Sarah Michelle Gellar shares a timing update on Buffy’s revival

The subsequent series to Buffy The Vampire Slayer It may be here faster than originally predicted, according to one of its key stars.

Sarah Michelle Gellarwho confirmed he will appear in an upcoming game reactivate from the supernatural play that attracted a legion of fans when it ended in 1997, which was recently said People that the project is good and truly on its way.

“We’ve set up our offices, which means that things are coming forward faster than I had anticipated,” Gellar, 47, told the outlet in an interview announced on Saturday, March 15. However, he added “it will be a process” to make sure her character, Buffy Summers, and the wider return Puff The universe is perfected for a new generation of viewers.

“To do it as it needs to be done, everyone has to be patient with us all,” Gellar reminded fans. “This is not something that will (just happen).”

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Weekly US It was confirmed at the beginning of February that the TV series was in discussions about revival, a few days before Gellar confirm the news through Instagram. “So… .. you may have heard some news this week, but I realize you haven’t heard from me,” wrote the actress through the social media platform on February 7. “Three years ago, I received a call from my dear friend and mentor, Gail Berman. She told me she wanted me to sit down with Chloé zhao to be heard taking a possible ‘buffy’ revival. (Zhao, 42, was the second woman in history to award the Oscar for best director in 2021 for her work on Nor star Frances McDormand.)

Gellar, who stared in Puff Until the end of the show in May 2003, he continued, saying she was “blown away that even knew who I was.”

“Ultimately, I agreed to go (just to meet a chloé mainly) and our coffee turned twenty minutes into a four -hour adventure quickly. We laughed, we cried, but mostly we both talked about how much this show means to us, ”wrote Gellar. “I have always listened to the fans and heard your desire to revisit ‘Buffy’ and its world, but it wasn’t something I could do unless I was sure we would get it right.”

Gellar, who worked side by side Alyson Hannigan. David Boreanaz. Nicholas Brendon. Charisma carpenter. Anthony’s head and the recent Michelle Trachtenberg on Puffadmitted last month she had felt overwhelmed by the restart getting the green light.

“He is heartbreaking and exciting and also incredibly nervous at the same time,” the actress, who is married to Freddie Prinze Jr.tell People on February 15. Her mixed feelings were revealed in the middle of news that the Puff Reboot would include a new lead character and Gellar would return in a circular role, per DiversityWas one of the first outlets to report on the confirmation of the restart.

However Gellar will serve as an executive producer alongside the original Puff Eps Gail Berman. Fran Kuzui and Kude’s day Through the B. series Dolly Parton It is also expected to be an active producer on the pilot after her company Sandollar was part of the original project. (Hulu and the 20th TV had no comment on the news.)

Original Puff creator Joss whedon not part of the renewed series, according to CloseFollowing a series of misconduct allegations.