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Published on Sunday, May 23, 2004 - 4:16am |
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Great Googly Moogly!!!! We Now Have To Watch TRU_CALLING''
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I am – Hercules!!
Maybe!! Because that’s where Jane Espenson, for Herc’s money the best “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” writer not named Joss Whedon, is headed next season. (“She can’t help!” you scoff? Remember how much better “Star Trek” got after Rick Berman hired Michael Piller, Ron Moore and Ira Behr for TNG’s third season??)
To (mostly) recap, here’s where the former Buffiverse writers have landed so far:
Jeff Bell (Joss Whedon’s co-writer on the spectacular just-aired “Angel” series finale) is headed to “Alias.”
Liz Craft & Sarah Fain (they scripted Hamilton’s introduction in the five-star “Underneath”) have been asked to join “The Shield.”
Steve DeKnight (he co-scripted the hilarious Italy-set “Angel” that aired two weeks ago) is headed to “Smallville.”
Jane Espenson (“Earshot,” “The Replacement,” “I Was Made To Love You”), who worked on both “The O.C.” and “Gilmore Girls” last year, is joining “Tru Calling.”
Drew Goddard (DeKnight’s co-writer on “The Girl in Question”) is headed to “Alias.”
Drew Z. Greenberg (“Him,” “The Killer in Me,” “Empty Places”), who was scripting “Smallville” last season, is joining “The O.C.”
Rebecca Rand Kirshner (“Help,” “Touched”), a "Freaks & Geeks" vet who was on “Las Vegas” this season, is joining “Gilmore Girls.”
Doug Petrie ("As You Were," "End of Days"), who worked on both "Tru Calling" and an aborted "Lost in Space" series for the WB this season, is said to be taking the year off from TV next season to work on movie projects (Petrie, some will recall, wrote "Harriet the Spy" and drafted an early screenplay for "The Fantastic Four").
Buffiverse mastermind Joss Whedon, who wrote more “Angel” teleplays this season than ever before, is directing the big-screen “Firefly” movie, “Serenity.”
If you, constant reader, have heard of any employment motion among the other Buffiverse writer-types, drop us a line. For this just-concluding season Tim Minear was at “Wonderfalls,” David Greenwalt at “Jake 2.0,” David Fury at “Angel,” Marti Noxon at (the still unaired Fox drama) “Still Life,” and Mere Smith at “Tarzan.”
I am – Hercules!!

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Reader Talkback
Tru Calling is utter
balls...... by safe76 | May 23rd, 2004 06:19:19 AM | Doug Petrie also wrote the
pilot for the "Lost In Space"
remake by Prof. Pop-Cult | May 23rd, 2004 08:02:56 AM | Gilmore Girls was a better fit
for her and Tru Calling is
just p by Big Bad Clone | May 23rd, 2004 08:42:00 AM | Tru Calling needs to die
already by IAmLegolas | May 23rd, 2004 11:03:51 AM | yeah i'm gonna watch
this....right by yeah i'm a jerk! | May 23rd, 2004 11:27:36 AM | Tru calling VS Charmed by zathras34 | May 23rd, 2004 01:02:13 PM | Tru by Wildcarde1 | May 23rd, 2004 01:10:38 PM | I'll only watch this show if
Eliza Dushku is bound and
gagged on by Osmosis Jones | May 23rd, 2004 01:39:21 PM | of all the shows to use as a
way to pretend Fox doesn't
cancel e by Demosthenes2 | May 23rd, 2004 02:52:45 PM | oh yah forgot to mention that
Fox should've stuck with
Wonderfal by Demosthenes2 | May 23rd, 2004 02:57:21 PM | tonight it shows by enohpisit | May 23rd, 2004 04:53:06 PM | Tru is the worst show on tv
and JE can't save it by purduefan | May 23rd, 2004 04:54:44 PM | It's Getting Better!!! by The Paladin | May 23rd, 2004 07:38:39 PM | Jane Espenson should get her
own show by GypsyTRobot | May 23rd, 2004 10:50:08 PM | They should change the name of
this part of the site... by Key_Card | May 24th, 2004 01:00:38 AM | Enohpisit, can you repeat? by IAmJacksUserID | May 24th, 2004 01:36:45 AM | The problem is that Tru
Calling sucks in premise.... by sTalking_Goat | May 24th, 2004 03:55:53 AM | yeah, anyone know what the
hell Enohpisit is talking
about? by sTalking_Goat | May 24th, 2004 03:59:59 AM | Okay, I'm with you guys. What
the hell is he talking about? by Key_Card | May 24th, 2004 08:16:28 AM | I don't mind these articles
about the Buffyverse.... by Jimmy Jazz | May 25th, 2004 01:07:57 AM | Dream On by Imagikafan | May 25th, 2004 04:34:08 AM | I'm not against discussing
Buffy... by Key_Card | May 25th, 2004 12:56:36 PM | I'm not against discussing
Buffy... by Key_Card | May 25th, 2004 12:58:08 PM | Herc.. by Thalya | May 25th, 2004 10:15:22 PM |
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