News Buffy the Vampire Slayer Buffy the Vampire Slayer Revival is Dead at Hulu, But Vampires Never Die It may be dead, but it’s still pretty By Molly Templeton | Published on March 16, 2026 Screenshot: 20th Century Fox Comment 0 Share New Share Screenshot: 20th Century Fox Maybe it was always too good to be true. On Friday, news broke that the Buffy the Vampire Slayer sequel series, reportedly subtitled New Sunnydale, would not be moving forward at Hulu. Returning star (and executive producer) Sarah Michelle Gellar broke the news herself in an Instagram post, saying that she wanted fans to hear it from her. But she closed her comments with, “If the apocalypse comes, you can still beep me.” Gellar was on press tour for Ready or Not 2: Here I Come, on which she had been enthusiastically speaking about the new show. On Friday morning, before the cancellation was announced, ComicBook.com ran an interview with Gellar in which she discussed why she’d said in the past that she would never return to Buffy’s stylish yet affordable boots—and that it took some time for her to even sign on to the reboot series: “Mind you, I also said no to Chloe [Zhao] many times in the beginning, as well. Her passion, and her reasoning for wanting to do it, and why now, and why it is necessary.” Zhao was a producer on the series and the director of the complete pilot episode. She is also an Oscar-winning movie director whose Hamnet was up for eight Oscars last night. On the red carpet, she told Variety: “I had an incredible, incredible time with Sarah [Michelle Gellar], with all the cast and crew doing this. And we, first and foremost, see ourselves as the guardians of the original show,” Zhao said. “Our priority for Sarah and for us has always been to be truthful to the show, to be truthful to our fans. So, things happen for a reason, and we keep our hearts open and we welcome the mystery. And what this might lead us to.” When pressed on whether that last bit meant that the pilot might not be fully dead—whether the producers might try to find another home for it—Zhao only said “Welcome to the mystery” again. According to Deadline, Hulu “remains high on the Buffy IP and plans to regroup and mull a possible new incarnation of the beloved franchise.” Along with Gellar, the new series was set to star Ryan Kiera Armstrong as a new Slayer; Armstrong also took to Instagram to share a photo of herself in a perfect costume, captioned, “your slayer.” In an Instagram Story (no longer viewable), she thanked Gellar, Zhao, and showrunners Lilla and Nora Zuckerman, and said, “We brought this back for you guys, and Buffy is such a big part of all of our lives, and it’s not going anywhere. So who knows what the future will hold.”[end-mark] The post <i>Buffy the Vampire Slayer</i> Revival is Dead at Hulu, But Vampires Never Die appeared first on Reactor.