Yeah, it's true

Kelly mentioned in the comments the news that there's a Buffy movie being shopped around - a "reboot" without Joss, without Sarah Michelle Gellar, and without ANY supporting characters from the TV show.

In other words, the worst idea ever. And to top it off, the people behind it are the same ones who bought Joss' original movie script and turned it into the painfully campy disaster that is the Buffy movie. Considering they want to make a movie that's "darker" and has "franchise potential," I'm guessing they really have NO clue what happened on the TV series (if season 6 isn't dark, I don't know what is, and I'd say an official comics continuation, various unofficial comics and tie-in novels, video games, action figures, not to mention a TV spinoff that has spawned its own tie-in novels, comics, and action figures pretty much already constitutes a franchise).

Now, before you start to panic, keep in mind that no studio has picked this up, and it's possible this announcement was just a test balloon floated to gauge reaction to the idea (which was very, very negative among fans). So it's possible (likely?) that nothing will come of it.

What does Joss have to say about all this? "I hope it's cool."