Simply weeks after it was formally confirmed that Buffy the Vampire Slayer is making a comeback, Sarah Michelle Gellar has given followers a promising replace on its manufacturing, and issues are transferring faster than anticipated.
Whereas talking with Individuals, Gellar revealed that manufacturing places of work are already arrange, marking a major step ahead. “Issues are progressing in all probability quicker than I had anticipated,” she shared, including that reviving Buffy can be a course of that takes time and care.
“To do it the best way it must be performed, everybody needs to be affected person with all of us, as a result of this isn’t one thing that [will just happen].”
The reboot picks up twenty years after the unique sequence ended and introduces a brand new technology of vampire hunters. Gellar will return in a recurring function and likewise function an govt producer.
She’s joined by authentic Buffy producers Gail Berman, Fran Kuzui, Kaz Kuzui, and Dolly Parton. Academy Award-winning director Chloé Zhao (Nomadland, Eternals) is about to direct and govt produce the pilot for Hulu, whereas Nora and Lila Zuckerman (Poker Face, Brokers of S.H.I.E.L.D.) will deal with showrunning and writing duties.
Gellar is thrilled in regards to the artistic group behind the revival, calling them “an unimaginable group.” She expressed her gratitude for working alongside expertise like Zhao and the Zuckermans, saying, “I pinch myself on daily basis after I get into these rooms, and I’m taking a look at Gail Berman, the Zuckermans, and Chloé Zhao.”
Gellar defined: “There was no world the place I believed Chloé Zhao was going to name me and associate with me, and ask my recommendation on issues and my opinion — particularly as a result of she hasn’t performed tv.
“She’ll name me, and he or she’ll say, ‘Effectively, I’ve to defer to you,’ and I’m like, ‘Wait, what?’ These aren’t phrases I ever thought I’d hear.”
Whereas many particulars stay underneath wraps, Gellar is invested in ensuring the revival honors the legacy of the unique whereas resonating with new audiences. She hopes to seize the identical magic that made Buffy a cultural phenomenon.
“As an actor, you simply wish to do work that stands the check of time, that individuals nonetheless get pleasure from, not simply when it comes out, however years later, and it nonetheless is impactful for them.
“So the truth that this present continues to be so impactful to the those that watched it the primary time together with me, to younger youngsters as we speak which are simply discovering it and really feel prefer it nonetheless speaks to them, having the ability to convey extra individuals to her, it’s the best reward an actor may ever ask for. Really.”
For now, followers must wait and see how this subsequent chapter of Buffy unfolds. But when Gellar’s pleasure is any indication, the Slayer’s return is shaping as much as be one thing actually cool.
