Date: Halloween 2004
Price: £2.99
Page Count: 52
Editor: Martin Eden
LA Times
Speaking at a fan event, Mercedes McNab was more than willing to share more behind-the-scenes secrets from the series finale, ‘Not Fade Away’. She revealed that the death of Wesley was a late decision – with another character originally due to be killed off instead!
“One of us had to go!” she noted. “You’ve got to have some drama in the show; it’s the season finale. Originally it was Gunn! I don’t know what J. did to get into the favours of the writers again. [Laughs]. But no, originally it was Gunn and then it switched to Wesley for some reason.”
But while we were all still pouring over finale secrets, Garth Ancier, the head of the WB, confirmed that he was looking into Angel television movies. “We have an offer on the table to Joss to do movies,” he told journalists. “When Joss and David Boreanaz are both interested in doing it at the same time, I’m sure we will be doing Angel movies. Certainly Joss would like to. David will take a bit more coaxing, but I think he will do it.”
Coincidentally, the WB’s overall ratings had dissipated when the Network cancelled Angel and Ancier also blamed 20th Century Fox Television – who apparently wanted a quick answer as to the show’s renewal.
“They had pushed for an early decision on whether the show should come back or not. Had they not pushed for the early renewal, or, conversely, if we had said, ‘You know what? Let’s wait till we get to the scheduling room in May and decide then, the show may or may not have been back. But I think we would have had the opportunity to discuss it. I think the mistake that was made is that between us and 20th, we didn’t wait until May. We just made the decision early based on their request.”
Ancier denied allegations that Angel had been moved aside for a new vampire-led drama – indeed a remake of Dark Shadows went to pilot – but it failed miserably.
David’s Discussions by Tara O’Shea
David Boreanaz proved a bit hit at a recent Buffy/Angel convention and Angel Magazine was there to report on all the highlights. Here, David shares his thoughts on his favourite Angel episodes, the cancellation of the show, Angel TV-movies and more!
Five Talking by Ian Spelling
Angel executive producer Jeffrey Bell takes time out of his busy schedule to provide an unique commentary on each and every episode of Angel Season Five. What worked, what didn’t? Find out here!
Tales from the Script by Carla Thorpe
The writing of ‘Not Fade Away.’
Angel Case Files: Harmony Kendall
The Amazing Spider-man! by Abbie Bernstein
Perhaps one of the most memorable monster creations of Season Four – indeed, of the entire series – had to be the spider-monsters in the Jasmine arc. We take a look behind the scenes at their creation!
Making His Mark by Abbie Bernstein
Mark Westmore, editor of every season of Angel, shares his Angel experiences with us, and share some anecdotes from his past five years on the show.
Poster
A Season 5 promo of Lorne.
