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[CastorSoze]

Had they started filming? I know we just heard of casting and then training videos.

Makes a change from her previous series that only lasted 1 season. Ringer, Wolf Pack, Dexter Original Sin.

 

[The_hunter]

Had they started filming? I know we just heard of casting and then training videos.

Makes a change from her previous series that only lasted 1 season. Ringer, Wolf Pack, Dexter Original Sin.

There was a pilot apparently.

 

[Avid Reading Horse]

Instagram video is cringe... girl's like 15 with a fivehead, can't be watching this show, no siree, not my Buffy.

 

[falconhoof]

If this actually got canceled by 2026 Hollywood, it was probably so unwatchable that burying it was a mercy to everyone involved

Maybe it was unwatchable for Hollywood, as in it didn't please the type of crowd that gave Star Trek Starfleet Academy the greenlight and second season.

 

[GloveSlap]

Besides not having Whedon, everything that was fresh about Buffy at the time has become a cliche and imitated poorly in the years since.

 

[IntentionalPun]

Pilot must have been terrible.

Also not sure who this show was even for since actual kids/teens couldn't care less about Buffy and older people who were fans of the show probably don't want to watch a bunch of actual shitty child actors.

 

[TGO]

Sources indicate that after viewing the pilot filmed last August, Hulu executives felt it didn't quite hit the mark. There was reportedly a "clash of sensibilities" regarding the tone.
Creative Differences: While Chloé Zhao is a visionary (her film Hamnet is sweeping awards right now), there are rumors that her more grounded, "international" style didn't align with the high-energy, witty teen-drama spirit Hulu wanted for the brand.

And from what I heard, although they liked the main lead they didn't like the rest of the cast and didn't believe they could carry the show without legacy characters.
Worse still, the tone was also completely off too and serious and very "modern audiences" (only way to describe it) which is not what Hulu wanted.
They wanted a modern version of Buffy.
The pilot episode was 90min btw.

 

[MMaRsu]

And from what I heard, although they liked the main lead they didn't like the rest of the cast and didn't believe they could carry the show without legacy characters.
Worse still tone was also completely off too and serious and very "modern audiences" (only way to describe it) which is not what Hulu wanted.
They wanted a modern version of Buffy.
The pilot episode was 90min btw.

Sounds like we all dodged a bullet here

 

[TGO]

Sounds like we all dodged a bullet here

Yep!
They was doing the typical 2020 new generation+ legacy characters with liberal modern tones.
They needed Legacy Main Characters+ New Generation and it to be exactly the same.
Obviously someone thought "oh we can improve this" and thought wrong.

 

[bitbydeath]

I knew Chloe couldn't be trusted.
Gotta feel for Sarah, she seems really let down by this.

 

[xrnzaaas]

Good riddance. The og show had a good satisfying ending, the new one should never have been called Buffy, the tone of the new show was presumably going to be very different and it would be difficult to keep bringing back beloved characters - Nicholas has problems of his own, Michelle passed away and actors who played vampires wouldn't fool anyone that they haven't aged almost 30 years.

 

[Ozzie666]

Let's be honest, it should have ended with Season 5 anyhow. This is a good thing, bad for the actos, good for the fans.

 

[RCX]

Good riddance. The og show had a good satisfying ending, the new one should never have been called Buffy, the tone of the new show was presumably going to be very different and it would be difficult to keep bringing back beloved characters - Nicholas has problems of his own, Michelle passed away and actors who played vampires wouldn't fool anyone that they haven't aged almost 30 years.

Like Data in Star Trek. They were putting make up on him with a trowel by the time the last series of Picard aired.

 

[RCX]

Worse still, the tone was also completely off too and serious and very "modern audiences"

They still insist that this mythical modern audience exists and there's enough of them to make these shows a success.

Its like the people writing this stuff are incapable of learning.

 

[AJUMP23]

Reboot being cancelled cost a life

 

[jason10mm]

Reboot being cancelled cost a life

damn, what a day, he'll be totally overshadowed by Chuck. But still, a bummer. Was he ill?

 

[Avid Reading Horse]

He probably wanted to hang on just long enough to make sure this piece of shit didn't go anywhere. Nicholas was a G to the very end, RIP.

 

[RCX]

damn, what a day, he'll be totally overshadowed by Chuck. But still, a bummer. Was he ill?

Lived pretty hard post-buffy afaik. Alcohol issues and a few other health problems arising from it. He had a heart attack in 2023 as well

 

[bitbydeath]

Not sure if/how serious but the Scream / Ready or Not guys want to save it.

That would be a great fit if it happens.

To me, director duo Radio Silence (Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett) are an obvious choice to save the show we all desperately want and need... and the good news is that they'd be "absolutely honored".

"Yeah, we would be honored to have a hand in that," Gillett graciously responds when I ask the pair about potentially saving the Buffy reboot. It's not like they've got much on the roster — just a small gap between Scream 7and Ready or Not 2 both being released this month before production for The Mummy 4hopefully starts in August.

https://www.techradar.com/streaming/hulu/buffy-reboot-ready-or-not-2

 

[AJUMP23]

Not sure if/how serious but the Scream / Ready or Not guys want to save it.

That would be a great fit if it happens.

https://www.techradar.com/streaming/hulu/buffy-reboot-ready-or-not-2

I think a new Buffy would be cool, but I just don't think it is going to happen. I actually think it would be fun to use Swanson and Geller. I think getting all the Slayers named Buffy would be a fun twist.

 

[jason10mm]

I think a new Buffy would be cool, but I just don't think it is going to happen. I actually think it would be fun to use Swanson and Geller. I think getting all the Slayers named Buffy would be a fun twist.

But Geller WAS the same character as Kristy, they even reference evens from the film in the show. Maybe more of a soft reboot than a direct continuation, but seemed pretty clear to me that the show was just carrying on the story from the film.

 

[AJUMP23]

But Geller WAS the same character as Kristy, they even reference evens from the film in the show. Maybe more of a soft reboot than a direct continuation, but seemed pretty clear to me that the show was just carrying on the story from the film.

You can just it explain it away with, we have 3 Buffy's somehow.

 

[jason10mm]

You can just it explain it away with, we have 3 Buffy's somehow.

Well, they did that with the Buffy near death revival leading to multiple slayers. Personally I liked the notion that "there can be only one" and it passes on after (an untimely) death. That sense of fatalism and eventual doom did a lot to make the early seasons have weight and stakes. Multiple players just dilutes the value of the one and, since many slayers means you can kill them with relative impunity, their impact is much less.

Alas, like The Highlander, the need to have "Buffy" in the title (versus Tales of the Slayer or whatever those spin-off stories used) kinda limits where they can go. The slayer as basically expendable in the pursuit of vanquishing evil would be an interesting direction to go.