Buffy The Vampire Slayer is not going to return, its star Sarah Michelle Gellar has introduced, saying a reboot of the 90s supernatural fantasy sequence had been cancelled.
Hulu, the Disney-owned streaming platform, has determined to not choose up the deliberate sequel, in keeping with the actor.
It was reported last year that the 90s sequence would return as Buffy the Vampire Slayer: New Sunnydale, with Gellar returning as Buffy Summers.
The sequence was set to be directed by Chloé Zhao, the Oscar-winning director of flicks together with Nomadland, Eternals and, most lately, Hamnet.
On social media this weekend, nevertheless, Gellar, 48, confirmed that the new present would not go forward, claiming that Hulu determined “not to move forward” with the sequence.
“I am really sad to have to share this, but I wanted you all to hear it from me,” she stated in a video posted on Instagram. “Unfortunately, Hulu has decided not to move forward with Buffy New Sunnydale.
“I want to thank Chloé Zhao because I never thought I would find myself back in Buffy’s stylish, yet affordable boots, and thanks to Chloe, I was reminded how much I love her and how much she means not only to me, but to all of you. And this doesn’t change any of that.”
Signing off with one in every of the hottest strains from the sequence, Gellar added: “I promise, if the apocalypse actually comes, you could still beep me.”
Hulu was contacted for remark.
The teen drama initially ran for seven seasons, from 1997 till 2003, and adopted Buffy as she navigated by means of highschool whereas additionally searching and combating vampires, demons and different creatures.
The sequence additionally starred How I Met Your Mother’s Alyson Hannigan, Charmed actor Charisma Carpenter and the late Gossip Girl star Michelle Trachtenberg.
With Press Association
