Faith the Vampire Slayer... Now

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We all know that Faith the Vampire Slayer was once in the thoughts to become a real thing but that Eliza Dushku was looking to branch out and opted for Tru Calling instead...

But what if she would be offered the role/show now and said yes... Would you still be interested in a Faith spin-off?

Would you like it to follow the comics or would you prefer to see Faith's story picked up from "Chosen"?



(Thought of this after ED talked about how Faith-like her new hairdo was on Facebook/Instagram)
 
Age wise I think it makes more sense to follow the comics.
Also think it would be a loss if they couldn't use some of Faiths stories in the comics as a good background for a new series.

And I would absolutely, without a doubt, give it a chance if something like this would ever happen. 🙂

/SK
 
I seriously doubt that Joss would let an insignificant thing like comic book canon interfere with a Faith TV series, assuming that such a thing would ever be proposed, and I think that there's a fair chance that Eliza would be more open to returning to the character now than she was when Season 7 ended.

The biggest hurdle to overcome would be in deciding who Joss would choose to run the show for him. His work with the Marvel group, both in comics and in movies, is taking up just about 100% of his time now, and I don't see that changing within the next decade or so at the least.
 
Yes! I will always be interested in a Faith spin off. I haven't read the comics really so I wouldn't care if they didn't follow the comics. If they do follow the comics they would still have to explain off what she's been doing since 'Chosen' for those people and any new viewer who haven't read the comics. The age thing doesn't bother me too much. One of the reasons Eliza turned down the show is because Joss wasn't going to be the show runner, ad since he's too bust with Marvel he still wouldn't be. So I'm not sure if that's still an issue for her, but I'm always down to seeing her play Faith again. Only thing is she needs to bulk up some more, she's too skinny to look like a bad ass vampire slayer. But I'm totally down for it.
 
Hell yeah! If this could happen, as a pure hypothetical, then to hell with the comics (but still keep some of the Faith character development ideas) I'll take any Faith I can get. 🙂

Eliza still looks great she'd just have to bulk up some more for the role, Buffy's the skinny slayer afterall- Faith should find her own schtick! 🙂
 
It would be great, as long as they made Faith age-appropriate or recast. I'd love to see it along the lines of the comics because I think Faith's stories are the best from that medium.

🙂
 
I'd love to see this if it were to ever happen. I'd be excited to see any spin off from Buffy/Angel for that matter.
 
Hell, yes! But under two conditions:
1. Joss Whedon has to be the main man. I don't want a show with 'Whedon' written on it just because he's this superstar now. He has to be deeply involved.
2. It should pick up after Chosen, ignoring the comics.
 
2. It should pick up after Chosen, ignoring the comics.

I agree about ignoring the comics. But then even Whedon said If he ever did anymore Buffy live action stuff (which yes, seems highly unlikely at this juncture) he'd have no qualms about dumping what had been written in the comics if he felt the need to.

Thank god. 😀
 
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That's good to hear :)
Hell, yes! But under two conditions:
1. Joss Whedon has to be the main man. I don't want a show with 'Whedon' written on it just because he's this superstar now. He has to be deeply involved.
2. It should pick up after Chosen, ignoring the comics.

Under those two conditions, the show will almost certainly never be made.

1. Joss is just too cotton picking busy, making too much money, to walk away from all that in order to make another TV series, no matter how successful he thinks (hopes) that it might be.

2. Eliza is an attractive woman, but she's closer to her mid 30's than early 20's, and I seriously doubt that she would be willing to pick up the role of Faith as she was back then. Faith at the time of "Chosen" was supposed to be no more than a couple of years past twenty, at the most.

Blasphemous as this might sound, there are more than a few people in Hollywood who could run the Buffyverse every bit as well as Joss ever could, just the same as Rick Bergman did with the "Star Trek" universe when Roddenberry was no longer able to do the show. We all have to face and accept the fact that Joss Whedon simply isn't going to be more than Executive Producer on anything like this.

Eliza would be far more believable playing Faith as a 25 to 30 year old woman than as someone barely out of her teens. Take the show about 5 0r 6 years past "Not Fade Away," and it would be much more believable. Part of the premise of the show could be that she is the oldest Slayer since the in the history of the Slayer line. There could even be a casual statement like, "Too bad B isn't around anymore to see how far we've come," to explain why Faith is now Mama Slayer to all the new generation of girls.
 
Personally I don't feel like I would need Joss to be the showrunner.

But I do agree with WA that Faith would have to be older (25-30) because it wouldn't be believable to have her younger. I would the story to pick up after Chosen, but not necessarily immediately after it - more like we could get flashbacks of a few years gone by (lots of room to play with). For me having the story come in after Chosen pretty much just means throwing a blanket over the comics and ignoring them completely.
 
Under those two conditions, the show will almost certainly never be made.

1. Joss is just too cotton picking busy, making too much money, to walk away from all that in order to make another TV series, no matter how successful he thinks (hopes) that it might be.
I imagine you're right, but a Whedon show is not a Whedon show without Joss Whedon. In the very least, he should oversee the show and co-write the overall story arc. Of course I don't think he needs to write every single episode himself. He didn't do that with Buffy or Firefly either.

2. Eliza is an attractive woman, but she's closer to her mid 30's than early 20's, and I seriously doubt that she would be willing to pick up the role of Faith as she was back then. Faith at the time of "Chosen" was supposed to be no more than a couple of years past twenty, at the most.
Yes, well, I didn't mean that it should pick up directly after the events of Chosen, but it should ignore the comics. It should obviously take place in present day, not in 2003.

Eliza is still very young and prettier than ever. I think this is something they could still do in 5 to 10 years, when Joss has finished Avengers 3.
 
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