Buffy the Vampire Slayer fans have one big worry as show 'set for revival'

A caller Buffy the Vampire Slayer bid is successful the works and fans person taken to societal media to stock their thoughts connected the upcoming revival – with galore having 1 large worry

Fans of deed supernatural play Buffy the Vampire Slayer were stunned this week erstwhile it was announced that a follow-up bid is successful the works.

The quality comes 2 decades connected aft the programme – which sees Sarah Michelle Gellar play Buffy Summers – came to an end.

Reports authorities American streaming work Hulu is getting adjacent to green-lighting a pilot, and excitement is astatine fever transportation with reports swirling that Sarah could beryllium stepping backmost into Buffy's boots for the revival. Oscar victor Chloé Zhao, who's ever been unfastened astir her emotion for Buffy, is besides acceptable to nonstop the pilot, which has been written by Nora and Lilla Zuckerman.

Despite the buzz, immoderate fans are warily eyeing the revival. Writing connected the r/buffy Reddit thread, 1 fan's apprehension was wide arsenic they wrote: "That makes maine benignant of nervous," arsenic idiosyncratic other replied: "Same. I don't deliberation it's gonna beryllium good."

The statement heated up arsenic a 3rd contributor added: "I'm truthful intrigued and besides truthful scared. Shows contiguous are precise antithetic than they were astatine the time. Will they beryllium doing 10 occurrence seasons? Will it beryllium much continuous similar shows are present oregon volition they person immoderate one-off monster-of-the week episodes?"

The Redditor delved deeper, probing the logistics of the return, saying: "Who tin travel back? I ever assumed a Buffy reboot would bring connected a caller slayer. But there's nary longer conscionable 1 slayer, too. Will this centre astir Buffy oregon a caller radical of slayers?"

They didn't halt there, musing implicit the practicalities of re-assembling the archetypal cast, asking: "Who tin travel back? The humans, definite - but the vamps can't...unless they usage that MCU technology to marque David and James younger. I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS."

Despite the reservations, galore Buffy enthusiasts expressed excitement astir the upcoming series. One instrumentality commented: "I'll effort it out. A caller mentation doesn't alteration the aged one. If I don't similar it, I conscionable won't support watching." While different added: "If Sarah Michelle Gellar is successful it playing Buffy, I'm watching it."

A 3rd instrumentality shared: "The thought of an older Buffy has inherent entreaty to maine which is wherefore I'm connected board. I deliberation Sarah Michelle Gellar tin instrumentality the quality into immoderate absorbing places present that she's not successful a coming of property story. If this was remaking Buffy full cloth I'd beryllium little thrilled. But Sarah Michelle Gellar has specified a steadfast grasp connected this quality and its imaginable that I find myself being excited by her return."

The caller amusement is billed arsenic "the adjacent section successful the Buffyverse" and boasts an awesome accumulation team, including enforcement producers Gellar, Zhao, Nora and Lilla Zuckerman, arsenic good arsenic archetypal bid enforcement producers Gail Berman, Fran Kuzui, and Kaz Kuzui.

Notably, Dolly Parton's institution Sandollar, which produced the archetypal series, is besides acceptable to enforcement nutrient the pilot. If greenlit, this would people the 3rd installment successful the franchise, pursuing the archetypal Buffy the Vampire Slayer bid (1997-2003) and its spin-off Angel (1999-2004).