On March 14, Sarah Michelle Gellar introduced on Instagram that Buffy the Vampire Slayer: New Sunnydale, a deliberate continuation of the unique Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV collection set to be produced by Hamnet director Chloé Zhao, had formally been cancelled. Now, following a brand new interview with Gellar, we all know who guilty: an unnamed exec who was “proud” that he’d by no means watched the unique collection.
The quote comes from an interview with People Magazine, throughout which Gellar said that she acquired the information of Buffy the Vampire Slayer: New Sunnydale’s cancellation a second earlier than attending the premiere of her upcoming movie, Prepared or Not 2: Right here I Come. “We had an government on our present who was not solely not a fan of the unique, however was proud to always remind us that he had by no means seen the whole lot of the collection and the way it wasn’t for him…In order that tells you the uphill battle that we had been combating since day one, when your government is actually proud to inform you that he didn’t watch it.”
The bizarre factor about Gellar’s remark is that it’s fairly simple to seek out the complete record of Buffy the Vampire Slayer: New Sunnydale’s government producers, and there’s just one man out of the 9 credited producers: Kaz Kuzui. That will lead you to imagine that Kuzui is the plain topic of Gellar’s quote, however I don’t assume that’s really the case.
Kuzui served as a producer on each the unique 1992 Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie and as an government producer on the whole lot of the 1996 TV collection. He was additionally concerned in makes an attempt to reboot the collection as a movie in 2009 and as one other, separate TV collection in 2018. I don’t learn about you, however I really feel just like the man who has tried to get 5 separate Buffy tasks off the bottom most likely doesn’t hate Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Nonetheless, as reported by Deadline, this provides credence to the hearsay that Craig Erwich, President of Disney Tv Group, is the true goal of Gellar’s ire. Deadline’s report each states that “in accordance with a number of sources, the chief Gellar was referring to is Erwich,” and that Erwich was the one immediately answerable for cancelling the collection, as he oversees Hulu Originals’ tasks. That being mentioned, a number of of Deadline’s sources additionally advised the publication that Erwich’s determination had extra to do with the standard of the pilot, with some saying it could have been too costly to supply and others suggesting it didn’t reside as much as the requirements established by the unique collection.
