{"id":2332318,"date":"2026-03-17T00:29:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T00:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2332318"},"modified":"2026-03-17T00:29:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T00:29:18","slug":"sarah-michelle-gellar-speaks-out-after-hulu-axes-buffy-reboot-and-blames-it-on-one-executive-whos-not-a-fan-of-the-original-nobody-saw-this-comin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/sarah-michelle-gellar-speaks-out-after-hulu-axes-buffy-reboot-and-blames-it-on-one-executive-whos-not-a-fan-of-the-original-nobody-saw-this-comin\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarah Michelle Gellar Speaks Out After Hulu Axes \u2018Buffy\u2019 Reboot and Blames It on One Executive Who\u2019s \u2018Not a Fan of the Original\u2019: \u2018Nobody Saw This Coming\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div role=\"presentation\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0001264\/\">Sarah Michelle Gellar<\/a> is still shocked that <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0218858\/\">Hulu<\/a> won\u2019t be moving forward with the \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0118276\/\">Buffy the Vampire Slayer<\/a>\u201d reboot \u2014 but she is shedding light about why it was axed.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, Gellar told <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0885889\/\">People<\/a> that she received the call with the news right before she was about to take the stage at the SXSW Film &amp; TV Festival to debut \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt33978029\/\">Ready or Not 2: Here I Come<\/a>\u201d on Friday, March 11.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet me tell you, nobody saw this coming,\u201d she said before calling out the irony of the timing of the news being delivered. \u201cNo one saw this coming, including the head of Searchlight. I got the call as we were stepping onto stage for the premiere of their own movie. And it\u2019s also the weekend of Chlo\u00e9 [<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm13367449\/\">Zhao<\/a>] going to the Oscars as a best director nominee for <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt14905854\/\">Hamnet<\/a>. For them to call us on the Friday of what&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.imdb.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sarah Michelle Gellar is still shocked that Hulu won\u2019t be moving forward with the \u201cBuffy the Vampire Slayer\u201d reboot \u2014 but she is shedding light about why it was axed. 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