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Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Robin Miller <robin.miller@invalid.invalid> Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Re:_=e2=80=98Buffy_The_Vampire_Slayer=e2=80=99_Reboot_Sta?= =?UTF-8?Q?rring_Sarah_Michelle_Gellar_Nears_Hulu_Pilot_Order_With_Chlo?= =?UTF-8?Q?=c3=a9_Zhao_Directing_By_Nellie_Andreeva_February_3=2c_2025_12:30?= =?UTF-8?Q?pm?= Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2025 17:01:14 -0500 Lines: 195 Message-ID: <m0i5dfFha1gU1@mid.individual.net> References: <1554801279.760326364.358919.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> <vnrs7m$1i0gf$1@dont-email.me> <1563577865.760327881.490572.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> <vnru9d$1i0gf$2@dont-email.me> <m0dsrmFpfdhU1@mid.individual.net> <988588013.760372310.504366.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> <m0f1rrF20e0U1@mid.individual.net> <2019028914.760397368.834555.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> <m0fu5nF6c6pU1@mid.individual.net> <204189860.760419285.031909.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net xMoVxSExCGKYch2uaD1dGQ/ldY/586y7c+2Af6RdY8y/AymXZl Cancel-Lock: sha1:xW+P1BDRdZ4SVGfMms42gDvc9uI= sha256:t8R0rE7Q+fdm31kzDVmsUH7F/acyYreEe9OrYf0oIN4= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:128.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/128.0 SeaMonkey/2.53.20 In-Reply-To: <204189860.760419285.031909.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> X-Antivirus: Norton (VPS 250205-6, 2/5/2025), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean anim8rfsk wrote: > Robin Miller <robin.miller@invalid.invalid> wrote: >> 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. >> > > Oh, yeah, it was an unfilmed TV pilot turned into a comic book before it > was TV and then it was a comic book based on TV. The first episode of the > show the dialogue is almost verbatim from the comic. > > History of the comic > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Middleman?wprov=sfti1 > > History of the TV show > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Middleman_(TV_series)?wprov=sfti1# > > Volume one of the collected comic when dub dub still looked like Amber > > https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51-agLSDI4L._AC_UF1000,1000_QL80_.jpg > > Volume three > > https://s3.amazonaws.com/comicgeeks/comics/covers/large-6126332.jpg?1695517005 > > The senses shattering series finale with both dub dubs together again for > the first time! > ========== REMAINDER OF ARTICLE TRUNCATED ==========