Joss Whedon’s bid to buy the Terminator franchise for £6,250 looks likely to fall flat – the sellers are asking for £43.

75 million for the rights to the sci-fi series.The Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator wrote an open letter to Halcyon Co. bosses after learning they were auctioning the franchise as part of the company’s bankruptcy process.Offering the five-figure sum, he proclaimed, “I loved the movies, even the later movies. I loved the mythology. I loved the TV show (The Sarah Connor Chronicles) – like, really loved. Not for pretend.”But Halcyon chiefs are hoping for a figure 7,000 times higher when the rights go under the hammer in January (10), and are determined to make a profit on the £18.75 million they paid for the franchise in 2003.Spokesperson Kevin Schultz tells Daily Variety, “This is a unique asset – the only Hollywood tentpole asset that’s not owned by a studio.”We have a property that has made three times the box office of the four (Teenage Mutant Ninja) Turtles films.”The last installment, Terminator Salvation, cost £125 million to make and took an estimated £231.9 million worldwide.