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Sarah Michelle Gellar Says ‘Buffy The Vampire Slayer: New Sunnydale’ Is “Not A Sequel” & “It’s Not A Reboot”; Reveals Why “It’s Taking A Long Time”

Sarah Michelle Gellar River Callaway / Sarah Michelle Gellar is clearing things up about the Buffy the Vampire Slayer continuation series she’s working on with Chloé Zhao. Hulu ordered a pilot for the series that Gellar starred in for seven seasons, and in a new interview, revealed that the title of the new show is Buffy the Vampire Slayer: New Sunnydale. “It’s not a sequel, it’s not a reboot — it’s a continuation,” Gellar said on the Shut Up, Evan podcast.

Sarah Michelle Gellar

Sarah Michelle Gellar

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Key Highlights

  • Gellar said the series will answer the questions of where Buffy “is now in this world and what is this world that Buffy lives in with her and without her,” adding, “So it’s not a reboot, it’s not picking up with all of the same characters right away.
  • It is not like a sequel… That’s why the name was even important to me — Buffy: New Sunnydale.
  • It’s Buffy, but it’s also something else.” Watch on Deadline Related Stories News 'Star Search' Sets Jelly Roll, Sarah Michelle Gellar & Chrissy Teigen As Judges For Netflix Reboot News Ryan Kiera Armstrong Talks Sarah Michelle Gellar Bond While Making 'Buffy': "It Still Gets Me" Although Gellar didn’t reveal anything new, she did say she “learned a hard lesson in life” about the saying, “never say never,” as she was initially opposed to re-taking the character.
  • “I will eat my words, and I’m OK with that — I learned my lesson,” she said.
  • “I never saw how and why it could be as good [as the original series].
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  1. Sarah Michelle Gellar Says ‘Buffy The Vampire Slayer: New Sunnydale’ Is “Not A Sequel” & “It’s Not A Reboot”; Reveals Why “It’s Taking A Long Time”

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