Chloé Zhao is sharing an thrilling replace on the brand new Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot sequence.
Oscar winner Zhao, 43, is among the brains behind the proposed revival with Sarah Michelle Gellar, serving as an govt producer and director after approaching Gellar, 48, with an concept to deliver again Buffy Summers and the Scooby Gang.
“I simply wrapped the pilot on the brand new Buffy the Vampire Slayer sequence, which is ready 25 years later. My firm is a part of creating it,” Zhao shared in an interview with The Los Angeles Times on Sunday, August 31. “The fandom is so particular to me and I'm enthusiastic about how that's going to enter the world.”
Hulu ordered a pilot for the reboot, which can star Gellar and newcomer Ryan Kiera Armstrong, 15, enjoying a brand new slayer. Zhao, who's simply the second lady to win the Oscar for Greatest Director for the 2020 movie Nomadland, directed the pilot.
“Three years in the past, I received a name from my expensive pal and mentor, Gail Berman. She instructed me that she needed me to sit down down with Chloé Zhao to listen to her tackle a possible ‘Buffy' revival,” Gellar shared in a February Instagram submit concerning the reboot. “I used to be blown away that Chloé even knew who I used to be, however, as I've at all times carried out, I instructed Gail that I simply didn't see a means for the present to exist once more. We'd at all times been aligned on that, however this time I heard one thing completely different in her voice. I ultimately agreed to go (primarily simply to fulfill Chloé) and our twenty minute espresso rapidly changed into a 4 hour journey. We laughed, we cried, however principally we each talked about how a lot this present means to us.”
“This has been a protracted course of, and it's not over but. I promise you, we'll solely make this present if we all know we are able to do it proper. And I'll let you know that we're on the trail there,” Gellar wrote in February.
In Might, Gellar introduced Armstrong's casting as Buffy's new protégée in an Instagram submit, tagging each the teenager actress and Hulu.
“I wish to introduce you to @ryankarmstrong … From the second I noticed Ryan's audition, I knew there was just one woman that I needed by my facet,” the actress wrote. “To have that form of emotional intelligence and expertise, at such a younger age is really a present. The bonus is that her smile lights up even the darkest room. Welcome to #NewSunnydale #btvs.”
Sarah Michelle Gellar continues to be the definitive Nineties TV badass for followers of the basic supernatural sequence Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Gellar grew up within the leisure trade from age 4 and may very well be seen in films like Humorous Farm and Crossroads (not the Britney Spears model) as a toddler. Whereas learning appearing at New […]
There isn't any phrase but on whether or not Hulu has ordered the pilot to sequence.
The unique Buffy the Vampire Slayer sequence aired for seven seasons from 1997 to 2003, first on The WB earlier than transferring over to UPN.
