HOLLYWOOD (Variety)
- "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" creator Joss Whedon has bitten into a
new four-year, eight-figure deal at 20th Century Fox Television. Under
the exclusive pact, estimated to be worth well over $20 million, Whedon
will create and produce new programming for the studio while continuing
as an exec producer on "Buffy" and spinoff drama "Angel."