Abe – Nova’s father, a dedicated photojournalist (40s-60s). LEAD
Mr. Burke – The school librarian who later becomes a vampire (30s-60s). LEAD [I truly hope he becomes a vampire - although per Variety and Deadline, he's a favorite teacher not a librarian. If he becomes a vampire - this could bring in Spike and Angel in some way as a new watcher or Wes.]
Cole – The alpha of the group, confident and a natural leader. LEAD [I think he's the hot kid and love interest.]
Hugo – A nerd from a wealthy family, has a thing for Nova but is awkward about it. LEAD [Originally he was supposed to be gay?]
Gracie – Nova's best friend, fascinated by myths and a huge Buffy fan. LEAD
Mia – A social media-obsessed student who gets caught up in the supernatural chaos. SUPPORTING [I think this has changed to church going group leader.]
Again, mixed feelings? I'll try it of course. But I'm going in with low expectations. So much will depend on the writing? It can go in any number of directions.
Unfortunately, they may well need more than just Gellar to pull in the Buffy fandom, since the vast majority of it wasn't watching for just Buffy, and many were watching for the supporting characters.
That said? I remain convinced that Marsters is involved somehow. Along with many others from the original cast (or Disney wouldn't have stopped them from doing Slayers on audio books) and Marsters wouldn't be as tight lipped about it and what he's working on. They don't need to do much - just bring them in as ten minute cameos or recurring - to pull in an audience.
Also they are just shooting the pilot at the moment. Whether it airs, has a lot to do with how well the pilot is received by Disney.
They are also rebooting the Buffy and Angel comics, again.
Kelly Thompson Takes over the Buffy and Angel Comics
"While Dynamite is keeping details on the story - and if it's a reboot, a continuation, or something else of previous TV shows, comics, or even the movie - it has picked out a writer for both the Buffy the Vampire Slayer comic and the Angel comic. According to Dynamite series editor Nate Cosby, they didn't look at any previous Buffy writers (from the comics or TV series), or, frankly, anyone - except for one person: Kelly Thompson.
"Her passion for these characters is second-to-none," Cosby says of Thompson. "The interweaving story she’s crafted for both books is going to knock everyone's socks off."
Thompson comes to revive the Buffy the Vampire Slayer comic franchise after she just did the same with DC's Wonder Woman in Absolute Wonder Woman, and did it in the past for Jem & The Holograms."
Sigh. I have no idea who Kelly Thompson is? I liked "The Last Slayer" best, with a 50 year old Buffy. But that's just me.
***
It's brutally hot here. In the 90s, feels like the 100s. (I let you figure out the translation to C, since I'm too lazy to google it.) The high today was 94, felt like 104 with the humidity. It's currently 90 degrees. I have A/C on and damn it's costing me a lot this summer. It has to be on all day - or it will work harder to cool down the apartment, and medications, etc could be affected.
Oh well, at least the smoke is gone - it's 58 air quality today as opposed to 100-138 over the weekend.
***
I was enjoying the Billy Joel Documentary And So it Goes which is coupled with an album of over 155 songs also entitled And So it Goes, Sunday Night on HBO. It told me a lot of things about Billy Joel that I didn't know - such as how Elizabeth Webber was the love of his life and his manager for a good portion of his career. She's interviewed in the documentary, and is responsible for getting him situated in the music business, and ensuring his songs became hit singles - by picking the ones that would take off such as "Just the Way You Are" - she was a better judge of his music and what would become a hit than he was or his producer. Just the Way You Are - is the song that got Paul McCartney's attention and the one McCartney wished he wrote. (Seriously Paul? You can't write all of them.)
Just the Way You Are
Although my favorite Joel songs were the stories he told, such as The Piano Man and Scenes from an Italian Restaurant.
****
I'm ignoring the news at the moment, and side eyeing it? Or looking at it from the corner of my eye. I can't do anything about it. And it's not like I don't care - I do. But I can't help the Ukraine (there's a lot of Ukrainians in my area and building), and I can't help Gaza. Or any of the other places around the world that are suffering and under fire (sigh, there are so many). I think humans like to kill each other? Today on the morning news - they informed me that over 3000 ghost guns had been taken off the streets. Ghost Guns = illegal guns, that have been purchased illegally. Also shootings have gone down in NYC since they've started the program. There was bad news too, but I jumped away from it.
Work was..frustrating? But I let it go. I edit, then someone else edits, then someone else edits, then I see it again - and I think okay, why did I bother? And why did they make those edits? I'm trying to copy their edits from other reviews, but they aren't consistent, and contradict themselves.
I'm also apparently the financial guru, by default - no one else cares about the financials. So someone has to - me. This amuses me to no end. Oh well, I only have three - four more years left, possibly just three depending.
Example?
Modification No. 5 to ...
Sr VP's previous edit and my Edit: Modification ["MOD"] No. 5 to...
Sr. VP 's new edit: Modification No. 5 ["MOD"].
ME: WTF? That makes no sense. But I leave it alone, and in the next document's edit do - "Modification No. ["MOD"] 5 - thinking maybe that will work.
***
Here's a photo:
Buffy Reboot Casting News
I'm not crazy about this? It feels too much like a retread. But I may be wrong? Also there's one too many new regulars or new characters, and none of them look intriguing. Plus a lot of men, and not many women - the original series had more women or female characters and built in new characters as it went.
"Faly Rakotohavana (Unprisoned), Ava Jean (Law & Order: SVU), Severance‘s Sarah Bock, Daniel Di Tomasso (CSI: Vegas) and Frasier star Jack Cutmore-Scott have been cast as series regulars opposite Ryan Kiera Armstrong and Sarah Michelle Gellar in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot, which has a pilot order at Hulu.
Armstrong plays the new slayer — an introverted high-school student named Nova — in the untitled Buffyverse project, which Gellar executive produces in addition to reprising her signature role as Buffy Summers.
Rakotohavana will play Hugo, a privileged, likable high-school student who is a geek. Jean will play Larkin, another student described as a “chronic do-gooder.” Bock will play Gracie, the ringleader for a group of church-going students. Di Tomasso will play Abe, Nova’s single father who is a photojournalist. Scott will play Mr. Burke, a popular high school teacher.
Oscar winner Chloé Zhao is directing the pilot, written by Nora and Lilla Zuckerman. No additional information has been provided about the project, referred to as the next chapter in the Buffyverse, which comes from 20th Television and Searchlight TV [this is Disney].
Rakotohavana was a series regular on Hulu’s Unprisoned and a lead of the Disney+ film Secret Society of Second Born Royals. He is repped by Media Artists Group and The ESI Network.
Jean recently guest starred on Law & Order: SVU and is a series regular on the upcoming Angel Studios musical limited series A Week Away. She is repped by Thruline Entertainment, Evolve Artists Agency and Yorn, Levine, Barnes.
Bock is known for her role as Miss Huang in Season 2 of Apple TV+’s Severance. She is repped by the Kutalent Agency, Amplified, and Hansen, Jacobson, Teller.
Major Crimes alum Di Tomasso recently recurred on CSI: Vegas. He is repped by CESD and Authentic Talent & Literary Management.
British actor Cutmore-Scott recently starred opposite Kelsey Grammer in Paramount+’s Frasier reboot and recurred on Hulu’s murder mystery series Death and Other Details. He has appeared in three Christopher Nolan features: Oppenheimer, Tenet and Dunkirk. He is repped by UTA, Independent Talent Group, Entertainment 360, and Hansen, Jacobson, Teller."
Here's IGN's take on the above:
https://www.ign.com/articles/buffy-the-vampire-slayer-reboot-casting-confirms-its-new-scooby-gang-backing-up-previous-leaks
"As previously announced, Star Wars: Skeleton Crew actress Ryan Kiera Armstrong will lead the project, while Gellar will appear in its first episode, then appear afterwards in a recurring role.
The rest of the cast are all new to the franchise, TVLine reports, and include Severance's Sarah Bock as Gracie, Law & Order: SVU's Ava Jean as Larkin, and Faly Rakotohavana as Hugo. Major Crimes' Daniel di Tomasso plays Abe, while Frasier's Jack Cutmore-Scott is the mysterious Mr. Burke.
Gellar, meanwhile, was credited on the new script as Buffy "Anne" Summers, which some fans have suggested might mean the Slayer is once again attempting to operate under the radar, and using her middle name as a pseudonym.
While Gellar, who acts as an executive producer on the new show, has said she was keen for the reboot to feature a mix of new and returning characters, including those who were no longer alive, it's perhaps not surprising to see the series' core cast confirmed as all-new characters.
It's been more than 20 years since the original show's finale, and Gellar has said this reboot will need to find its own space to feature fresh stories and characters. That said, fans are still hoping for other classic characters to pop up from time to time, and original Buffy actress Charisma Carpenter has already told IGN she'd be keen to appear, after an "unjust" end to her character on spin-off Angel."
And the casting breakdown leaked on LJ:
https://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/130240609.html
Nova – A high school vampire hunter, determined and fearless, balancing school life with slaying. LEAD
Abe – Nova’s father, a dedicated photojournalist (40s-60s). LEAD
Mr. Burke – The school librarian who later becomes a vampire (30s-60s). LEAD [I truly hope he becomes a vampire - although per Variety and Deadline, he's a favorite teacher not a librarian. If he becomes a vampire - this could bring in Spike and Angel in some way as a new watcher or Wes.]
Cole – The alpha of the group, confident and a natural leader. LEAD [I think he's the hot kid and love interest.]
Hugo – A nerd from a wealthy family, has a thing for Nova but is awkward about it. LEAD [Originally he was supposed to be gay?]
Gracie – Nova's best friend, fascinated by myths and a huge Buffy fan. LEAD
Mia – A social media-obsessed student who gets caught up in the supernatural chaos. SUPPORTING [I think this has changed to church going group leader.]
Again, mixed feelings? I'll try it of course. But I'm going in with low expectations. So much will depend on the writing? It can go in any number of directions.
Unfortunately, they may well need more than just Gellar to pull in the Buffy fandom, since the vast majority of it wasn't watching for just Buffy, and many were watching for the supporting characters.
That said? I remain convinced that Marsters is involved somehow. Along with many others from the original cast (or Disney wouldn't have stopped them from doing Slayers on audio books) and Marsters wouldn't be as tight lipped about it and what he's working on. They don't need to do much - just bring them in as ten minute cameos or recurring - to pull in an audience.
Also they are just shooting the pilot at the moment. Whether it airs, has a lot to do with how well the pilot is received by Disney.
They are also rebooting the Buffy and Angel comics, again.
Kelly Thompson Takes over the Buffy and Angel Comics
"While Dynamite is keeping details on the story - and if it's a reboot, a continuation, or something else of previous TV shows, comics, or even the movie - it has picked out a writer for both the Buffy the Vampire Slayer comic and the Angel comic. According to Dynamite series editor Nate Cosby, they didn't look at any previous Buffy writers (from the comics or TV series), or, frankly, anyone - except for one person: Kelly Thompson.
"Her passion for these characters is second-to-none," Cosby says of Thompson. "The interweaving story she’s crafted for both books is going to knock everyone's socks off."
Thompson comes to revive the Buffy the Vampire Slayer comic franchise after she just did the same with DC's Wonder Woman in Absolute Wonder Woman, and did it in the past for Jem & The Holograms."
Sigh. I have no idea who Kelly Thompson is? I liked "The Last Slayer" best, with a 50 year old Buffy. But that's just me.
***
It's brutally hot here. In the 90s, feels like the 100s. (I let you figure out the translation to C, since I'm too lazy to google it.) The high today was 94, felt like 104 with the humidity. It's currently 90 degrees. I have A/C on and damn it's costing me a lot this summer. It has to be on all day - or it will work harder to cool down the apartment, and medications, etc could be affected.
Oh well, at least the smoke is gone - it's 58 air quality today as opposed to 100-138 over the weekend.
***
I was enjoying the Billy Joel Documentary And So it Goes which is coupled with an album of over 155 songs also entitled And So it Goes, Sunday Night on HBO. It told me a lot of things about Billy Joel that I didn't know - such as how Elizabeth Webber was the love of his life and his manager for a good portion of his career. She's interviewed in the documentary, and is responsible for getting him situated in the music business, and ensuring his songs became hit singles - by picking the ones that would take off such as "Just the Way You Are" - she was a better judge of his music and what would become a hit than he was or his producer. Just the Way You Are - is the song that got Paul McCartney's attention and the one McCartney wished he wrote. (Seriously Paul? You can't write all of them.)
Just the Way You Are
Although my favorite Joel songs were the stories he told, such as The Piano Man and Scenes from an Italian Restaurant.
****
I'm ignoring the news at the moment, and side eyeing it? Or looking at it from the corner of my eye. I can't do anything about it. And it's not like I don't care - I do. But I can't help the Ukraine (there's a lot of Ukrainians in my area and building), and I can't help Gaza. Or any of the other places around the world that are suffering and under fire (sigh, there are so many). I think humans like to kill each other? Today on the morning news - they informed me that over 3000 ghost guns had been taken off the streets. Ghost Guns = illegal guns, that have been purchased illegally. Also shootings have gone down in NYC since they've started the program. There was bad news too, but I jumped away from it.
Work was..frustrating? But I let it go. I edit, then someone else edits, then someone else edits, then I see it again - and I think okay, why did I bother? And why did they make those edits? I'm trying to copy their edits from other reviews, but they aren't consistent, and contradict themselves.
I'm also apparently the financial guru, by default - no one else cares about the financials. So someone has to - me. This amuses me to no end. Oh well, I only have three - four more years left, possibly just three depending.
Example?
Modification No. 5 to ...
Sr VP's previous edit and my Edit: Modification ["MOD"] No. 5 to...
Sr. VP 's new edit: Modification No. 5 ["MOD"].
ME: WTF? That makes no sense. But I leave it alone, and in the next document's edit do - "Modification No. ["MOD"] 5 - thinking maybe that will work.
***
Here's a photo: