It’s been a month since news broke that the “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” reboot was canned over at Disney … and fans are still making it clear they’re pissed.
Here’s the deal … Disney pulled the plug on the Sarah Michelle Gellar project, which was slated to debut on Hulu as a soft reboot of the popular ’90s sci-fi/horror series. We hear SMG was blindsided by the rug pull … and fans were livid.
And it seems fans are still pretty heated … because a group of about 20 people protested at Hulu’s Santa Monica office on Tuesday — a month to the day of the reboot’s cancellation — to demand their vampire series return from the dead. It also happens to be SMG’s birthday, which fans adopted as International Buffy Day.
Wearing ‘Buffy’ swag and carrying pro-Buffy signs … the group made it clear there is a hunger for new Buffy — so get the undead show on the road!
A source close to SMG and slated revival director Chloé Zhao previously told TMZ … both women felt blindsided by the news, not to mention the timing — as Sarah just had a killer opening at SXSW for her new movie “Ready or Not 2: Here I Come,” and Chloé had the 8 Oscar nominations for “Hamnet.”
We’re told Sarah and Chloé were both eagerly looking forward to continuing Buffy’s legacy and sharing their vision with the fans.
The reboot — titled “Buffy the Vampire Slayer: New Sunnydale” — was first announced in February 2025. It was expected to star Ryan Kiera Armstrong as the new slayer, but have Sarah reprise her Buffy character in a recurring role.
The ‘Buffy’ series ran for 7 seasons beginning in 1997, and was based on the 1992 film of the same name.
Slay, fans.