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anim8rfsk wrote:
> Robin Miller <robin.miller@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>> Ian J. Ball wrote:
>>> On 2/3/25 6:15 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>>>
>>>> Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
>>>>> On 2/3/25 5:49 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> https://deadline.com/2025/02/buffy-the-vampire-slayer-reboot-sarah-michelle-gellar-hulu-pilot-chloe-zhao-1236273767/
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ‘Buffy The Vampire Slayer’ Reboot Starring Sarah Michelle Gellar
>>>>>> Nears Hulu
>>>>>> Pilot Order With Chloé Zhao Directing
>>>>>>
>>>>>> By Nellie Andreeva
>>>>>> February 3, 2025 12:30pm
>>>>>>
>>>>>> More than two decades after Buffy the Vampire Slayer ended its
>>>>>> seven-season
>>>>>> run, the beloved supernatural drama is eyeing a revival with a new
>>>>>> chapter
>>>>>> in the franchise. A followup series is nearing a pilot order from Hulu,
>>>>>> with Sarah Michelle Gellar expected to star, reprising her signature
>>>>>> role
>>>>>> as Buffy Summers, sources said. Oscar winner Chloé Zhao, a
>>>>>> self-professed
>>>>>> lifelong Buffy fan, is set to direct the pilot, written by Nora and
>>>>>> Lilla
>>>>>> Zuckerman (Poker Face).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The reboot hails from Buffy the Vampire Slayer studio 20th
>>>>>> Television and
>>>>>> Disney sibling Searchlight TV where Zhao has been under a first-look
>>>>>> deal.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Beyond the pilot order, I hear the reboot is starting a writers room
>>>>>> soon,
>>>>>> a sign that Hulu and the studios have high expectations for the project
>>>>>> going to series. It is unclear yet whether other original Buffy cast
>>>>>> members would return; that is considered likely.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Described as the next chapter in the Buffyverse,
>>>>
>>>> Mostly by people who hadn’t read the authorized comic books
>>>>
>>>>>> the new incarnation is
>>>>>> executive produced by Gellar, Zhao, Nora and Lilla Zuckerman as well
>>>>>> as the
>>>>>> original series’ executive producers Gail Berman of the Jackal Group
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> Fran Kuzui & Kaz Kuzui via Suite B.
>>>>
>>>> Those dirty leeches will bleed this property till the end of time.
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Directors union.
>>>>
>>>>>> Also executive producing the pilot is
>>>>>> Dolly Parton whose company Sandollar was producer on the original.
>>>>>
>>>>> Yikes!
>>>>>
>>>>>> Buffy creator Joss Whedon, who also wrote the 1992 movie the series was
>>>>>> based on, has no involvement in the reboot. He has not worked in
>>>>>> Hollywood
>>>>>> in any official capacity since facing a slew of misconduct
>>>>>> allegations in
>>>>>> 2021.
>>>>>
>>>>> Duh.
>>>>
>>>> Oh, the top of the link has a click about how they finally charged Neil
>>>> Gayman with some really ugly stuff.
>>>
>>> Yep. Heard about thiat.
>>>
>>>>> Well, this is better than Whedon's previous idea for a reboot.
>>>>
>>>> I don’t know about that?
>>>
>>> It is.
>>>
>>>>> But I'm
>>>>> skeptical about the whole thing until somebody proves to me otherwise.
>>>>> (Like, a good start, would be ignoring the last 4 seasons of the
>>>>> original series and all of "Angel"!!  ;p  )
>>>>
>>>> I don’t see how it can possibly be a reboot if Geller is playing Buffy.
>>>
>>> "Reboot" is the wrong word. (Entertainment reporters are consistently
>>> mentally deficient, not knowing the basic meaning of the terms they use!)
>>>
>>> If Gellar is playing "older Buffy" (and esp. if other "Buffy" cast
>>> members return), this would be a "revival" not a "reboot".
>>>
>>>
>>> Ian  (One we know won't be returning is Amber Benson. I would put heavy
>>> odds against either Eliza Dushku or Michelle Trachtenberg returning
>>> either.)
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> Why wouldn't Amber Benson return? Did she have a falling out with
>> someone? I know she's barely acting anymore, in any event.
>>
>> https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0072435/
>>
>> She was in this Buffy podcast in 2023, along with several others of the
>> original cast:
>>
>> https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29118106/
>>
>> --Robin
>>
>>
> 
> And perhaps more importantly, she played dub dub in THE MIDDLEMAN!
> 
> (Well? I am waiting?)
> 


Middleman!

But two questions:

You know that Natalie Morales played Dub Dub. So who are you referring to?

And what happened to Matt Keeslar, the Middleman himself? IMDb lists 
only four credits after "The Middleman" in 2008, the last in 2015.

--Robin