r/buffy Jul 24 '25

First casting news!

https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/buffy-the-vampire-slayer-reboot-pilot-cast-sarah-bock-1236469066/
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u/RealisticAd4054 Jul 24 '25

Ya, it’s the laziest way possible to do a legacy sequel/revival series. Just the same as the old show but with new younger characters filling the roles of the original characters. Same high school setting, same town.

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u/Chokolla Jul 24 '25

It was always gonna be that and it was always clearly said by smg.

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u/RealisticAd4054 Jul 24 '25

It was always a possibility, and it was clear there was going to be a new slayer as the lead, but when did SMG indicate that the show was specifically going to be about a new Buffy, Xander and Willow, with a single parent, in the same town and high school? Basically a redo of the original series.

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u/Chokolla Jul 24 '25

She didn’t say those exact same words of course but she said it would be a new story about a new slayer and that they would highlight nex characters before old ones. She is the only old cast member to be featured after all ! (For now)

What did you expect about a new 15 year okd slayer ? That she would be homeschooled without friends with only buffy, willow and xander ?🤔