Nearly seven years in the past, it was introduced {that a} reboot of Buffy the Vampire Slayer was in growth with Monica Owusu-Breen, co-creator of the TV present Midnight, Texas, writing, govt producing, and serving as showrunner. It was mentioned that the brand new present can be “up to date, constructing on the mythology of the unique.” That challenge by no means made it into manufacturing – and earlier this yr, it was revealed that we’re going to be getting a Buffy the Vampire Slayer revival as a substitute, with Sarah Michelle Gellar returning to the function of Buffy Summers and Chloé Zhao (Nomadland, Eternals) directing the primary episode. Since then, teenage actress Ryan Kiera Armstrong (Firestarter) has been forged as a brand new slayer (an introverted highschool pupil named Nova), and now, Gellar has shared a video that exhibits her coaching for the present side-by-side with Armstrong! You possibly can test it out beneath.
Faly Rakotohavana (Unprisoned), Ava Jean (Regulation & Order: SVU), Sarah Bock (Severance), Daniel Di Tomasso (CSI: Vegas) and Jack Cutmore-Scott (Frasier) are additionally within the forged, taking up the collection common roles of Hugo, a privileged, likable high-school pupil who’s a geek; Larkin, one other pupil described as a “continual do-gooder”; Gracie, the ringleader for a bunch of church-going college students; Abe, Nova’s single father who’s a photojournalist; and Mr. Burke, a preferred highschool instructor. Kingston Vernes (The Survivor) has been forged as Nova’s crush, Carson, and might be a visitor star within the pilot, however Carson is envisioned as being a significant recurring character if the challenge goes to collection. He’s “a Junior Olympian and well-liked pupil at New Sunnydale Academy who’s the item of Nova’s crush and begins noticing her after a life-changing occasion.”
Oscar-winning director Zhao, who’s a self-professed lifelong Buffy fan, might be directing the pilot from a script by Nora and Lilla Zuckerman (Poker Face). The revival is coming our method from twentieth Tv and Searchlight TV, the place Zhao has a first-look deal. Deadline lately mentioned that the revival can be “beginning a writers room quickly, an indication that Hulu and the studios have excessive expectations for the challenge going to collection. It’s unclear but whether or not different authentic Buffy forged members would return; that’s thought of probably.”
That is being known as “the following chapter within the Buffyverse.” The revival is being govt produced by Gellar, Zhao, and the Zuckermans, in addition to the unique collection’ govt producers Gail Berman of the Jackal Group and Fran Kuzui and Kaz Kuzui of Suite B. Additionally govt producing the pilot is Dolly Parton, whose firm Sandollar was behind the unique present. In case you’re questioning, “Buffy creator Joss Whedon, who additionally wrote the 1992 film the collection was based mostly on, has no involvement within the reboot. He has not labored in Hollywood in any official capability since dealing with a slew of misconduct allegations in 2021.”
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