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‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ Reboot With Sarah Michelle Gellar in the Works at Hulu

The actress would recur on the potential series but not be its central focus.

The new project comes from writers Nora and Lilla Zuckerman ( Poker Face, Fringe) and 20th Television and is described as “the next chapter in the Buffyverse.” Oscar winner Chloé Zhao ( Nomadland, Eternals) is set to direct. Gellar, who’s currently starring in Showtime’s Dexter: Original Sin, had said in the past that she wouldn’t be interested in a Buffy redo, but in a December interview, she said she was now open to the idea: “I always used to say no, because it’s in its bubble, and it’s so perfect,” she said during an appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show. Nora and Lilla Zuckerman will executive produce the Buffy reboot with Zhao, Gellar, and the original show’s EPs Gail Berman, Fran and Kaz Kuzui of Suite B, and Dolly Parton via Sandollar.

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