Sarah Michelle Gellar May Have More Buffy in Her After All

It’s been over half a decade since 20th Century Fox revealed its plans to reboot Buffy the Vampire Slayer. While there hasn’t been much of it since then, it was only a few years later that original lead Sarah Michelle Gellar said she’d had her fill of the character and wasn’t looking to return anytime soon, mainly since she was looking to distance herself from creator Joss Whedon following allegations of abuse and misconduct from Charisma Carpenter and Ray Fisher.

But times have changed, and Gellar recently came onto Drew Barrymore’s talk show to hype up the Dexter prequel she’s in. While there, she indicated she’d be more open to a return nowadays. She still considers the original Buffy “in its bubble and so perfect,” but the sequel boom for old shows like Dexter and Sex & the City has made her realize the different ways one could revitalize a classic series. The reboot’s original pitch was to focus on a new hero, but Gellar noted Buffy “could be anything. It’s a universe, and makes you realize that in this world, we need those heroes, more than ever.”

Since Buffy ended in 2003, the franchise has been sustained through comics by Boom! Studios, novels, and last year’s Slayers audio drama. Pretty much any show within the last 20-30 years is likely to get a sequel or prequel, as we learned when Disney revealed its plans to do a Malcolm in the Middle sequel earlier this week. In late January, producer Dolly Parton said it’s still being considered for a revamp, but will Disney bite and greenlight it? And should it do so, how will world respond to it after everything to do with Whedon and so much of the current YA fantasy template borrowing from the original series?

[via Variety]

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