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Sarah El-Mahmoud

‘I Will Eat My Words’: Why Sarah Michelle Gellar Joined The New Buffy The Vampire Show After Saying She’d ‘Never’ Return

Sarah Michelle Gellar as Buffy Summers in Buffy the Vampire Slayer pilot episode .

News broke back in early 2025 that Buffy The Vampire Slayer would be coming back thanks to Sarah Michelle Gellar and Hulu. The streaming service greenlit a pilot order for a continuation to the beloved fantasy series with Oscar-winner Chloé Zhao also behind the project. Almost a year later, Gellar has just shared more details about why she’s making the series.

In a new interview with Evan Ross Katz, Sarah Michelle Gellar spoke in depth about her thoughts on the new series set to be called Buffy The Vampire Slayer: New Sunnydale. In her words:

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