More on the Spike movie thing, I just looked back to a message I posted
in September of 2005 on this very subject. There was a Whedon comment
on this afterall. Here's the relevant snippet from that post:
There's been a quote by Joss Whedon himself on TV Guide as I understand
it. Cinematical mentioned that there's been movement on the art side,
but nothing on the business side. They say, "Basically, it's just an
idea that's percolating, like about a billion others in the movie
world. As Whedon himself put it, "At this point it's still me and my
buddies going, 'Wouldn't it be cool?'" So, yeah. Right now, it's a pipe
dream for all of us."
You can catch the article here:
http://www.cinematical.com/2005/09/28/joss-whedon-talks-spike/