Buffy’s reboot against vampires found its new killer

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We finally know who will lend a hand to Sarah Michelle Gellar in the “soft reboot” of the series Buffy against vampires Currently in preparation on the side of the Hulu streaming platform. It is the young Ryan Kiera Armstrong who will give stakes in the shoes of the new vampire killer.

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“Welcome to New Sunnydale”

Gellar is an executive producer and takes up the role of Buffy Summers in this new Buffyverse series for the moment. It will thus give the reply to a new elected official camped by Armstrong and described, according to Deadline,, as a “Introverted high school student”.

Chloé Zhao (Nomadland,, The eternal) will make the pilot of the series, whose mysterious scenario is written by Nora Zuckerman and Lilla Zuckerman (Poker Face).

“We are so happy to have found the killer of this generation in Ryan Kiera Armstrong, she absolutely stunned us,” said these. “There is no doubt in our mind that she is elected.”

Of Canadian origin, Armstrong burst the screen at the age of eight in the film In Enzo’s eyes. In the cinema, she also appeared in That: Chapter 2,, The Tomorrow War And Firestarter. On television, she was noticed in the Netflix series Anne with an “e”,, American Horror Story And more recently the Disney+ series Star Wars: Skeleton Crew.

“As soon as I saw Ryan’s hearing, I knew that there was only one girl I wanted by my side”commented Sarah Michelle Gellar on Instagram With a video showing the moment when she announced the news of her casting to Armstrong. “Having such an emotional intelligence and such a talent at such a young age is a real gift. In addition, his smile even illuminates the darkest room.”

In the video below, we can see Gellar ask the young actress if she wants to help her save the world and welcome her to “New Sunnydale”.

Produced by 20th Century Television and Searchlight TV, the reboot of Buffy is intended for the Hulu streaming platform, which belongs to Disney. This means that in France, it should logically be offered on Disney+.

In the meantime, the original series is to be seen or reviewed on the service of Svod de Disney, or on Video premium.