You may have already heard the news already...
'Buffy' in for feature relaunchCan I just say... WHAT ARE THEY THINKING?
Here are my thoughts on this: Just who are they targeting for this movie? As far as we know, there are pretty much just two kinds of people: People who watched Buffy and liked it, and people who didn't like Buffy at all and thought it was dumb (whether they watched it or not). Now, 90% of the first group is probably well aware that the thing that made Buffy good was Joss and the writing team (and the supporting cast like). So by not including those elements, they're clearly not targeting that audience.
And by making it a part of the Buffy franchise... they're not targeting everyone who thought Buffy was dumb.
So... that leaves like 10% of Buffy fans? How is that a profitable demographic to make a feature for?