Overview
- Hulu declined to order Buffy the Vampire Slayer: New Sunnydale to series after filming a pilot directed by Chloé Zhao with Ryan Kiera Armstrong as the new Slayer and Gellar in a reduced role.
- Gellar said the pilot was unfinished and asked fans not to read or watch any leaked material, adding that a circulating script is not accurate.
- Variety reported that the shooting draft largely focused on new characters, featured Buffy only at the end with one line, and that a subsequent rewrite aimed to add more Buffy and age up characters.
- Trade coverage identified Hulu and Disney TV executive Craig Erwich as the decision-maker who passed on the series after reshoots were reportedly declined.
- Prospects for relocating this iteration remain limited because Disney controls the rights, as original-cast affiliates such as Felicia Day voiced disappointment over the cancellation.