Buffy Revival at Hulu Axed as Zhao-Gellar Team Collide Over Vision
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Hulu canceled the Buffy the Vampire Slayer: New Sunnydale reboot after a pilot directed by Chloé Zhao that sidelined Buffy; Sarah Michelle Gellar blamed a skeptical Hulu executive, while insiders say Zhao’s cinematic approach and a weak rewrite made the TV adaptation untenable, leaving the project in development limbo despite interest from other distributors.
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