Noxon Talks Faith Spinoff

Marti Noxon spoke to Dreamwatch magazine in the recent issue about her new Fox show, Point Pleasant, and also mentioned the Faith spinoff:

"I would love to work with Joss again, but it's good when you've been with such a strong mentor to go test yourself outside of that relationship. It's been spooky and intimidating, but exciting and I think it would only make our collaberation stronger if we work together again...Joss and I talk frequently. [Closing down Mutant Enemy] was a long slow processs. He had such a positive experience on Serenity, and, in fact, I got to see a sneak preview and I think he has a real career in features that is about to explode. I think that's where his heart really is, too. My own hesitation to get involved in a Buffy show again is that it is a rarity and things just went right. The last thing I would want to do is do it less well.

Tim Minear and I had the opportunity to really push and get the Faith show or a spin-off on right after Buffy, but I think all of us felt that we didn't want to be the people who did the pale imitation. Part of the reason we stopped doing Buffy was because we were running out of stories, so it was a good time to move on. Personally, I think it would take a lot to get me into another [Buffy] series. I think Joss and the other actors may do afilm. I think they should, but there wouldn't be much room for more writers on that. I still think the Faith show could be wicked cool, butI also felt a certain amount of vampire fatigue. I'm into the Devil now!"

SaveAngel.org Sends Cookie Bouquet to Eliza

As part of their Faith spinoff campaign, SaveAngel.org has sent Eliza a frowny-faced vampire cookie bouquet. The bouquet also had the following message: "Eliza,We're 5 x 5 for an Angel spin-off featuring Faith. The Whedonverse needs anew Champion, and we want you!SaveAngel.org". The bouquet was delivered to Eliza on 1/6/05.

You can see a picture of the cookie bouquet here.

SaveAngel.org Launches Faith Spinoff Campaign

SaveAngel.org has launched the opening salvo in their campaign for a Faith The Vampire Slayer spinoff. Their first target in their campaign is Eliza herself.

You can find Faith themed postcards in this thread. Those postcards can be sent to this address:

Eliza Dushku
c/o Creative Artists Agency
9830 Wilshire Boulevard
Beverly Hills, CA 90212-1825
USA

Let's all work hard to convince Eliza, the networks and the studios to make this happen.

Faith Comics?

According to Silver Bullet Comic's All The Rage, IDW Comics will begin publishing a limited series Angel comic book this summer. Joss Whedon will serve as an advisor. The article also mentions that a Faith mini-series might also be in the works.

Keep in mind, IDW does not owns the rights to the Buffy comics, thus the characters from Buffy most likely can't appear in the Angel or Faith comics from IDW (augh, it's The WB and UPN all over again).

Update: IDW confirmed that they are doing an Angel Series. The first issue is likely to come out in May or June.

Comic Continuum spoke to IDW's editor in chief, Chris Ryall: "It'll be set at some point after the show ended," Ryall said. "We'll also do a couple one-shots that spotlight other characters and have more minis beyond the first one."

Faith's Surname Revealed

Several months ago Eden Studios, who makes the Buffy role playing games, asked Joss Whedon to create last names for Faith and Kendra for their upcoming source book.

Faith's last name has leaked out early. It's Lehane - an Irish surname meaning grey.

Joss posted on Whedonesque explaining:

There was this role playing game or something. They said she hadda have a last name for her so I chose Lehane 'cause I wanted something southie, just as you thought. So if you hate the name. oops.

And it's Rogue Waladarsky. In full.

BTW, "southie" is a nickname for someone from South Boston, where Faith is from, which is known for it's large Irish community.