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On Feb 4, 2025 at 7:48:47 AM PST, ""Ian J. Ball"" <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:

> On 2/4/25 7:35 AM, EGK wrote:
> 
>>  On Tue, 4 Feb 2025 07:07:49 -0800, "Ian J. Ball" <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
>>>  On 2/3/25 11:10 PM, Robin Miller 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 apparently hates Alyson Hannigan's guts. (I think she also came to
>>>  despise Whedon, though I don't think that matters anymore.)
>>  
>>  Why was that?  I'm not up on all the soap opera stuff of their private lives
>>  except what came out about Joss.  I got the impression tho that Alyson was
>>  one of Joss's favorites since she was about the only one who didnt come out
>>  saying anything about him.
> 
> You've answered your own question.
> 
> The story goes that Hannigan was an asshole to Benson (was basically a 
> "mean girl" to her), and because Hannigan was one of Whedon's "pets" she 
> got away with it.
> 
> Benson eventually got fed up with the situation, and left the show/was 
> written out.
> 
>>>  If Hannigan is involved, Benson won't be.
>>> 
>>>  Aside from that, I kind of get the feeling that Benson isn't acting much
>>>  these days.
>>  
>>  Except for David Boreanaz, who among the cast is really is that active?
>>  Alyson had a nice career with the American pie movies and How I met your
>>  mother but most haven't done a lot since Buffy.
> 
> A lot of them are hitting Anim's magic "turned 40 or 50" age, which is 
> when a lot of actresses pretty much quit the business. I get the 
> impression that Charisma Carpenter is pretty much retired now.

Charisma lived in Pacific Palisades. I wonder if she still has a house?

> Same for Dushku who hasn't acted since "Bull" and the accompanying
> lawsuit.

She's now a therapist and mom of two in Boston.

> Benson rarely acts these days, and it felt like she was transitioning to 
> directing. Trachtenberg is another one who hasn't acted in ages, and the 
> last thing I think she did was host a "true crime" show, and I think 
> only did that for one season.

And isn't Nicholas Brendon still in jail or something?

> I could see Hannigan being up for a "Buffy" revival series. But I'd bet 
> most of the other actresses associated with the show either aren't 
> interested in coming back, or won't come back.

I could see Anthony Head coming back, too. He's still in the business.