Buffy the Vampire Slayer is coming again with Sarah Michelle Gellar set to reprise her iconic position in a brand new sequel collection. The pilot wrapped this summer season underneath the course of Chloé Zhao (Eternals), who not too long ago informed Selection that we will anticipate to see a couple of different OG characters make appearances.
“It is not a reboot. It’s a sequel. You can never replace these characters. I would never allow that,” Zhao stated. “And Sarah’s again. I really like my solid, the brand new solid. We’ll carry again OG characters for positive. And it’s a present that bridges two generations — it’s not simply concerning the children. I believe the fandom is so necessary to us. We would like the fandom to see themselves mirrored within the authentic fandom. And naturally, we would like new followers to hitch, and it’s very a lot about each generations.“
Zhao added that she was a large fan of the unique present. “I watched religiously. I was at Mount Holyoke. We would all gather — I think it was every Thursday or Tuesday — and we would watch, because you only get one episode and you’re waiting a week. It’s such a ritual,” she stated. “I bear in mind the final episode ending, and we sat there; everybody was crying, and we had been all holding palms. I bear in mind wanting on the display, tears streaming down my eyes, and I stated, ‘Good luck to you, Buffy Summers, good luck to you.’ Seeing Sarah in actual life was most likely some of the aggravating moments of my life.“
The sequel collection, titled Buffy the Vampire Slayer: New Sunnydale, stars Ryan Kiera Armstrong (Firestarter) as the brand new younger slayer, and the remainder of the solid contains Faly Rakotohavana (Unprisoned), Ava Jean (Regulation & Order: SVU), Sarah Bock (Severance), Daniel Di Tomasso (CSI: Vegas), Jack Cutmore-Scott (Frasier), and Kingston Vernes (The Survivor).
Though the brand new present is a sequel to the unique, it would chart its personal path, and Gellar not too long ago stated that you simply received’t essentially want to observe the unique beforehand. “This is a show that will cater definitely to the [original fans],” she stated. “There’ll all the time be Easter eggs as a result of there was Easter eggs within the authentic…however we additionally wish to introduce it to those who perhaps haven’t seen the present.“
Which OG Buffy characters would you prefer to see seem within the sequel collection?
