Overview

• Filming is slated to begin in the coming months as the reboot moves into active production.
• Ryan Kiera Armstrong has been cast as the new Buffy Summers and Chloé Zhao is set to direct the pilot.
• Gellar says the series will adopt a less dark tone than the original’s later seasons.
• The creative team plans to balance returning favorites and fresh faces, with Gellar expressing a dream to revive characters who died in the original.
• Showrunners intend to modernize Buffy’s outsider themes by exploring life in a world dominated by social media.