Spike Fans Rejoice - WB Eager For New Vampire Tale

According to the SciFi Channel, David Janollari, president of entertainment at The WB, told reporters that the network is eager to air a movie based on the "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" character of Spike - played by James Marsters - if creator Joss Whedon becomes available.

"We'd ... love to do a Spike movie with Joss Whedon," Janollari said in a news conference at the Television Critics Association winter press tour in Pasadena, Calif.

Just one problem - the "Firefly" / "Serenity" director is already helming two large feature film projects. Whedon is currently working on an adaptation of "Wonder Woman" for Warner Brothers and the supernatural tale "Goners" for Universal. According to Janollari, however, "the door is open any time" that Joss decides to do a Spike film.

In the meantime, Marsters, who played the vampire character in both "Buffy" and its WB spin-off series, "Angel," has a recurring role on The WB's Superman series "Smallville." Audiences last saw Spike as he was taking up arms with Angel against the armies of hell in the "Angel" series finale in May of 2004.

Despite the deafening sound of the Browncoats (fans of the "Firefly" 'verse) crying out for more adventures with the Serenity crew (yes, I'm one of those folks), Whedon has said that he's interested in returning to the Buffyverse with a TV movie at some point.

For his part, Marsters has expressed interest if the film can come together before he's "too old" to play the supposedly ageless vampire. Heh. Now that's just what you'd expect him to say. In my opinion, it was Spike who kept both "Buffy" and "Angel" from getting stale in their final seasons. His torrid romance with Buffy and his incessant jabs at Angel always made for great dialog. If a Spike movie is made - with both Marsters and Whedon - I'll undoubtedly watch. --Shannon Nolley

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