Scenario #3. (Which is my favorite except I'm afraid I won't have time to do it justice.)
UPN comes to Joss and wants him to resurrect the Buffyverse. Joss is intrigued, but has some demands: total creative control, pick his own night and time slot, control over PR, promos, ad campaign, security and closed set, contracts and agreements signed in blood to avoid spoilage, etc, etc,.
UPN agrees to everything. All the cast members are on board, even James Marsters and Alyson Hannigan who are foregoing other high profile opportunities for the chance to work with Joss et al again. But even tho they are taking a huge cut in salary the (generous) budget is still going to be tight.
Suddenly Joss realizes--he's on board, UPN is on board, the cast is on board, but....his creative team has disbursed to the four winds. Joss-trained and inspired --the guts of Mutant Enemy have gone forth and are attempting to change the face of Hollywood and entertainment as we know it. (And some are just busy on posting boards and being worshipped by their minions) So.... he needs new people, creative people, dedicated people, possibly obessed people, people who are willing to foresake private lives, personal relationships, family, friends, etc to rebuild the Buffyverse. And...they have to work dirt cheap!
Suddenly, he has an idea, no, a plan, maybe even a wiggins. (Anybody see where this is going yet?)
"Get me my laptop! Go to this address! Call up this website! Contact these people! Sign every member of the Soulful Spike Society to the New Mutant Enemy!"
And lo within 6 days Joss had re-created Mutant Enemy and the Buffyverse was resurrected and brought forth once again. And on the 7th day the cast and crew met at his house for Shakespeare readings.
Specific contract details:
Executive Producer: Alexandra
Producer: William the Bloody
Assitant Producers: Rae, Patti, Dave
Director: makd aka "Thrallmaster"
Assistant Director for Sound and Music: Sandy Shores
Writing team: Nan Dibble, Rob Sorenson, Mary Statz, assorted minions
The "voice" of Xander: Rob
Vampire clan and sexual relationships: Nan
NC-17 B/S scenes: Mary
Ghost-writer for "William's" poetry: Diane
Continuity and fact-checker: Dave Crenshaw
Character continuity and development; analysis and psychoanalysis: Spring Summers
Hospitality and "green room"; ambassador to guest stars: deborah cohen
Minions in charge of entertaining visiting guest stars: Betsy L., eg, Lee
Legal Issues (including those resulting from entertaining visiting guest stars just a little too enthusiastically): Lee, Laura, John, Julie A
Minions in charge of animal stars:
Dogs: Gail
Birds: deborah
Flying Monkeys and other pet demons: Rusty Goode
Minions in charge of on-site child care for cast and crew children: Caraleigh and Kerrie
On site child actor education: lori and lparish
Minions in charge of scouting exotic out of country locales for shooting: Kerrie and Alice
Dialect Coach: Sarah
Researchers: Dalton, Shanno, Becky
Casting of Minorities (and also possibly demons): John
Minion in charge of mystical and chemical experiments: Micha
Publicity: Vlad
Historical flashbacks and Accuracy: Diane Ullman
Personal assistant to SMG:
Personal Assistant to MT:
Personal Assistant to NB: Rob
Personal Assistant to ED: Rob
Personal Assistant to AH: Dave
Personal Assistant to CC: John
Personal Assistant to DB: Betsy L.
Personal Assistant to AD: LadyDi
Personal Assistant to ASH: Anne D.
Personal Assistant to AA: Rachael
Personal Assistant to Joss: Patti
Personal Assistant to visiting Big Bads: eg
Costumes: Diane
Costume fittings (all male cast members): Spring
Costume fittings (female cast members): um, guys?
Cue Card Lady: Reetta
Casting Couch: Shanno
Janitor (reprising her duties for the VISHN): Nan Dibble
Culinary Wizard and Cast/Crew Chef: Nicki M.
***Personal Assistant to Mr. Marsters (24/7): Sue --aka "Spike's #1 Minion***(disclaimer: I know I have left out several S'cubies--betsyAB, ellie,missbuffy, Len, Winterdreamer. I'm not forgetting you I just didn't know where to place you. Please IM me with the job (either listed above or create one for yourself) and I will add you to the credits. Ditto for anyone who wishes to switch jobs or create additional jobs--IM me and I will update tonight and if still necessary, next Monday. --Sue)