BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER Reboot Has Been Put "On Pause" And No Longer Looks Likely To Happen

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER Reboot Has Been Put "On Pause" And No Longer Looks Likely To Happen

Following reports that a Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot was in the works from Monica Owusu-Breen, it's now been confirmed that the project - which was expected to feature a Black lead - has been scrapped.

By JoshWilding - Aug 23, 2022 10:08 PM EST
Source: TV's Top 5 (via FearHQ.com)

It was way back in 2018 that we first learned about plans for a Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot. Since then, we've heard a few positive updates, though initial reports suggesting that the show would have a Black lead were met with the expected (and sadly racist) backlash online. 

Original series creator Joss Whedon (The Avengers) was said to be on board as an executive producer - good news, until reports about the filmmaker bullying actors and crew members emerged - while Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. scribe Monica Owusu-Breen was attached to oversee the project.

Now, though, it appears this new take on Buffy has been scrapped.

Talking on The Hollywood Reporter's TV's Top 5 podcast (via FearHQ.com), executive producer Gail Berman confirmed that the reboot has been put "on pause." The series never had an official network home, but was said to be "contemporary, building on the mythology of the original."

While there had been chatter of a "Black Buffy," the expectation was that the show would focus on original characters. Owusu-Breen previously said that she "wouldn’t try to" replicate the "brilliant and beautiful [original] series." She'd add that, "The world seems a lot scarier [today]. So maybe it could be time to meet a new Slayer." 

If we had to hazard a guess, the show would have been both sequel and reboot, with a new lead and some ties to the original show (cashing in on that nostalgia factor). However, as things stand, it won't be happening, and we have to believe that the controversies surrounding Whedon have been a major contributing factor. It's a franchise worth revisiting at some point, though.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer premiered in 1997 on The WB and ran for seven seasons before jumping to UPN for its final two. There was also an Angel spinoff series, while stories set in Sunnydale have since continued in comic book form.

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GirshwinDavies
GirshwinDavies - 8/23/2022, 10:04 PM
How about an older Buffy? Get SMG back in the role kicking ass
AmazingFILMporg
AmazingFILMporg - 8/23/2022, 10:21 PM
@GirshwinDavies -


Yes please 🥲
dracula
dracula - 8/23/2022, 10:23 PM
@GirshwinDavies - that would be cool, but SMG doesnt think she could do it anymore.

If a show about another slayer were to happen would hope she at least appears once in a while (and not to be killed off)
Origame
Origame - 8/24/2022, 7:40 AM
@AmazingFILMporg - considering the context, I can't tell if that emoji is crying or drooling.

(It's Sarah Michelle Gellar. I'd do both)
ChrisRed
ChrisRed - 8/24/2022, 10:56 AM
@GirshwinDavies - Exactly. I always thought a reboot would be terrible idea. If they have to continue the Buffy franchise, then get SMG to reprise her role. Maybe make it a soft reboot, where she has to take a new slayer under her wing or something.
GirshwinDavies
GirshwinDavies - 8/24/2022, 11:02 AM
@ChrisRed - That’s exactly what I was thinking!
GirshwinDavies
GirshwinDavies - 8/24/2022, 11:22 AM
@dracula - I bet she could! Yeah, I like that idea as well.
GirshwinDavies
GirshwinDavies - 8/24/2022, 11:23 AM
@AmazingFILMporg - Anything for you my Porgy friend
GirshwinDavies
GirshwinDavies - 8/24/2022, 11:35 AM
@Origame - lmao same here
Reeds2Much
Reeds2Much - 8/23/2022, 10:10 PM
Liked the movie. Never got into the show.

While looking for an appropriate gif found out Jambi the Genie died last year, so kind of bummed about that.
connorblaze
connorblaze - 8/23/2022, 10:13 PM
@Reeds2Much - madness! Movie was terrible, show is a masterpiece! Give it another go. It broke so much ground. The silent episode, the musical, The Body (an episode with no music). These sort of things are common now but Buffy broke a lot of ground with them, and did them better than most.
AmazingFILMporg
AmazingFILMporg - 8/23/2022, 10:15 PM
@joshwilding



James wann production company is producing a king Kong show on D+🔥💥❤️💪
connorblaze
connorblaze - 8/23/2022, 10:18 PM
Once upon a time I would have said it should never be done without Whedon. But that ship has sailed. That said, they’d be mad not to being at least some of the original cast back. And writers. That show had some incredible writers that learned a lot from Whedon. Marti Noxon, Drew Goddard… one of them should carry the torch.

Still hearts my heart that they didn’t do a Spike spinoff. With Willow. Ah what could have been.

I have no interest in a reboot without original cast members though.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 8/23/2022, 10:19 PM
There’s a lot in that world that should be expanded on. I’ve enjoyed the little of the continuation comics I’ve read.
dracula
dracula - 8/23/2022, 10:21 PM
Love Buffy

but im fine with this

Joss whedon is an asshole, but who wants Whedon without Whedon and there is no way he is going to be involved in anything anytime soon.

Seriously Whedon's stuff only works when he does them.

Outside of Toy Story, the stuff he has made has never turned out well under other directors. cant forget the original buffy movie

To be clear not saying bring Whedon back, the guy needs to put the effort in to change before he can be forgiven, but history is there

Whedon story directed by Whedon, good

whedon story directed by someone else, bad
Toblakai
Toblakai - 8/23/2022, 10:27 PM
Good. Leave Buffy alone. The last thing we need is a bunch of soy infused losers giving us a "re-imagining" of this fantastic show.
TheShape9859
TheShape9859 - 8/23/2022, 10:30 PM
Don't need it, don't want it
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