The Pilot of Which Became Cancelled and Unaired. The Following Excert is the Fanonical Continuation of the wonderful show and the Main Page.
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| - The Pilot of Which Became Cancelled and Unaired. The Following Excert is the Fanonical Continuation of the wonderful show and the Main Page.
- Buffy the Animated Series is an animated television series concept based on Buffy the Vampire Slayer created by Joss Whedon. Initially greenlit by 20th Century Fox in 2002, it went ultimately unproduced and unaired when no network was willing to buy the series. The series would have taken place in the middle of Buffy season 1, as writer Jeph Loeb described the continuity as "Episode 7.5". Whedon and Loeb would later revisit the style of the series in the Season Eight comic story "After These Messages... We'll Be Right Back!".
- Development began on the show in 2001. Whedon and Jeph Loeb were to be Executive Producers for the show, and most of the cast from Buffy would return to voice their characters. However the series soon ran into problems. 20th Century Fox were going to produce the show, and it was initially planned that the show would air on Fox Kids, possibly as early as February 2002 . However, Fox decided they would not air the show and instead shop it to other networks. When no network was willing to purchase the series, production halted.
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| - The Pilot of Which Became Cancelled and Unaired. The Following Excert is the Fanonical Continuation of the wonderful show and the Main Page.
- Buffy the Animated Series is an animated television series concept based on Buffy the Vampire Slayer created by Joss Whedon. Initially greenlit by 20th Century Fox in 2002, it went ultimately unproduced and unaired when no network was willing to buy the series. The series would have taken place in the middle of Buffy season 1, as writer Jeph Loeb described the continuity as "Episode 7.5". Whedon and Loeb would later revisit the style of the series in the Season Eight comic story "After These Messages... We'll Be Right Back!".
- Development began on the show in 2001. Whedon and Jeph Loeb were to be Executive Producers for the show, and most of the cast from Buffy would return to voice their characters. However the series soon ran into problems. 20th Century Fox were going to produce the show, and it was initially planned that the show would air on Fox Kids, possibly as early as February 2002 . However, Fox decided they would not air the show and instead shop it to other networks. When no network was willing to purchase the series, production halted. Two years later, in 2004, Fox once again showed an interest in developing and selling the show to another network. Various key actors/actresses, including Anthony Stewart Head, did voice work, and artwork was produced to make a four-minute presentation. That pilot was used to try to sell the series to a network. However, once again no network was willing to take the risk of purchasing the show. Loeb has pointed out that networks find the show difficult since it would be too adult to air with children's television, but not suitable to many people in a prime-time slot.
* Whedon revealed to Hollywood Reporter: "We just couldn't find a home for [it]. We had a great animation director, great visuals, six or seven hilarious scripts from our own staff—and nobody wanted it. I was completely baffled. I felt like I was sitting there with bags of money and nobody would take them from me. It was a question of people either not wanting it or not being able to put up the money because it was not a cheap show. One thing I was very hard-line about was I didn't want people to see it if it looked like crap. I wanted it to be on a level with "Animaniacs" or "Batman the Animated Series." And that's a little pricier. But I just don't think it's worth doing unless it's beautiful to look at as well as fun." In an interview with TV Guide in September 2005, Whedon announced that the series was effectively dead.
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