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Buffy the Vampire Slayer ’s Sarah Michelle Gellar on what it was about Chloé Zhao ’s pitch that won her over and wanting to get it " 100 % right . "
Yesterday , we had a chance to look at what series star and executive producerSarah Michelle Gellarhad to say about those " outflow " about some of the theatrical role in Gellar , showrunners , writer , and EPsNora ZuckermanandLila Zuckerman , director / EPChloé Zhao , and EPGail Berman’sBuffy the Vampire Slayersequel serial publication fender for Hulu . Spoiler ? They ’re imitation . For this go - around , Gellar is offer some perceptiveness into what it was about Zhao ’s pitch that got her to open to doorway to the possibility of a return .
During an consultation withElite Dailyin support of her partnership with MyFitnessPal to promote its Modern meal - contriver creature , Gellar partake in that she had been pitch musical theme for revive the serial over the years . " Every pitch I heard was just like , ' Let ’s just do Buffy again . ' Why ? " she said . But " the rage that [ Zhao ] came to me with , what she wanted to do with the show and the case , and why Buffy is needed now — it was the first clock time where I thought , ' OK , there ’s a reason , ' " Gellar continued . Gellar have it clear-cut that this was n’t something that just came together over the retiring few calendar month – and they have no plans to move forward unless they experience that they ’ve gotten it right . " We ’ve been at this for three - and - a - half , maybe four years now . We wo n’t do it unless it ’s 100 % right and there ’s 100 % a reason , " Gellar add .
Sarah Michelle Gellar to Buffy Fans: Sequel Series “Will Be For You”
" So … .. you might have get a line some news this week , but I realize you have n’t heard from me : Gellar begin her post on Instagram ( waiting for you below ) . " Three class ago , I got a call from my beloved friend and wise man , Gail Berman . She say me that she want me to posture down with Chloé Zhao to listen her take on a potential " Buffy " revival . I was vaunt out that Chloé even know who I was , but , as I ’ve always done , I told Gail that I just did n’t see a way for the show to exist again . We ’d always been align on that , but this time I see something different in her voice . I eventually agreed to go ( mainly just to meet Chloé ) and our twenty minute coffee apace turned into a four time of day adventure . We laughed , we cry , but mostly we both peach about how much this show means to us . "
Gellar continued , " While I did n’t fit to anything at that meeting , I did scandalise myself by agreeing to continue the conversation . These conversations did , in fact , continue over the next few years and eventually we added the incredible Nora and Lilla Zuckerman to our little kin group until at long last , one 24-hour interval , we landed on an thought . I have always listen to the fans and heard your desire to revisit ' Buffy ' and her world , but it was not something I could do unless I was sure we would get it right . This has been a farseeing process , and it ’s not over yet . I promise you , we will only make this show if we know we can do it right on . And I will tell you that we are on the path there . I palpate so lucky to be on this journeying with these four unbelievably talented woman , all of whom have intercourse " Buffy " as much as I do . And as much as you do . give thanks you to all the buff who never discontinue asking for this . This will be for you . "
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telly Linereported undivided details on three of the potential serial publication ' major characters in March of this class . Though Hulu and 20th Television refuse to comment , former character details reportedly have " Nova " – a 16 - class - old who ’s smart but more of a loner – as the new slayer . " Nova ’s " team would let in " Hugo " ( " an out - and - proud nerd who come from money " ) and " Gracie , " described as " a young expert on lamia who ’s an acolyte " of Buffy ( Gellar ) . Gellar is set to serve as executive producer , along with Berman , Fran Kuzui&Kaz Kuzuivia Suite B , andDolly Partonvia Sandollar – with 20th Television and Searchlight Television serving as the studios .
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