Overview
- The pilot reached its first script table read on July 21, marking the start of active pre-production with Oscar-winner Chloé Zhao directing.
- Sarah Michelle Gellar reprises her role as Buffy Summers and executive produces the project from 20th Television and Searchlight Television alongside original producers Gail Berman, Fran and Kaz Kuzui and Dolly Parton.
- Ryan Kiera Armstrong leads as Nova, the new Slayer, after her casting was announced in May.
- Five new series regulars—Faly Rakotohavana, Ava Jean, Sarah Bock, Daniel di Tomasso and Jack Cutmore-Scott—have joined the main ensemble.
- Writers Nora and Lilla Zuckerman are showrunning the pilot with plans to blend legacy characters and contemporary themes.