Buffy – The spell of the demons is one of the defining series of the late 1990s and early 2000s. In a total of seven seasons, the Buffy Summers played by Sarah Michelle Gellar fights against dark vampires and demons who search for the tranquil Sunnydale, which is happily located directly above a hell of Hell.
A mixture of fantasy, horror and coming-of-age: Buffy became a pop cultural milestone and is still very popular with his fans. No wonder that it has been thinking about bringing the popular brand back for some time. Now the Buffy revival is taking shape under the roof of Hulu.
New Buffy series in progress: Sarah Michelle Gellar returns, but not as the leading actress
As the Hollywood reporter reports, the streaming service is before ordering a Pilot episode of a continuation of series productionthat is currently being developed at 20th Television. Nora Zuckerman and Lilla Zuckerman are behind the project as creative minds. The sisters are currently acting as show runners at the crime series Poker Face. Before that, they worked with Fringe and Marvel’s Agents of Shield.
Another exciting name behind the scenes: Chloé Zhao. The director behind the Oscar winner Nomadland and the Marvel Blockbuster Eternals takes over the staging of the pilot episode. Deadline also learned from his sources that A Writers’ Room already put together becomes – a positive sign with regard to the still open series order. For the time being, it is only about the pilot.
As for Sarah Michelle Gellar’s participation: Both the Hollywood Reporter and Deadline write that the return is only a supporting role. Buffy Summers is not the main actress the new series. Instead, the focus is on a younger vampire hunter who takes over the baton. The previous reports does not show who it is.
Fantasy return and handover of the relay team: Buffy follows the model of Star Wars and Rocky
Specific details about the action are currently still hidden in the hell of the Hell, but everything sounds very much like that, as if we are dealing with the new Buffy series with a classic legacyquel-a sequel that is done with Original stars as a mentor: inside prepared the next generation. In the cinema we saw this in film series such as Star Wars and Rocky or Creed.
It remains to be seen whether the relay handover in the Buffy universe will succeed. For the time being, the pilot must receive the green light from those responsible at Hulu. So the new series will be a long time coming, it should actually come. Anyone who definitely doesn’t return is Joss Whedon. The creator of the original was recently faced with various allegations of harassment and abuse of power.