Overview

• Fifteen-year-old Ryan Kiera Armstrong headlines the reboot as Nova, a bookish teenager destined to become Sunnydale’s new Vampire Slayer.
• Sarah Michelle Gellar reprises Buffy Summers in a mentor role, trading her slayer gear for bold business attire on set.
• Showrunners Nora and Lila Zuckerman oversee the pilot with director Chloé Zhao, marking a predominantly female creative leadership.
• Original executive producers Gail Berman, Fran and Kaz Kuzui and Dolly Parton have returned to guide the project while creator Joss Whedon is not involved.
• The series is filming under the working title New Sunnydale and reimagines the town as divided between gritty Old Sunnydale and upscale New Sunnydale.