Buffy Animated

Joss Whedon, creator of UPN’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer, told syndicated columnist Marilyn Beck that his moribund Buffy animated series could hit the airwaves as early as January 2003. Earlier, Whedon had said the show-which revisits the Scooby Gang during their Sunnydale High School years-was on hold for a variety of reasons and wouldn’t debut until at least May.

But Beck reported that Fox will premiere the show in January, with Buffy cast members Sarah Michelle Gellar, David Boreanaz, Seth Green, Nicholas Brendon and Michelle Trachtenberg voicing characters.