All that buildup.. for it all to be called off.
Hulu has opted not to proceed with its Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot, starring and executive produced by Sarah Michelle Gellar. She broke the news to fans on Instagram Saturday morning.
About a year ago, fans were excited about the return of BUFFY on the streaming platform.. Hulu ordered a pilot for the project, tentatively titled Buffy: New Sunnydale, with Oscar winner Chloé Zhao, a self-professed lifelong Buffy fan, directing from a script written by Nora and Lilla Zuckerman (Poker Face).
Sources described the pilot as “not perfect,” noting the Zhao’s sensibility may not have been the perfect match for the reboot.
The fast changing nature of entertainment hit Gellar on this one, too.. DEADLINE’s Nellie Andreeva reported that she was not aware of this before it was announced.. MORE.. Gellar was notified Friday night of the decision, which came as a surprise to her. She had been in Austin, TX for the SXSW premiere of Ready or Not 2: Here I Come, which took place Friday afternoon.
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A stroll down amnesia lane.. going WAY BACK in time thanks to the Wayback machine, we had a Buffy the Vampire Slayer dedicated page on the Horror Report in the early 2000s written by a mysterious Mr. Benson.. those archives can be found here https://web.archive.org/web/20040501071558/http://www.horror-report.com/hellmouth/
