Listen up Scooby Gang! Earlier this week, we reported that rumours were a-flying around the internet for a Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot and Buffy Summers herself, Sarah Michelle Gellar, has responded.
An article first report by Deadline stated that not only is the beloved cult show nearing a pilot order from Hulu, but that Sarah Michelle Gellar is expected to reprise her role as Buffy Summers. It’s also reported that Nomadland director and Oscar winner Chloé Zhao is set to direct the pilot, and it will be written by Poker Face’s Nora and Lilla Zuckerman.
Buffy creator Joss Whedon is said to have no involvement in the reboot.
Sources have also stated a writers’ room will soon be started and that it is considered ‘likely’ that further original Buffy cast members will also return.
Gellar has always spoken fondly of the classic series, which ran from 1997 to 2003: “The beauty of Buffy was she represented every single one of us, whether it was a girl experiencing her first love, whether it was someone coming out to their parents,” she said in 2023 when speaking of her return to genre in Paramount+’s Wolf Pack. “Whatever that emotion was, there was something that resonated for everybody.” However, she has stoically said that a reboot is off the cards
Not anymore it seems, as apparently the rebook kicked off after Sarah Michelle Gellar made some comments during the press tour of her new Paramount+ series, Dexter: Original Sin: “It’s funny, I always used to say no, because it’s in its bubble and it’s so perfect,” she said on The Drew Barrymore Show. “But watching Sex and the City and seeing Dexter, and realizing there are ways to do it, definitely does get your mind thinking, ‘Well, maybe.’”
Now, Gellar has responded to these reports on Instagram with a heartfelt message: “Three years ago, I got a call from my dear friend and mentor, Gail Berman,” she said. “She told me that she wanted me to sit down with Chloé Zhao to hear her take on a potential ‘Buffy’ revival. I was blown away that Chloé even knew who I was, but, as I’ve always done, I told Gail that I just didn’t see a way for the show to exist again. We’d always been aligned on that, but this time I heard something different in her voice. I eventually agreed to go (mainly just to meet Chloé) and our twenty minute coffee quickly turned into a four hour adventure. We laughed, we cried, but mostly we both talked about how much this show means to us.
“While I didn’t agree to anything at that meeting, I did shock myself by agreeing to continue the conversation. These conversations did, in fact, continue over the next few years and eventually we added the incredible Nora and Lilla Zuckerman to our little tribe until ultimately, one day, we landed on an idea.
“I have always listened to the fans and heard your desire to revisit “Buffy” and her world, but it was not something I could do unless I was sure we would get it right. This has been a long process, and it’s not over yet. I promise you, we will only make this show if we know we can do it right. And I will tell you that we are on the path there.
“I feel so lucky to be on this journey with these four unbelievably talented women, all of whom love ‘Buffy’ as much as I do. And as much as you do. Thank you to all the fans who never stopped asking for this. This will be for you.”
Other members of the Buffy cast have also responded on the exciting news: “Could there be a more relevant time for such a story?! Long live the slayer, long live the slayer in us all!” commented Charisma Carpenter who played Cordelia in the show. “Congratulations Sarah.”
“Excited for you and your journey,” added David Boreanaz who played Buffy’s love interest, Angel. “Enjoy the moments and continue to always give back to the fans. God Speed.”
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