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The creator of the Buffyverse revisits Angel and a million other things…

One year after its international debut, the Angel Collector’s Set is finally scheduled for an American release on October 30th. The set collects all 110 Angel episodes (with all the corresponding bonus features) into a single handsome box, topped with a signed letter from creator and executive producer (and occasional writer and director) Joss Whedon. To celebrate, we caught up with Mr. Whedon to ask about his memories of the series, the status of his many films, and his eventual return to TV.

So has the impending release of the Collector’s Set lead you to any new and profound insights about the Angel box set?

Oh yes. But unfortunately, they’re really dirty.

My editor will be thrilled!

[Laughs] My perspective on the series is changeable.…

This week’s tabloid report that a Buffy The Vampire Slayer spin-off entitled Ripper - revolving around Giles - is near to entering production leads Cult Spy to look at the various other spin-offs that were mooted.

The Angel spin off lasted for five seasons, but the other proposed ventures for characters from the Buffyverse have yet to come to fruition, despite plenty of speculation…

Spike

As the ageless vampire Spike, James Marsters will soon need to be sucking up some Botox rather than blood if he is to wait much longer before reprising his iconic role.

In September 2005 Angel actress Amy Acker confirmed that she may be reprising her Angel role of Illyria opposite Marsters in a spin-off TV movie entitled Spike. Acker told E! Online: "I talked to (Joss Whedon) a couple of weeks ago and said that…

Alyson Hannigan as Willow Rosenberg on Buffy & Angel

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from Dicksonherald.com

Retreat will explore spiritual side of ’Buffy the Vampire Slayer’

Whether it’s Halloween or Harry Potter, the mere whiff of "dark" magic in pop culture seems to come under fire from the religious right.

And yet not all people of faith object to the shadowy side of human experience. On Saturday, in fact, a seminar will explore the religious themes in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the popular 1997-2003 TV series about a young woman who fights forces of evil. The show has a reputation for being one of the most studied shows in television history.

David Lavery, a professor of English at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, will lead the event, which takes place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Penuel Ridge Retreat Center in Ashland City.

A leader in the field of "Buffy…