Overview

• Zhao confirms filming on the pilot is complete and places the story roughly 25 years after the original series.
• Ryan Kiera Armstrong is cast as Nova, the new Slayer, joining Faly Rakotohavana, Ava Jean, Sarah Bock, Daniel Di Tomasso, Jack Cutmore-Scott, and Chase Sui Wonders.
• Gellar serves as an executive producer and reprises Buffy in a limited capacity, emphasizing a focus on the franchise’s found-family theme and preserving its original DNA.
• Nora and Lilla Zuckerman are showrunning, legacy producer Dolly Parton returns, and original creator Joss Whedon has no involvement.
• The pilot moves into post-production as Hulu has not announced a series pickup or release timeline.