Sarah Michelle Gellar has answered fans' questions about what the new Buffy The Vampire Slayer series will be like, saying it's "not a sequel".
Gellar is set to reprise the role of Buffy Summers from the beloved TV show alongside a new Slayer, played by Ryan Kiera Armstrong.
Written by Lilla and Nora Zuckerman (Poker Face) and directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Chloé Zhao, the upcoming series is titled Buffy The Vampire Slayer: New Sunnydale, referencing the name of the town where the Chosen One fought vampires and demons.
Speaking on the Shut Up Evan podcast, Gellar said: "It's not a sequel, it's not a reboot — it's a continuation."
According to the star, who also serves as executive producer, the show is set to solve some of the original series' mysteries, including where Buffy is "now in this world and what is this world that Buffy lives in, with her and without her".
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"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," Gellar said of the new series, whose pilot was commissioned by Hulu last year.
Gellar also weighed in on how the collaboration with Zhao came along, saying her meeting with the director was "the first time" she considered reprising the role of Buffy despite having previously stated she wouldn't on multiple occasions.
"I know this seems like it's taking a long time, and it's because unless we are sure that it is exactly what we set out to do and that it makes sense to do it, we don't want to sell you the legacy by not," she said of the new project.
"When I know it's perfect, then it will be out there, but I won't do it unless I know it can be that."
Buffy The Vampire Slayer: New Sunnydale doesn't have a release date.
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