{"id":110625,"date":"2026-03-17T10:26:03","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T09:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whoopsee.it\/sarah-michelle-gellar-returns-to-talk-about-buffy-sequel-cancellation-no-one-saw-this-coming\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T12:15:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T10:15:44","slug":"sarah-michelle-gellar-returns-to-talk-about-buffy-sequel-cancellation-no-one-saw-this-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whoopsee.it\/en\/sarah-michelle-gellar-returns-to-talk-about-buffy-sequel-cancellation-no-one-saw-this-coming\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarah Michelle Gellar returns to talk about Buffy sequel cancellation: ‘No one saw this coming’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Over the weekend that had just ended, Sarah Michelle Gellar had posted a video on her Instagram profile in which she announced the decision made by Hulu not to go ahead with the Buffy reboot, thanking director Chlo\u00e9 Zhao who, like her, had embarked on this project and all the fans who had always been so fond of her character as much as of her person.<\/p>\n\n

Now, in an exclusive interview with People<\/a>, the actress has decided to explain in more detail what happened, revealing that the official announcement would be given to her at the premiere of her new film Ready or Not 2: Here I Come held at the SXSW Film & TV Festival.<\/p>\n\n

“I was about to go on stage in front of all the fans,” Gellar recalls, “Hulu had decided not to go ahead with the Buffy revival. Let me tell you, no one saw that coming.” For several years, in fact, Gellar and Zhao would try to work on a revival of the series for Hulu and Searchlight Television. “From the day I left Sunnydale, they asked me to come back,” the actress continues, “And it had never crossed my mind that I would accept. Then, four years ago, Chlo\u00e9, the witch that she is-and I mean that in a good way-came into my life. In one meeting, she convinced me to say yes to something I would never have considered. This was because of the deep love, dedication and passion she had for this character. It was like stepping back in time.” <\/p>\n\n

The actress and director would even shoot a pilot episode ahead of the show’s possible full reboot, “I got the call the very weekend that Chlo\u00e9 was going to the Oscars as a Best Director nominee for Hamnet. The fact that we got the call on the Friday of what was supposed to be Chlo\u00e9’s lap of honor for an incredible film, and the world premiere of something I’ve worked so hard for…says a lot.”<\/p>\n\n

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