The updates on the forthcoming “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” reboot have been trickling in all through 2025, a lot in order that even the slightest inkling of progress sends followers right into a frenzy. Buffy herself, Sarah Michelle Gellar, clearly understands this higher than anyone, so I’m positive she knew precisely what she was doing when she posted a video to Instagram on August 3 figuring out with Ryan Kiera Armstrong, the actress tapped to guide Hulu‘s “Buffy” revamp.
Gellar’s caption didn’t reveal a lot, saying merely, “Warrior 1 and a couple of We don’t sweat … we sparkle.”
Armstrong, 15, is supposed to be a brand new character within the “Buffy” universe, and Gellar herself — after all — is tapped to a return as Buffy Summers. The casting supplies in Could (through Deadline) described Armstrong’s character “as an introverted high-school pupil.”
“From the second I noticed Ryan’s audition, I knew there was just one lady that I needed by my facet,” Gellar mentioned. “To have that type of emotional intelligence, and expertise, at such a younger age is really a present. The bonus is that her smile lights up even the darkest room.”
Gellar was additionally a gifted younger actress when she took on the position of Buffy Summers in 1997. She was somewhat bit older than Armstrong, turning 20 the yr (now-defunct) The WB sequence hit the air, however she was already a veteran performer. In 1995, she gained a Daytime Emmy for her flip as Kendall Hart — the long-lasting Erica Kane’s (Susan Lucci) daughter — on “All My Kids.”
Gellar spoke with Self-importance Truthful Italia (translation courtesy of VF) in June in regards to the “Buffy” comeback… a comeback which she herself was beforehand opposed.
“For therefore a few years, I mentioned no to a potential return of the sequence,” Gellar mentioned. “I didn’t need to reintroduce one thing we had already seen. I waited for the correct time to come back. Then [director Chloé Zhao], a giant ‘Buffy’ fan, proposed the mission to me, and I accepted. The gestation was lengthy. It’s been three years, and we’re nonetheless engaged on it.”
She teased that the tone could be lighter than the place the unique “Buffy” landed in its remaining few seasons, which aired on (the also-now-defunct) UPN after a community change. She additionally needs to see a variety of comebacks from the unique solid. “We’ll attempt to discover a stability between new and outdated characters,” she mentioned. “My dream is to deliver again everybody who has died, however area should be made for brand new tales as effectively.”
In June, Gellar advised Parade that the sequence would pay homage to the late Michelle Trachtenberg, who performed her sister Daybreak from 2000-2003. “We’ll have the ability to do one thing,” Gellar mentioned. “We’ll do what’s applicable.”
Proper now, it’s only a pilot order for the reboot — and clearly filming is neigh, given Gellar and Armstrong’s coaching video. With the unique sequence’ massive fanbase and Gellar’s involvement, nonetheless, its powerful to see a world the place this doesn’t increase “Buffy” from the useless.