A "Ripper" movie? Really??

[fenchurch]

You've probably all seen this already, but reports are coming in from Comic-Con that Joss Whedon said the "Ripper" movie (aka Giles on his home turf) is still in the works!

Weirdly, I was just discussing this with taradaktyl a few weeks ago -- she was wondering if I'd heard anything recently, which I hadn't. My opinion at the time was that it was never going to happen... based largely on the fact that the occasional rumors we'd been getting had seriously dried up over the last year.

I still think it might simply be the shiny object JW dangles in front of the fans to keep them hooked... but the fact that he was actually talking about it in a very large venue gives me at least a little bit of hope!

Comments

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

I think it is too late - ASH is too old to play a Giles in his early twenties or so - I don't think he could even play a Giles in his early 30s. Just as DB and JM are too old to play ageless vamires stuck in their twenties, no matter in what time period one would set something.

The only possibilities to continue the storylines is with just the humans, and them being older than they were at the end of the series, or they could just about get away with the same age. Or you need to recast.

All of which is sad.