When a Buffy reboot was announced last week, the general internet reaction wasn't the most positive.

Joss Whedon made a humorous announcement about the whole thing, and Eliza Dushku made her thoughts clear on Twitter: "Joss made the "Buffster" & w/out him… I just don't trust the girl. Or the world."

Now Kristy Swanson, star of the original Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie from 1992, has weighed into the debate to give her two cents.

Swanson told Entertainment Weekly: "Let Buffy live. Why not?"

She also added (perhaps angling for a job): "If they wanted me to be a part of it, I think that would be fantastic and that it would be a blast."

"There are die-hard Joss Whedon fans who absolutely love him to death, and rightly so. He's a brilliant man, no doubt… I love everything Buffy. I don't care who's doing it."

EW go on to add that Swanson's original co-star Luke Perry, had no comment on the matter…

We'd love to know what Sarah Michelle Gellar thinks about the whole reboot idea.

Source: Entertainment Weekly

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One of the best actors on television is up for a role in Starz’ Torchwood coming next summer. Enver Gjokaj (Stone, Lie to Me; pictured above), who impressed many with his range of acting skill in playing many different characters (aka imprints of different personalities) on Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse, is “eyeing the role” of a new character, Rex Matheson. Rex is a “sharp-as-nails, funny-as-hell, tough-as-rawhide CIA agent who cares less about making a good impression than he does making a lasting one.”

CW alum Chad Michael Murray (Lies In Plain Sight, One Tree Hill; pictured above) is also vying for the part.

Another new character is Esther Katusi, a “CIA Watch Analyst who against all odds, has both an unshakable faith in human nature and a monster crush on Rex.” Word is that Amber Stevens (Greek; pictured above) is the “frontrunner for this part.”

[Source] EW

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Following Joss Whedon's insult to the rights owners of the Terminator franchise, EW took the initiative to pick up the telephone to ask him: What the?

His response was a lot of blah blah about how he wasn't slamming Terminator and, amazingly, that he's serious about the $10,000 offer to buy the rights whilst confirming that he's not serious that such an offer will result in anything (no shit Sherlock).

But I can at least agree with him on what his open letter was mostly about:

“But mostly, it’s just me being a dumb-ass, because that seems to be what I do best — I’m not even very good at that. So, no, I do not think they’re going to call me and say ‘Congratulations! We’ll have that $10,000 now.’"

Yep, that's the long and the short of it.

You can read his full statement at EW.

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Yesterday news surfaced that the rights to the Terminator franchise were up for auction. The reason for the sale relates to financial difficulties being suffered by Derek Anderson’s and Victor Kubicek’s Halcyon, the current rights owners.

Now Joss Whedon, the brains behind the brilliant Firefly and the turd Dollhouse, has posted online an open letter to the rights owners offering a faux bid of $10,000, although how faux it would be if they would actually sell it to him for that insulting sum is obviously open to question.

The full transcript of the letter is after the jump.

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