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anim8rfsk wrote:
> Robin Miller <robin.miller@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>> 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?
>>
> 
> Back before Adam made Natalie hate me. I got all sorts of special project
> stuff and extras from her. One of them was a crossover done as a table
> read/radio play between the middleman comic book and the middleman TV show!
> Amber Benson happens to look like the comic book dub dub, so they brought
> her in and had both dub dubs in the video. Also, I believe there was a
> comic book version of it.
> 


What a great story! I had no idea there was a Middleman comic book.

--Robin