A Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot is finally moving forward and it’s happening at Hulu with original star Sarah Michelle Gellar.
What are the details?
The details also include that Eternals director Chloe Zhao will direct the pilot episode. Original series creator Joss Whedon is not attached to the project.
THR says the Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot is from writers Nora and Lilla Zuckerman (Poker Face, Fringe) and 20th Television, described as “the next chapter in the Buffyverse.”
The next chapter will focus on a new younger slayer, with Sarah Michelle Gellar recurring in the series. As noted, since there is only supposed to be one slayer in existence at a given time, the final season retconned things by awakening hundreds of potential new Slayers.
Deadline adds that a writers room is also getting put together, which is a good sign for the show, and while it’s unknown if the other actors will be returning, the site says that it is considered likely.
Forgot to mention that Chloé Zhao, who directed NOMADLAND and ETERNALS, would helm the pilot. Joss Whedon not involved. https://t.co/nwtdJ7iRpn
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Sarah Michelle Gellar onboard
In December, Sarah Michelle Gellar said she was opened to continuing the series.
“I always used to say no, because it’s in its bubble, and it’s so perfect,” she said during an appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show. “But watching Sex and the City [sequel And Just Like That] and seeing Dexter, and realizing there are ways to do it, definitely does get your mind thinking, ‘Well, maybe.’”
Back in 2018, a reboot was attempted from Whedon but it never got off the ground.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer debuted as a feature film starring Kristy Swanson in 1992. The concept was then adapted by Whedon as a TV series starring Sarah Michelle Gellar which ran for 7 seasons with 144 episodes from 1997 to 2001.
The Buffyverse includes the Angel spinoff, comic books, and novels.
