In July 2018, Joss Whedon announced that he felt ready to launch a reboot of his most legendary series, “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”, and that he would do so in collaboration with Fox 21 TV Studios. Monica Owusu-Breen, producer and author of series such as ‘Agents of SHIELD’, ‘Charmed’ and ‘Fringe (Al limit)’, was hired to write the series and serve as showrunner and it was even rumored that he could be played by a black hunter. Later it was said that it wasn’t going to be a reboot but something else, why “There’s only one Buffy”and although James Marsters was nominated to return as Spike or any other character, Sarah Michelle Gellar made it clear that she was absolutely not relied upon.
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But it was years ago, long before the allegations of abuse and cruelty that first Ray Fisher and then Charisma Carpenter made him (and which was joined by Marsters, Gal Gadot, the showrunner of “Buffy”, the screenwriter of “Firefly” and David Boreanaz among others). Now, as producer Gail Berman revealed in The Hollywood Reporter’s Top 5 TV podcast, the reboot of “Buffy” has been pressed. “pause” and hinted at the reasons for the Slayerfest ’98 podcast in February of this year, without referring, mind you, to Whedon: “I was hired to reboot ‘Buff’ at the time. I had a character I loved and adore in the vampire world and I wanted to bring in a new girl with vampires. But Hollywood is Hollywood, and the complications of intellectual property are what they are. And a global pandemic and all … So the project is in the ether, I don’t know if anything will happen, but I love the story in my head. “
Paused does not mean canceled, but after accusations against Whedon for abuses of all kinds ranging from intimidation to threats, humiliations, various manipulations and that he was even forbidden to be alone with Michelle Trachtenberg, who was a minor at the time, added to his departure from “The Nevers” and that he hasn’t announced any new projects since, it seems hard to imagine that they will still be counting on him for a reboot, remake, sequel or spin-off of any kind of “Buffy, Vampire. Slayer ‘, even if you never know, so it seems like the cancellation culture doesn’t last forever.
Source: E Cartelera
