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"Joss Whedon has revealed that he is still interested in a new Buffy spinoff. Proposed series Ripper - first mooted as early as 2001 - would follow Giles (Anthony Head) as he battles the paranormal in England.   &amp;quot;You could make that now, or you could make it ten years from now,&amp;quot; Whedon told The A.V. Club.  &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ve tortured Tony more than any other living human with [promises of] &amp;#039;We&amp;#039;re definitely gonna do this!&amp;#039;, because I thought we were.&amp;quot; Whedon added that 58-year-old Head is &amp;quot;still right&amp;quot; for the show and &amp;quot;could still bring it&amp;quot;. &amp;quot;That&amp;#039;s the thing with Ripper - it doesn&amp;#039;t go away in my head,&amp;quot; he admitted. The Avengers director also confirmed that the BBC had approached him about making Ripper as an original series. He explained: &amp;quot;The BBC came to me at one point, like, &amp;#039;It doesn&amp;#039;t have to be Ripper, it can just be [Anthony Head], and there&amp;#039;s magic&amp;#039;. &amp;quot;That story was always about a mature guy who&amp;#039;s lived, and about the choices he&amp;#039;s made.&amp;quot; &amp;gt; Ten Things About... Joss Whedon Watch Joss Whedon discuss the proposed Buffy remake with Digital Spy below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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