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 understanding 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 pair 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 Might (by way of 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 wished by my aspect,” Gellar mentioned. “To have that type of emotional intelligence, and expertise, at such a younger age is actually 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 slightly bit older than Armstrong, turning 20 the 12 months (now-defunct) The WB collection hit the air, however she was already a veteran performer. In 1995, she received a Daytime Emmy for her flip as Kendall Hart — the enduring Erica Kane’s (Susan Lucci) daughter — on “All My Youngsters.”
Gellar spoke with Self-importance Honest Italia (translation courtesy of VF) in June concerning the “Buffy” comeback… a comeback which she herself was beforehand opposed.
“For thus a few years, I mentioned no to a doable return of the collection,” Gellar mentioned. “I didn’t need to reintroduce one thing we had already seen. I waited for the proper time to return. Then [director Chloé Zhao], an enormous ‘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 last few seasons, which aired on (the also-now-defunct) UPN after a community swap. She additionally desires to see quite a lot of comebacks from the unique forged. “We are going to attempt to discover a steadiness between new and previous characters,” she mentioned. “My dream is to deliver again everybody who has died, however house must be made for brand new tales as nicely.”
In June, Gellar instructed Parade that the collection would pay homage to the late Michelle Trachtenberg, who performed her sister Daybreak from 2000-2003. “We’ll be capable of do one thing,” Gellar mentioned. “We’ll do what’s acceptable.”
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 collection’ massive fanbase and Gellar’s involvement, nevertheless, its robust to see a world the place this doesn’t increase “Buffy” from the useless.
