'Buffy' spinoff 'Ripper' still a possibility

Anthony Head has revealed that the future of proposed Buffy spinoff Ripper is in the balance.

Head told Digital Spy that his character Rupert Giles's resurrection looked certain until "the writers' strike happened and Fox picked up an idea of [Joss Whedon's] called Dollhouse that he's doing with Eliza Dushku".

However, the Invisibles actor admitted that there is still hope: "There is a possibility of something happening... the story that [Whedon's] written could adapt to being a one-off story not necessarily related to Buffy. All that means that there is the will and there is the means. It's a question of how, when and if it [comes together] through the next year or so."

On the subject of Ripper's plot, Head said: "All I can say is that it’s a ghost story. But a ghost story with a real Joss Whedon difference. It’s got such a twist to it. But I wouldn't want to give it away. It would be the worst spoiler of all time."

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