“Buffy The Vampire Slayer” Revival Cast Revealed

Earlier this week, Sarah Michelle Gellar shared a photo from the table read for the pilot of the upcoming revival of the popular series, “Buffy The Vampire Slayer” for Hulu and Disney+.

The original show follows the adventures of Buffy Summers, a teenage girl who is gifted with the strength and skill to hunt vampires and the new series will continue the story, with Sarah Michelle Gellar returning as the Vampire hunter, along with a brand new vampire slayer, an introverted high-school student named Nova who will be played by Ryan Kiera Armstrong, who recently starred in the Disney+ Original series, “Star Wars: Skeleton Crew”. 

New casting details for the pilot have been revealed by Deadline, which will see Faly Rakotohavana, Ava Jean, Sarah Bock, Daniel Di Tomasso and Jack Cutmore-Scott join the cast.

Faly Rakotohavana will be playing the role of Hugo, a privileged, likeable high-school student who is a geek. Faly has previously starred in the Hulu Original series, “UnPrisoned” and Disney+ film “Secret Society of Second Born Royals”.

Ava Jean is going to play Larkin, another student described as a “chronic do-gooder.” Ava has previously starred in “Law & Order: SVU”. Sarah Bock will play Gracie, the ringleader for a group of church-going students. Sarah has previously starred in “Severance”.

Daniel Di Tomasso will play Abe, Nova’s single father who is a photojournalist. Daniel has previously starred in ” CSI: Vegas”. Jack Cutmore-Scott join the cast will play Mr. Burke, a popular high school teacher. Jack has previously starred in the recent “Frasier” and the Hulu Original, “Death and Other Details”.

20th Television and Searchlight TV are behind the series, and the pilot will be directed by Chloé Zhao, who previously directed the Oscar-winning “Nomadland” and the Marvel film “Eternals.” Chloé has a first-look deal with Searchlight. The pilot will be written by Nora and Lilla Zuckerman, who previously worked on “Poker Face.”

“Buffy The Vampire Slayer” debuted in 1992 with a film starring Kristy Swanson, Donald Sutherland, and Luke Perry. It returned in 1997 with a TV series starring Sarah Michelle Gellar and Alyson Hannigan, which ran for seven seasons. The original series is available to stream on Hulu and Hulu On Disney+ in the United States and on Disney+ internationally, along with the original film.

Should Disney decide to continue with the project once the pilot has been created, hopefully, it won’t be too long until it arrives on Hulu and Disney+.

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