After jumping from Buffy The Vampire Slayer after its seventh season to continue on the shows spin-off series Angel, the fan following of Spike has only continued to grow.

But when Angel was cancelled after its five year run on the WB, it looked as if wed seen the last of the peroxide vampire. That is, until now. According to the Official Buffy The Vampire Slayer magazine, Tim Minear has agreed to both write and direct the television movie for the beloved character.

Minear, who has written and directed for Buffy, Angel and Joss Whedons short-lived Firefly series, said he is looking forward to continuing his work in the Buffyverse and agreed to work on the project the second Whedon approached him.

I had lunch with Joss and he asked me is I wanted to write and direct some blond vampire movie thing, said Minear. Should I do it? I of course said yes right off. Still, anything under 13 hours scares me and anything over 13 hours : um, I got nothing.

The magazine also announced that Amy Acker, who can now be seen on new episodes of Alias on ABC, has also been approached to work on the movie and is expected to return as Ilyeria.