One Buffy The Vampire Slayer fan has created a video game to try and save the cancelled reboot.
Last year, Buffy actor Sarah Michelle Gellar announced a sequel series was in the works, with Hulu ordering a pilot directed by Chloé Zhao. New Sunnydale was set to continue Buffy’s story while focusing on a new slayer, played by Ryan Kiera Armstrong.
However, earlier this month the project was abandoned. “I was reminded how much I love [Buffy] and how much she means not only to me but to all of you. And this doesn’t change any of that,” said Gellar, confirming the news. “I promise if the apocalypse actually comes, you can still beep me.”
She went on to say that “nobody” saw the cancellation coming and blamed the decision on one executive who “was proud to constantly remind” the cast that he had never seen the original show, and how Buffy “wasn’t for him”.
According to People, Hulu’s parent company Disney currently owns the rights to Buffy The Vampire Slayer, making it unlikely the project could be picked up elsewhere. That hasn’t stopped fans from trying though. A petition is currently doing the rounds on social media, while another fan has launched a desktop PC game alongside an open letter to Disney to try and get Buffy The Vampire Slayer: New Sunnydale revived.
