Overview

• Oscar-winning director Chloé Zhao is set to helm the pilot written and showrun by sisters Nora and Lilla Zuckerman.
• Sarah Michelle Gellar will reprise Buffy Summers in a recurring role as the series moves into production.
• Ryan Kiera Armstrong has been cast as the new Slayer, portraying a cerebral high-school student.
• The creative team plans a lighter tone than the original’s final seasons while balancing legacy characters with fresh storylines.
• Hulu’s reboot is produced by 20th Television and Searchlight TV with executive producers including Gellar, Zhao, the Zuckermans, Gail Berman, the Kuzuis and Dolly Parton, with Joss Whedon uninvolved.