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In the Heavyskies
In the Heavyskies
Directed by	Ian McCollough ('heavyskies')
Written by	Ian McCollough; Aiden; Summer; Katherine.
Produced by	Heavyskies Productions
Starring	Ian McCollough; ('Male Vampire Slayer')
Release date	November 21, 2007
Language	English
Budget	"No/low budget film"[1]

This article concerns an upcoming fan film.
It therefore may contain information of a speculative nature and the content may change and improve dramatically as the release date approaches as more information becomes available.

In the Heavyskies is a Buffyverse fan-made production, an internet fan film, taking place in the fictional universe established by TV series, Buffy and Angel. It's current expected release date is November 21, 2007. Despite already receiving small scale notoriety, it is important to some fans as one of only several notable fan films relating to the fictional Buffyverse and has been discussed at a number of web sites such as Whedonesque.com and Chaosradio.com, and coverage will increase as the release date approaches.

Critical response

An early teaser trailer was posted on YouTube in August 2006, and the news of the upcoming project reached a wider audience when the film was publicised on the websites Whedonesque.com and Whedon.info^[2]. Comments posted online reflected fans sceptical that introducing a male slayer character was a good idea because Joss Whedon who created Buffy and Angel identifies himself as a feminist, and feminist themes are common in his work^[3].

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Screenshot from the second teaser trailer.

The original teaser was pulled down^[4], and a new teaser trailer replaced it, which humourously referenced some negative feedback from fans^[5]. The creator said that he would be working with his team "on a better trailer that would better explain the idea of the movie"^[6], and stood up for his vision: "There are so many parodies out there, we wanted to do something different", and asked fans to stay positive until they knew more^[7].

Story

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A few story details have so far been revealed:

The 'Henign Prophecy' predicts that the fall of the Circle of the Black Thorn that took place in "Not Fade Away" will "rise the one who began, he will bring from the depths his mate and take rule from the sky"^[8].

An Old One has ascended and is attempting to resurrect his mate, hoing that together they might take back this dimension. The 'Powers That Be' step in and grant powers to the first ever Male Vampire Slayer.

Production details

The film is still in its early stages. It is being written by four people. As of August 2006, they were "working out the basics for the movie, character names and such", and completed a "completed a rough (very rough) outline of the entire film". They have also been involved in finding props, and scouting their surrounding area for filming locations.^[9]

Continuity

Set 6 weeks after "Not Fade Away"

Canonical issues

Buffyverse fan-made productions, such as this are not considered by fans as part of canon. They are not viewed as official Buffyverse reality, but are stories from the fans' imaginations.

Buffyverse references

The film references some key fictional issues that initiate from Buffy/Angel.

Slayer - Typically a young female bestowed with mystical powers that originate from the heart of a pure-demon, which gives her superhuman senses, strength, speed, endurance, agility, healing and stamina in the fight against forces of darkness. She also receives prophetic dreams in the few hours that she sleeps.

Old Ones - extremely powerful pure-breed demons that once dominated earth before humankind appeared. At some point, the Old Ones lost their claim over this world; some were killed while others were driven from this dimension. The corpses of the fallen Old Ones, were placed in stone sarcophagi, while their powers were drained and placed on jewels embedded on the surface of the coffins.

Footnotes

^ - Sky Forum - Entry by film creator
^ - The project featured on Whedonesque.com & Whedon.info.
^ - The most obvious example is the apparently weak teenage girl who is actually extremely strong and powerful, seen in Buffy, Firefly, and Serenity
^ - Youtube.com - This teaser trailer was removed.
^ - Youtube.com - Second teaser trailer which references comments from Whedonesque in August 2006.
^ - Heavyskies.com - Creator announces new trailer being worked on (August 20th 2006)
^ - Heavyskies.com - Creator justifies the vision of the film (August 20th 2006)
^ - Youtube.com - Teaser trailer reveals story
^ - BlogLegion - Heavyskies movie blog