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Chase Sui Wonders Joins Sarah Michelle Gellar in ‘Buffy’ Reboot
Casting continues on Hulu’s pilot for a “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” reboot, with Deadline reporting that Chase Sui Wonders (I Know What You Did Last Summer) has signed on.
Sarah Michelle Gellar will reprise the role of Buffy alongside Ryan Kiera Armstrong (Firestarter) as a brand new vampire slayer in the planned small screen reboot.
Faly Rakotohavana (Unprisoned), Ava Jean (Law & Order: SVU), Sarah Bock (Severance), Daniel Di Tomasso (CSI: Vegas) and Jack Cutmore-Scott (“Frasier”) recently joined the cast of creator Chloé Zhao’s (Nomadland) “Buffy” reboot project as series regulars.
Deadline notes, “Armstrong plays the new slayer — an introverted high-school student named Nova — in the untitled Buffyverse project, which Gellar executive produces.
From what we understand, the series will also feature legacy characters from the original ’90s series. The reboot aims to “find a balance between new and old characters.”
Nora and Lilla Zuckerman (“Poker Face”) wrote the pilot, with Chloé Zhao directing.
“Buffy the Vampire Slayer” ran for seven seasons between 1997 and 2003, becoming a pop culture icon in the process. It was followed by spinoff “Angel,” which ran from 1999 to 2004.
The Ghostbusters franchise returns to the world of animation with brand new Netflix series “Ghostbusters: Night Shift,” and the official logo has been revealed this weekend.
Expect “Ghostbusters: Night Shift” to clock in on Netflix in 2027!
Netflix previews, “Ghostbusters: Night Shift, a series from Netflix and Sony Pictures Animation based on the beloved Ghostbusters franchise, will debut exclusively on Netflix in 2027.
“The new series marks the next chapter in the franchise’s ghoul-catching legacy, bringing supernatural comedy and paranormal action back to animation.”
The upcoming animated series from Netflix will be executive produced by Ben Hibon, Elliott Kalan, Jason Reitman, Gil Kenan, Amie Karp, and Dan Aykroyd.
Reitman, son of Ivan Reitman, director of the original Ghostbusters features, and Kenan co-wrote the franchise’s most recent installments, Ghostbusters: Afterlife and Frozen Empire.
“This isn’t the first time the Ghostbusters universe has gone animated,” Netflix reminds in their press release today. “The 1980s and ’90s saw The Real Ghostbusters and Extreme Ghostbusters take over the small screen. For now, you can rest assured: If there’s something strange in your neighborhood, a Ghostbuster will be on the job — even if it’s after hours.”
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