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Sarah Michelle Gellar Calls Out Executive Over Buffy Reboot Cancellation

On Friday, actress Sarah Michelle Gellar announced that Hulu scrapped the planned Buffy: New Sunnydale reboot, ending four years of development on the project.
Gellar attributed the decision to a senior executive who openly disliked the original Buffy the Vampire Slayer series, creating an "uphill battle" for the production team since inception.
The pilot featured 16-year-old actress Ryan Kiera Armstrong as a new Slayer, an attempt to honor the beloved property Gellar fought to revive with co-creator Chloé Zhao.
Gellar received the cancellation news on Friday during the premiere of Ready or Not 2, coinciding with Best Director nominee Chloé Zhao's Oscars weekend.
Disney owns the intellectual property, preventing the project from moving to another network, though Gellar and Zhao remain committed to preserving the original show's legacy.

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