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Buffy the Vampire Slayer seemingly has more vampires to take down.

On Monday, January 3, Deadline revealed that the cult classic TV series — which aired for seven seasons from 1997 to 2003 — may be rebooted. Per Deadline sources, Hulu is close to ordering a pilot episode directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Chloé Zhao and written by sisters Nora Zuckerman and Lilla Zuckerman. Of course, Sarah Michelle Gellar would reprise her role as the epic vampire slayer Buffy Summers. However, per the Hollywood Reporter, the reboot would focus more on a younger slayer.

All four women will serve as executive producers along with the series’ original executive producers, Gail Berman, Fran Kuzui, and Kaz Kuzui. Dolly Parton, whose production company Sandollar produced the original supernatural drama, will also be an executive producer.

The untitled reboot is being described as the “next chapter in the Buffyverse.” A successful spinoff, Angel, ran for five seasons from 1999 to 2004, so this would mark the third installment in the Buffyverse. Besides Gellar, 47, no other members from the original cast have been announced to return yet.

According to Deadline, the show is looking to begin a writer’s room, meaning the streamer and the studios — 20th Television and Searchlight TV — think the pilot could be greenlit into a series.

In December 2024, Geller appeared on The Drew Barrymore Show and said she was open to a reboot.

“It’s funny. I always used to say no, like because it’s in its bubble, and it’s so perfect,” she admitted. “But watching Sex and the City and seeing Dexter, and realizing there are ways to do it, definitely does get your mind thinking, like ‘Well, maybe.'”

The All My Children alum clarified they didn’t have to make a prequel as the possibilities within the franchise were endless.

“No, it could be anything. It’s a universe. And it makes you realize that in this world, we need those heroes, I think, more so than ever,” she shared.

While the Daytime Emmy Award winner has not directly commented on the latest news, she did post a selfie on Instagram on Monday wearing the iconic sushi-printed pajamas her character wore in the series.