Sarah Michelle Gellar Might Have Extra Buffy in Her After All

It’s been over half a decade since twentieth Century Fox revealed its plans to reboot Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Whereas there hasn’t been a lot of it since then, it was only some years later that authentic lead Sarah Michelle Gellar mentioned she’d had her fill of the character and wasn’t trying to return anytime quickly, primarily since she was trying to distance herself from creator Joss Whedon following allegations of abuse and misconduct from Charisma Carpenter and Ray Fisher.

However occasions have modified, and Gellar just lately got here onto Drew Barrymore’s speak present to hype up the Dexter prequel she’s in. Whereas there, she indicated she’d be extra open to a return these days. She nonetheless considers the unique Buffy “in its bubble and so excellent,” however the sequel increase for previous reveals like Dexter and Intercourse & the Metropolis has made her notice the other ways one may revitalize a traditional sequence. The reboot’s authentic pitch was to concentrate on a new hero, however Gellar famous Buffy “may very well be something. It’s a universe, and makes you notice that on this world, we’d like these heroes, greater than ever.”

Since Buffy led to 2003, the franchise has been sustained via comics by Increase! Studios, novels, and final 12 months’s Slayers audio drama. Just about any present inside the final 20-30 years is more likely to get a sequel or prequel, as we discovered when Disney revealed its plans to do a Malcolm in the Middle sequel earlier this week. In late January, producer Dolly Parton mentioned it’s nonetheless being thought of for a revamp, however will Disney chew and greenlight it? And may it accomplish that, how will world reply to it after every part to do with Whedon and a lot of the present YA fantasy template borrowing from the unique sequence?

[via Variety]

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