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On 2/4/25 9:49 AM, Robin Miller wrote:

> Ian J. Ball 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. Same 
>> for Dushku who hasn't acted since "Bull" and the accompanying lawsuit. 
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
> 
> That Buffy podcast I mentioned--"Slayers: A Buffyverse Storu," 9 
> episodes in Oct. 2023--had several of the BtVS actors: James Marsters, 
> Charisma Carpenter, Emma Caulfield Ford, Juliet Landau, Amber Benson and 
> Tony Head. I imagine they might be interested in a sequel.
> 
> --Robin

Emma Caulfield is one of the few others that I could see coming back - 
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