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Hulu Nears Pilot Order for Buffy Reboot With Original Star and New Slayer

Oscar-winner Chloé Zhao will direct the pilot penned by Nora and Lilla Zuckerman, refreshing the series with a lighter tone, modern social media themes, new characters in dialogue with returning favorites.

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Sarah Michelle Gellar as Buffy the Vampire Slayer. (20th Century Television)
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Overview

  • Hulu is poised to order a pilot for the Untitled Buffyverse project produced by 20th Television, Searchlight Television, Sandollar Productions and Suite B.
  • Sarah Michelle Gellar will reprise Buffy Summers in a recurring capacity after three years of development, citing Chloé Zhao’s fan-driven pitch as the deciding factor in her return.
  • Ryan Kiera Armstrong has been cast as the new Slayer, portraying an introverted high-school hero whose cerebral approach shapes her supernatural journey.
  • Joss Whedon is not involved in the reboot’s creative team following past allegations of a toxic work environment on the original series.
  • The revival aims to balance fresh narratives with callbacks to the original, including potential resurrections of fallen characters and a respectful tribute to the late Michelle Trachtenberg’s Dawn Summers.