Life’s a present, and all of us play our elements — although typically, these elements get a bit extra difficult when you end up in a reboot of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.”
As reported by Selection, a brand new chosen one is about to step into the fray, with a reboot of the beloved ’90s TV sequence nearing a pilot order on the streaming platform Hulu. “Buffy” followers know the drill: Each era, a brand new slayer is named. And though sources confirmed to Selection that Sarah Michelle Gellar might be making a return, she received’t be the lead. As an alternative, Gellar will seem in a recurring function, whereas the brand new sequence will give attention to a contemporary new champion. The reboot, initially introduced in 2018, was set to characteristic a Black actor within the lead function.
Selection additionally reported that screenwriters Nora and Lilla Zuckerman will function writers, showrunners and government producers for the sequence.
As for Joss Whedon, who as soon as wielded the artistic reins of the unique present, he is not going to be concerned. Whedon, who led each “Buffy” and its spinoff sequence “Angel,” was accused of being emotionally abusive on set by actor Charisma Carpenter in 2021.
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Carpenter, who appeared in each sequence as Cordelia Chase, spoke out about Whedon’s “casually cruel” habits on set and said that whereas he “found his misconduct amusing,” his actions left her traumatized.
“Joss Whedon abused his power on numerous occasions while working together on the sets of ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ and ‘Angel,’” the actor wrote in a press release on X, previously known as Twitter, on the time. Carpenter additionally claimed that Whedon sometimes threatened to fireside her in a “passive-aggressive way.”
Though Gellar didn’t elaborate on her personal experiences on the “Buffy” set in a 2023 profile with The Hollywood Reporter, her husband, fellow actor Freddie Prinze Jr., did.
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“She had to deal with a lot of bullshit on that show for all seven years it was on,” Prinze informed the outlet. “The stuff they pressed upon her, without any credit or real salary, while she was often the only one doing 15-hour days … yet she was still able to get the message of that character out every single week and do it with pride and do it professionally.”
