'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' Reboot Gets Its Writers' Room
- Sarah Angelo-Haight
- 4 hours ago
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The highly anticipated reboot of the beloved series Buffy the Vampire Slayer now has its writers’ room. Currently in development at Hulu, the new series is reported to be about a new generation of Slayers, with Sarah Michelle Gellar reprising her role of Buffy Summers as well as executive producing.
Although no other cast has yet been announced, Nexus Point News can report on who will be joining the writers’ room, based on information obtained from Writers’ Guild of America. Joining showrunners and executive producers Lilla and Nora Zuckerman, the writers’ room will include:
Melinda Hsu Taylor — Co-Executive Producer. Previous work includes: The Vampire Diaries (executive producer), Nancy Drew (showrunner), and Tom Swift (co-creator/showrunner).
Marty Scott — Supervising Producer. Previous work includes: The Summer I Turned Pretty (producer), All Rise (producer), and Drop Dead Diva (writer).
Deborah R. Swisher — Supervising Producer. Previous work includes: The Summer I Turned Pretty (writer), All Rise (writer), and In Contempt (writer).
Lisa Randolph — Co-Executive Producer. Previous work includes: Jessica Jones (producer), Rush (producer), and Prodigal Son (producer).
Gabrielle Stanton — Executive Producer. Previous work includes: The Summer I Turned Pretty (executive producer), The InBetween (co-executive producer), and Titans (co-executive producer).
Price Peterson — Executive Story Editor. Previous work includes: Legacies (story editor), Heathers (staff writer), and Supanatural (writer).
A recent article from People profiled the reboot and Gellar’s involvement. They also announced that Chloé Zhao would be directing and executive producing the pilot episode. In addition to Zhao, Gellar, and the Zuckermans, producers of the original Buffy the Vampire Slayer series, Gail Berman, Fran Kuzui and Kaz Kuzui, will be returning. Additionally, Dolly Parton, through her Sandollar Entertainment company, will be involved in an executive producer capacity.
TVLine has reported that the main character of this new series will be a “cerebral sixteen-year-old”, accompanied by an “out-and-proud nerd” and “a young expert on vampires”. This seems to mirror the original series’ “Scooby Gang” composed of Buffy, Willow, and Xander. There is no word on whether they will have the services of a Watcher like Giles, nor if there will be vampires like Angel and Spike amongst the regular cast members.
Created by Joss Whedon (who will not be involved) and spun off from a movie of the same name, the original Buffy the Vampire Slayer series aired from 1997-2003. Starring Gellar as the titular Buffy, with a strong supporting cast including Alyson Hannigan as Willow, Nicholas Brendon as Xander, Anthony Head as Giles, and the late Michelle Trachtenberg as Dawn, Buffy the Vampire Slayer followed the adventures of a teenage girl tasked with keeping the world safe from vampires, demons, and other things that go bump in the night. A cult classic with a large and loyal following, it also spawned the spinoff Angel, starring David Boreanaz, which ran from 1999-2004.
Fans of Buffy the Vampire Slayer have been longing for more since the show went off the air over twenty years ago. Now, with a strong and experienced writers’ room and a dedicated team of passionate executive producers, the series faces new life, and a new audience to witness the never-ending battle between light and dark.