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Spike is a proposed movie based upon the character of Spike from Buffy & Angel. The existence of such a project is currently in question.

Originally, the show was hoped to be made as a TV movie. However it is possible that if the project is greenlit, it may be a DVD-movie.

Contents

1 Production details
2 Campaign by fandom
3 Writing and acting

3.1 Crew
3.2 Cast

4 Continuity

4.1 Timing

5 Footnotes
6 See also

6.0.1 Undeveloped Buffyverse productions

7 External links

7.0.0.1 Campaign for Spike movie
7.0.0.2 WB & Buffyverse movies
7.0.0.3 Minear & the Spike movie
7.0.0.4 Marsters & the Spike movie
7.0.0.5 Whedon & the Spike movie

Production details

After Angel was cancelled in 2004, WB claimed an interest in Angel TV movies. However it was soon revealed that summer, that David Boreanaz, who had already played the character for eight years on television, would only return to his character for a theatrical release^{[#endnote_david]}.

In May 2004, the actor who had portrayed the character Spike, James Marsters revealed that there might be a possibility of a Spike movie^{[#endnote_james1]}. The same year he said that he would be willing to return to the Buffyverse if it were within five years. Beyond that five years he feared that it would no longer be believable that Marsters was portraying an immortal character^{[#endnote_james2]}.

Since 2004 Whedon has been working on other projects, such as Serenity, Wonder Woman, and Goners. However he has approached people and asked if they would be interested in participating in the Spike movie. He has said that Amy Acker would be a part of the movie, and if Alyson Hannigan was available she might appear^{[#endnote_tvguide]}. Whedon has even mentioned he might interlink the Spike story with that yet to be told in Buffy comics he will be writing for Dark Horse in 2007^{[#endnote_comics]}.

Tim Minear revealed in late 2005 that “I had lunch with Joss and he asked me if I wanted to write and direct some blond vampire movie thing”. ^{[#endnote_tim]}

David Janollari, president of entertainment at The WB said in January 2006 that "We'd love to do a Spike movie with Joss Whedon." However he added that "Joss Whedon is busy, fast becoming a kind of a big feature filmmaker. He's simply not available to us. But he knows, and you guys all know, the door is open any time that he wants to do that, for us to do that movie." ^{[#endnote_Janollari]}

Since then Whedon has continued to pursue the Spike movie, and find interested parties that would air and/or produce the film led by Minear, and starring Marsters and Acker. During March 2006, Whedon appeared on the UK TV Channel, MTV Screenplay, he announced he was still trying to get the Spike movie made ^{[#endnote_mtvscreenplay]}. In May 2006, outside the Saturn Awards, Whedon announced that he had pitched the concept to various bodies (which must include 20th Century Fox, since they own the rights to the fictional Buffyverse), but had yet to receive any feedback from those bodies. ^{[#endnote_saturnawards]}. Amy Acker said at a convention in May of 2006 that the Spike movie would not be happening: “I think its safe to say that’s not happening anymore, cause if they were, they’d be getting done right now. There was supposed to be three of them –- one for Spike, a Faith one and also one for Willow. I think it's safe to say that now because its not going to happen”^{[#endnote_syfyportal]}. In June 2006, Joss Whedon also said that funding was a problem: "There are certain characters I’ve been saving because I thought I might make movies about them, but that doesn’t look like it’s going to happen. I think money is standing in the way"^{[#endnote_wizarduniverse]}.

Campaign by fandom

Fans of the work by Joss Whedon continue to help encourage the making of a Spike movie. Using sites like [Supportspike.com] they hope to help convince TV networks and the media that there is great demand for a Spike movie. The current 'Campaign #9: Not Fade Away', plans to send postcards to arrive at Fox on June 23rd (Joss Whedon's birthday) in support of the Spike movie (see [here]).

Amy Acker as Illyria

Writing and acting

Crew

Tim Minear would primarily write and direct with support of Whedon.

Cast

James Marsters as Spike
Amy Acker as Illyria
Possibly Alyson Hannigan as Willow Rosenberg^{[#endnote_tvguide]}

Continuity

Timing

Whedon has indicated that the comics would take place after "the end of Buffy and Angel", and indicated that the Spike movie would take place around the same time^{[#endnote_continuity]}.
Here is a table containing stories that take place around the same time in the Buffyverse:

Location, time (if known)	Buffyverse: Spring 2003 – 2004 (non-canon = italic)
Sunnydale, Cleveland, Italy, Summer 2003-2004	Buffy book: Queen of the Slayers (Buffy novel)>Queen of the Slayers
L.A., 2003	A5.01 Conviction (Angel episode)>Conviction
L.A., 2003	A5.02 Just Rewards (Angel episode)>Just Rewards
L.A., 2003	A5.03 Unleashed (Angel episode)>Unleashed
L.A., 2003	A5.04 Hell Bound (Angel episode)>Hell Bound
L.A., 2003	A5.05 Life of the Party (Angel episode)>Life of the Party
L.A., 2003	A5.06 The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco (Angel episode)>The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco
L.A., 2003	A5.07 Lineage (Angel episode)>Lineage
Europe, 2003
L.A., 2003	Angel comic: ''Spike vs Dracula (Angel comic)#Spike vs Dracula #5>Spike vs Dracula #5
L.A., 2003	Angel comic:
L.A., 2003	A5.08 Destiny (Angel episode)>Destiny
L.A., 2003	A5.09 Harm's Way (Angel episode)>Harm's Way
L.A., 2003	Angel comic:
L.A., 2003/4	A5.10 Soul Purpose (Angel episode)>Soul Purpose
L.A., 2003/4	A5.11 Damage (Angel episode)>Damage
L.A., 2003/4	Angel comic:
L.A., 2003/4	Angel comic:
L.A., 2003/4	A5.12 You're Welcome (Angel episode)>You're Welcome
L.A., 2003/4	A5.13 Why We Fight (Angel episode)>Why We Fight
L.A., 2004	A5.14 Smile Time (Angel episode)>Smile Time
L.A., 2004	A5.15 A Hole in the World (Angel episode)>A Hole in the World
L.A., 2004	A5.16 Shells (Angel episode)>Shells
L.A., 2004	Angel comic:
L.A., 2004	A5.17 Underneath (Angel episode)>Underneath
L.A., 2004	A5.18 Origin (Angel episode)>Origin
2004
L.A., 2004	A5.19 Time Bomb (Angel episode)>Time Bomb
L.A., 2004	A5.20 The Girl in Question (Angel episode)>The Girl in Question
L.A., 2004	A5.21 Power Play (Angel episode)>Power Play
L.A., 2004	A5.22 Not Fade Away (Angel episode)>Not Fade Away
Romania, 2004	Angel graphic novel: The Curse (Angel comic)>The Curse
L.A., 2004	Angel graphic novel: Old Friends (Angel comic)>Old Friends
2004/5/6	Spike (film)>Spike movie

Footnotes

External links

Campaign for Spike movie

[Supportspike.com] - The site hopes to help convince TV networks and the media that there is great demand for a Spike movie. It has information on how to contact TV networks and other parties that have influence on whether or not the Spike movie gets made.
[Cafepress.com - Fandom use T-shirts to campaign]

WB & Buffyverse movies

Minear & the Spike movie

Marsters & the Spike movie

Whedon & the Spike movie

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