Buffy: Sarah Michelle Gellar wants to resuscitate everyone in the reboot

“It will be lighter than the last seasons of the original series,” promises the return star in the new series.

THE Buffyverse is reborn from its ashes. The highly anticipated reboot of Buffy against vampires arrive on Hulu (Disney + in France), with Sarah Michelle Gellar Ready to put on its iconic boots again … But this time to pass the torch. The young actress Ryan Kiera Armstrong (Firestarter,, The Old Way) will embody the new killer in this suite revisited by the Oscar -winning director Chloé Zhao (Nomadland).

Present at Sardegna Festival Italy Filming,, Gellar down some clues on this new incarnation of the myth. “It will be lighter than the last seasons of the original series”she said, evoking a more balanced approach between humor, drama and action.

‘We will try to find a balance between old and new characters. My dream would be to bring everyone who died, but it will also have to be made room for new stories. “

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Sarah Michelle Gellar also talked about the creative team’s desire to modernize the themes of the series for the social networks generation:

“Buffy has always been a crossover series. Today, we want to explore what it means to feel marginal in a world dominated by image, performance and overview. We want to question the limits of space and time in today’s society. “

After having long declined the following proposals, Gellar explains that he has changed his mind thanks to the vision of Chloé Zhao, Big fan of the original series: “For years, I said no to a return. I did not want to redo what we had already seen. I waited for the right time. Chloé offered me the project and I accepted. We have been working on it for three years.”

The project was officially announced last February. The series is co -wrote and supervised by Nora Zuckerman And Lilla Zuckermanthe showrunners of Poker facewho will also officer as executive producers. Chloé Zhaoon the other hand, will make several episodes in addition to producing.

No release date still announced.