BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER Reboot With A Black Lead Has Seemingly Been Scrapped

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER Reboot With A Black Lead Has Seemingly Been Scrapped

It once looked like Buffy the Vampire Slayer was being rebooted with a Black lead, but it's now been confirmed that the project has been put on indefinite hold. Find more details on what's happening here!

By JoshWilding - Aug 22, 2022 09:08 AM EST
Filed Under: Television
Source: TV's Top 5

Way back in 2018, we learned that a Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot was in the works. Since then, we've heard a few positive updates, though initial reports suggesting that the show would have a Black lead were met with the expected (sadly racist) backlash online. 

Original series creator Joss Whedon was said to be on board as an executive producer - good news until reports about the filmmaker bullying actors and crew members emerged - while Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. alum Monica Owusu-Breen was attached to oversee the project.

Now, though, it appears this new take on Buffy has fallen by the wayside. 

Talking on The Hollywood Reporter's TV's Top 5 podcast, executive producer Gail Berman confirmed the reboot has been put "on pause." The series never had an official home, but was said to be "contemporary, building on the mythology of the original." While there had been chatter of a "Black Buffy," the expectation was that the show would focus on original characters. 

Owusu-Breen previously said that she "wouldn’t try to" replicate the "brilliant and beautiful [original] series." She'd add that, "The world seems a lot scarier [today]. So maybe it could be time to meet a new Slayer." 

If we had to hazard a guess, the show would have been both sequel and reboot, with a new lead and some ties to the original show (cashing in on that nostalgia factor). However, as things stand, it won't be happening and we have to believe that the controversies surrounding Whedon have been a major contributing factor. 

Buffy the Vampire Slayer premiered in 1997 on The WB and ran for seven seasons before jumping to UPN for its final two. There was also an Angel spinoff series, while stories set in Sunnydale have since continued in comic book form.

Are you disappointed that this new take on Buffy appears to be DOA?

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Demigods
Demigods - 8/22/2022, 12:40 PM
I don't know what was said, but I don't think it's racist to dislike the idea of race-bending for the sake of race-bending. It's sort of stupid and pandering IMO.

Stick to the source material.
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