One of the most beloved TV series of the past two decades, Joss Whedon’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer, is making a comeback. A reboot of the supernatural drama is in development at Fox 21 TV Studios, the cable/streaming division of 20th Century Fox TV, the studios behind the original series, which ran for seven seasons, first on the WB and then on UPN.
Midnight, Texas creator Monica Owusu-Breen has been tapped as writer, executive producer and showrunner of the new Buffy the Vampire Slayer, with the original series’ creator and showrunner Whedon set to executive produce alongside original series’ exec producers Gail Berman, Fran Kazui and Kaz Kazui as well as Joe Earley from Berman’s Jackal Group.
‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ series reboot with black lead in the works; Joss Whedon to exec. produce
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YES!!!
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Oh hell yess , I don’t care if people are butthurt or not , I love the original show and new interpretation might be great. So I’m all in
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A big part of my attachment to the original show was the actors and their performances as the characters. They sort of are iconically those characters. This is a maybe for me. I’ll be excited to see the tone/feel and the kinds of effects they can employ these days.
The race-swap thing is superficial and feels kind of like a plastic, corporate move, but it doesn’t bother me from a storytelling perspective, and I’m sure the actress will be fine.