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Although the Buffy universe was almost brought back from the dead, it appears to be dust.
The rebootwas announcedin July 2018 withJoss Whedonattached as an executive producer, after he wrote the 1992 film and created the beloved WB series of the same name that ran for 7 seasons from 1997 to 2003. A network was not attached at the time.
Monica Owusu-Breen, who worked with Whedon onAgents of S.H.I.E.L.D., was set to serve as showrunner and head writer. The series was also set to star a Black actress in the lead role, but Owusu-Breen clarified: “There is only one Buffy.”
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“They can’t be replaced. Joss Whedon’s brilliant and beautiful series can’t be replicated. I wouldn’t try to,” shewroteon Twitter. “But here we are, twenty years later… And the world seems a lot scarier. So maybe, it could be time to meet a new slayer.”
Sarah Michelle Gellar, who became famous for playing the titular role in the original series,gave the reboot her seal of approvalshortly after, telling PEOPLE: “At the end of the day, it’s all about great storytelling. If a story lives on, then I think it should be told in any incarnation it can be told in.”
She evennominated an actressto take over the slayer post. “I voteZendaya,” Gellar, 45, said for earlier this year for the bookInto Every Generation a Slayer Is Born: How Buffy Stakes Our Hearts.
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Whedon, 58, who was attached at one time to produce, has sincefaced abuse allegations, which hehas largely denied.
source: people.com
