{"id":483254,"date":"2026-03-19T02:40:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T02:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/483254\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T02:40:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T02:40:11","slug":"sarah-michelle-gellar-tells-page-six-radio-why-she-hopes-canceled-buffy-reboot-pilot-doesnt-see-light-of-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/483254\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarah Michelle Gellar tells Page Six Radio why she hopes canceled \u2018Buffy\u2019 reboot pilot doesn\u2019t see light of day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sarah Michelle Gellar hopes the canceled \u201cBuffy the Vampire Slayer\u201d reboot<\/a> pilot doesn\u2019t see the light of day because it wasn\u2019t \u201cfinished\u201d and \u201ceveryone would have an opinion.\u201d<\/p>\n

The \u201cReady or Not 2: Here I Come\u201d star opened up about the canceled project and how it took her by surprise during a chat with Page Six Radio co-hosts Evan Real and Danny Murphy Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope it doesn\u2019t. I actually hope it doesn\u2019t,\u201d Gellar, 48, said of the \u201cBuffy the Vampire Slayer: New Sunnydale\u201d pilot getting leaked. <\/p>\n

Sarah Michelle Gellar (pictured here during an interview with Page Six Radio on Wednesday) hopes the canceled \u201cBuffy the Vampire Slayer\u201d reboot pilot doesn\u2019t see the light of day.<\/p>\n

Gellar opened up about the canceled project during a chat with Page Six Radio co-hosts Evan Real and Danny Murphy.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause then everyone\u2019s going to have an opinion on this and that,\u201d she continued. \u201cAnd pilots are not finished. It wasn\u2019t done.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gellar went on to explain that she and Chlo\u00e9 Zhao, who was signed on as director until the revival was scrapped last week, made a pilot for the \u201cBuffy\u201d reboot \u201con purpose\u201d because there were \u201csome new characters\u201d and they wanted to \u201csee how it goes.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are things you learn from it. And there are things you fix,\u201d she explained. \u201cUsually, a pilot doesn\u2019t air in its entirety, ever. So you use that information as a learning tool.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause then everyone\u2019s going to have an opinion on this and that,\u201d the \u201cReady or Not 2\u201d star explained. \u201cAnd pilots are not finished. It wasn\u2019t done.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gellar added that she and director Chlo\u00e9 Zhao made a pilot for the \u201cBuffy\u201d reboot \u201con purpose\u201d because there were \u201csome new characters\u201d and they wanted to \u201csee how it goes.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The \u201cScooby-Doo\u201d star then revealed that the original \u201cBuffy\u201d pilot, which went on to run for seven seasons from 1997 to 2003, had \u201cnothing to do with the show\u201d it ultimately turned into.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a different Willow,\u201d she said, referring to Alyson Hannigan\u2019s role as Willow Rosenberg. \u201cIt was a very different show. But those are learning tools, and that\u2019s what a pilot is.\u201d<\/p>\n

As for a version of the pilot script that reportedly got leaked, Gellar insisted that it \u201cisn\u2019t correct\u201d and asked \u201cBuffy\u201d fans not to watch the pilot should it somehow get released.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut those are learning tools, and that\u2019s what a pilot is,\u201d the Scooby-Doo star said during her visit to Page Six Radio. Getty Images<\/p>\n

Gellar also asked \u201cBuffy\u201d fans not to watch the pilot, should it somehow get released. Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cThat stuff is really unfortunate,\u201d Gellar told Page Six Radio. \u201cAnd I ask fans, if you see scripts, if you see [the pilot] leaked, don\u2019t watch it. Because you\u2019re not getting our visions and all of that.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, there are two things longtime \u201cBuffy\u201d fans can do to make the canceled reboot right: stream the original show and go see her newest movie, \u201cReady or Not 2.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s what you can do right now,\u201d Gellar concluded. \u201cThat\u2019s all we can do right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gellar (pictured here during Season 1 of \u201cBuffy the Vampire Slayer\u201d) starred in the hit show\u2019s seven seasons from 1997 to 2003<\/p>\n

Gellar (seen here during the final season of \u201cBuffy\u201d) starred alongside Alyson Hannigan (Willow Rosenberg). AP<\/p>\n

The \u201cI Know What You Did Last Summer\u201d scream queen revealed that the continuation of her hit \u201990s series wouldn\u2019t be happening after all in a disappointing Instagram message on March 14.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo I am really sad to have to share this, but I wanted you all to hear it from me,\u201d Gellar began before announcing that Hulu \u201cdecided not to move forward\u201d<\/a> with the highly anticipated \u201cBuffy\u201d revival.<\/p>\n

\u201cI promise that if the apocalypse actually comes, you can still beep me,\u201d she ended her message after thanking Zhao.<\/p>\n

The scream queen icon (pictured here in a Season 1 promo shot from 1997) revealed that the revival wasn\u2019t happening in an Instagram message on March 14. The Kobal Collection<\/p>\n

Gellar (seen here as the titular Buffy during Season 4 of the hit supernatural drama) later revealed that one Hulu exec was to blame for \u201cNew Sunnydale\u201d not moving forward. The Kobal Collection<\/p>\n

Gellar then revealed that one Hulu exec in particular was to blame<\/a> for \u201cBuffy: New Sunnydale\u201d not moving forward at the streamer.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had an executive on our show who was not only not a fan of the original, but was proud to constantly remind us that he had never seen the entirety of the series and how it wasn\u2019t for him,\u201d she\u00a0told People\u00a0in an interview published Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s very hard when you\u2019re taking a property that is as beloved as\u00a0\u2018Buffy,\u2019 not just to the world, but to me and Chlo\u00e9,\u201d Gellar added. \u201cSo that tells you the uphill battle that we had been fighting since day one, when your executive is literally proud to tell you that he didn\u2019t watch it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sarah Michelle Gellar hopes the canceled \u201cBuffy the Vampire Slayer\u201d reboot pilot doesn\u2019t see the light of day…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":483255,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[8354,6491,2755,96,1345,171692,13770,391,14588,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-483254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-buffy-the-vampire-slayer","tag-celebrities","tag-celebrity-news","tag-entertainment","tag-exclusive","tag-page-six-radio","tag-sarah-michelle-gellar","tag-tv","tag-tv-reboots","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=483254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483254\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/483255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=483254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=483254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=483254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}