Will there ever be a reunion with Buffy? Fans of the cult horror fantasy series have been asking themselves this for years. Now there’s a new sign of life from a planned new edition
In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Buffy – Under the Spell of Demons was one of the biggest series phenomena ever. The fantasy horror story about vampire slayer Buffy Summers (Sarah Michelle Gellar) and her “Scooby Gang” lasted seven seasons and a spin-off. But will we ever return to this series world?
After the development of a Buffy reboot was announced almost six years ago, the project has been suspiciously quiet of late. Now, for the first time, there are signs of life again
Fantasy return not dead after all: the Buffy revival is still in the pipeline
In the summer of 2018, the announcement of a possible return to the Buffy universe, which was to be created under the direction of showrunner Monica Owusu-Breen and focus on a new vampire slayer, came as a surprise. Two years later, however, growing controversy surrounding Buffy creator Joss Whedon put a huge damper on the planned reboot.
In August 2022, the fate of a new Buffy series seemed to be finally sealed. As IGN reported, producer Gail Berman revealed during an edition of TV’s Top 5 podcast that the project would be on indefinite hiatus. But as Buffy Summers taught us, death is never really final.
Watch the trailer for Buffy – Under the Spell of Demons here
After more than a year and a half of radio silence, there is hope again. And it comes from country singer Dolly Parton, who was involved in Buffy and the spin-off Angel – Slayer of Darkness through her production company Sandollar Television. In an interview with Business Insider she surprised us with this promising statement:
It’s still being worked on. They are thinking about bringing it back and redesigning it.
So the development of a new edition is far from being written off. However, there is currently no information about who is involved in the project and what form it would take. So it could still be a few years before we get to see a new Buffy series.
In the meantime, fans can look forward to a revival of a somewhat different kind. Numerous stars from the fantasy series (but not Buffy herself) returned last year for the radio play Slayers: A Buffyverse. The story follows the vampire Spike (James Marsters) 10 years after the end of the original.
You can stream all seven seasons of Buffy – Under the Spell of Demons and the spin-off Angel – Slayers of Darkness on Disney+ with a subscription .
