Editing Buffy Summers (section)

===Film===
[[File:Kristy Swanson Photo Op GalaxyCon Raleigh 2019.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Kristy Swanson]] (''pictured in 2019'') first portrayed Buffy, in the 1992 film, ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (film)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''.]]
The character of Buffy first appears in the 1992 film, ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (film)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', played by [[Kristy Swanson]]. The film, written by Joss Whedon, depicts Buffy as a shallow high school cheerleader who is informed by a man named Merrick ([[Donald Sutherland]]) that she has been chosen by [[fate]] to battle the [[undead]]. Buffy reluctantly undergoes training in her abilities by Merrick, and as her responsibility as the Slayer causes her to become alienated from her [[valley girl]] peers, she finds friendship and romance with fellow outcast Pike ([[Luke Perry]]). Merrick eventually comes to respect Buffy's rebellious nature, and she defeats vampire king Lothos ([[Rutger Hauer]]) by relying on her own contemporary style as opposed to traditional Slayer conventions.<ref name="Buffyfilm">{{cite video | people=[[Joss Whedon]], [[Fran Rubel Kuzui]]| title=''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (film)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' | medium=DVD | location=United States | publisher=20th Century Fox|date=1992}}</ref> Although this film is not in [[continuity (fiction)|continuity]] with the later television series, in 1999, author [[Christopher Golden]] adapted Joss Whedon's original script into a comic book entitled "[[The Origin (Buffy comic)|The Origin]]", which Whedon later confirmed to be "pretty much" [[Buffyverse canon|canonical]].<ref name=Origin>{{cite book|last=Golden|first=Christopher|author-link=Christopher Golden |author2=Dan Brereton |author2-link=Dan Brereton |author3=Joe Bennet|title=The Origin|publisher=[[Dark Horse Comics]]|year=1999|location=[[Milwaukie, Oregon|Milwaukie, OR]]|isbn=978-1-56971-429-4|title-link=The Origin (Buffy comic)}}</ref><ref name=Origincanon>{{cite web|last=Whedon|first=Joss|author-link=Joss Whedon|url=http://www.cise.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/hsiao/buffy/get-archive?date=19990117|title=Bronze VIP Archive for January 17, 1999|access-date=June 10, 2007|quote=The origin comic, though I have issues with it, CAN pretty much be accepted as canonical. They did a cool job of combining the film script (the SCRIPT) with the series, that was nice, and using the series' Merrick and not a [[Donald Sutherland|certain OTHER thespian]] who shall remain hated.|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220181357/http://www.cise.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/hsiao/buffy/get-archive?date=19990117|archive-date=December 20, 2014}}</ref>

On May 25, 2009, ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' revealed [[Roy Lee]] and Doug Davison of [[Vertigo Entertainment]] would be working with [[Fran Rubel Kuzui]] and Kazi Kuzui on a relaunch of the ''Buffy'' series for the big screen. The series would not be a sequel or prequel to the existing movie or television franchise and Joss Whedon will have no involvement in the project. None of the cast or original characters from the television series will be featured.<ref>{{cite web|last=Kit |first=Borys |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i666afabc28491e6a2f12dfb80c0f7098 |title='Buffy' in for feature relaunch |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=May 25, 2009 |access-date=June 29, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090701075853/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i666afabc28491e6a2f12dfb80c0f7098 |archive-date=July 1, 2009 }}</ref> Television series executive producer [[Marti Noxon]] later reflected that this story might have been produced by the studio to frighten Joss into taking reins of the project.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fearnet.com/news/interviews/b19604_exclusive_marti_noxon_on_future_of_buffy.html|title=Exclusive: Marti Noxon on the Future of 'Buffy'|access-date=July 24, 2010|date=July 21, 2010|work=[[Fearnet]]}}</ref> Studio interest in the project has continued, however. A script was rejected in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://herocomplex.latimes.com/2011/12/22/buffy-the-vampire-slayer-movie-looking-for-new-writer|title='Buffy the Vampire Slayer' movie looking for new writer|access-date=September 30, 2012|date=December 22, 2011|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref>