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Prudent-Pressure2146 Mar 14, 2026 +545

I would’ve loved to see what the plan was but ultimately if it’s not good I’d rather they didn’t proceed with it

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JaffaCakesAreMyJam Mar 14, 2026 +151

Yeah I get you, I think it just feels like a shocking move for a show with such a huge fandom

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Prudent-Pressure2146 Mar 14, 2026 +70

Which is what makes me think it’s very bad

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Grouchy_Chemical9949 Mar 14, 2026 +56

I think Whedon is on the record saying that if Buffy was put on the air at the time of the interview (let's say within the past 7 years - can't remember), it would have been dropped. The first season isn't good but has promise. Shows aren't given time to get better anymore. That said, I'd like to see where this was going.

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Live_Angle4621 Mar 15, 2026 +6

Pilots always have needed to be good. Also if it’s based on existing property it’s better it’s good from start so it won’t ruin the whole franchise

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Prudent-Pressure2146 Mar 15, 2026 +5

Buffy itself had an atrocious pilot that had to be reshot to make the first episode, so I’m really curious about what this pilot could possibly have looked like

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Da_Question Mar 15, 2026 +5

The problem is that they hedge bets by using existing IPs and then butcher them. Writers have to adapt stuff rather than work on their own original stuff, so they take as much freedom as they can and ruin the adaptations. Look at wheel of time, insane amount of changes in the first season when alot of it didn't need it. Sure, they needed to cut stuff for time, but that is moot when they add in a ton of new stuff that just doesn't fit and sucks.

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Cultivate_a_Rose Mar 16, 2026 +1

What they did to Wheel of Time was criminal.

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Captain_Thor27 Mar 16, 2026 +1

Game of Thrones wasn't. It was rewrote, reshot, and several cast members were recast.

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RoTru Mar 16, 2026 +1

I feel like saying the first season isn't good is an injustice. More of the episodes are shaky. But the pilot is pretty decent, shows what Buffy could be. Episode 2, the Witch basically had all the hallmark elements that would make the show brilliant (good setup/themes, horror elements, red herring, emotional weight, catharsis). And likewise the finale of S1 is so good, Fox couldn't say no.

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askmeforashittyfact Mar 14, 2026 +7

Or it’s the first to miss the “reboot” train of works in the last 10-15 years

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MagicHarmony Mar 15, 2026 +2

Funny thing is it's either really bad, or really good. Because let's be real, not like the producers actually perceive what's good and bad, they just go based on vibes if we're being honest. Id' argue the more cynical reason could be they don't want to pay the showrunner more if she did win in tomorrow's award show.

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dprophet34 Mar 14, 2026 +3

If they're not going ahead with it there's*probably* a good reason from their point of view. Whether it's financial, they've discovered something about key players that'll come out.in the media or even the vocal support of it isn't reflected in studies they've done which makes them think it wouldn't get the viewership we think it would

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BustinMakesMeFeelMeh Mar 15, 2026 +1

Or it’s just really bad.

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OmegaLolrus Mar 14, 2026 +11

Dang, that's a bummer. I wasn't a huge Buffy fan, but of all the shows that could work a legacy sequel, I really thought Buffy had some fertile soil.

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mimis-emancipation Mar 14, 2026 +116

Was it ever greenlit or just a pilot?

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JaffaCakesAreMyJam Mar 14, 2026 +171

It was already in production, and it was meant to premiere either later this year or next. I'm quite shocked Hulu's just pulled the plug on it!

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StephenHunterUK Mar 14, 2026 +99

Only a pilot. They'd not greenlit the rest.

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CrissBliss Mar 14, 2026 +53

Especially considering they greenlit the Veronica Mars reboot. And that stunk.

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SaintGrobian Mar 14, 2026 +18

After the Clone High reboot, I don't want any relaunches of franchises I loved decades removed from their relevance.

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Arikaido777 Mar 14, 2026 +17

scrubs reboot is actually really good, but it’s an exception

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KrookedDoesStuff Mar 15, 2026 +8

King of the Hill’s continuation is also pretty dang good I tell yah w’hat

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CrissBliss Mar 14, 2026 +6

Except they >!broke up JD and Elliot,!< which is such a cliche reboot thing.

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sheissonotso Mar 15, 2026 +5

Tbf I think that Bill Lawerence never really wanted JD and Elliot to end up together and did it on the original to appease network and fans. But yea, I agree lame.

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CrissBliss Mar 15, 2026 +1

Really? I wonder why? It just seems like “okay we did it for the fans… so now let’s undo it.” I wonder if they’ll tease a reunion between them.

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WolfLawyer Mar 15, 2026 +1

Yeah. I remember an interview where he talked about how the Elliot and Dan storyline was mostly conceived because have her date his brother was something they thought of to kill the Elliot and JD relationship possibility.

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CrissBliss Mar 15, 2026 +1

But why did they want to kill it?

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squirreloak Mar 15, 2026 +1

True, but it happened in the initial seasons as well.

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Vismal1 Mar 15, 2026 +1

I miss my Doctors Cox and Jan Itor

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Cultivate_a_Rose Mar 16, 2026 +1

But where they are now actually feels really good and I hope it stays that way. Especially if they can transition to the new interns within a few seasons like they wanted to with S9.

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Marrow-Sun7726 Mar 14, 2026 +5

*Wesleyyyyyyy*

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Sullyville Mar 15, 2026 +1

You mean like how we're supposed to [hear news about FIREFLY tomorrow?](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2519189-rumours-of-a-firefly-reboot-abound-but-should-the-serenity-fly-again/)

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BeneathAnOrangeSky Mar 14, 2026 +5

I could never bring myself to watch that twice. It may have soured me on reboots. I didn’t love Gilmore Girls AYITL for other reasons but at least I could stand to turn it on again.

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CrissBliss Mar 14, 2026 +3

I haven’t felt a desire to watch AYITL since it aired 10 years ago. Meanwhile I’ve probably watched the original series 100 more times since then. It’s just wild how these reboots often lose touch with what made them special to audiences.

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BeneathAnOrangeSky Mar 14, 2026 +2

There was parts of it that I liked, but yeah, I'm with you. VM, on the other hand, left a really bad taste in my mouth, and I really loved that show when I was younger. Maybe I wouldn't feel that way if not for that one scene at the end (you know what I mean), but that's the direction they wanted to go and I very much did not like it/agree with it.

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astivana Mar 14, 2026 +2

FYI what you’re talking about are revivals. A reboot is when you take more or less the same premise and start over.

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Pretty-Objective5151 Mar 15, 2026 +3

It’s couldn't be worse than the new sex and the city

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CrissBliss Mar 15, 2026 +3

That was soooo bad. Those weren’t even the same characters anymore.

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RoTru Mar 14, 2026 +7

Well Veronica Mars did raise $6 million in a crowdfund for the movie in 2014. Honestly, they should have just crowdfunded this series. I don't know why they're giving up without even trying. Something must have fundamentally not been working with all the creative partners/talent.

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CrissBliss Mar 14, 2026 +5

I don’t think they’d get the fan support this time. The movie was pretty much paid for by the fans, but the series was not received well. Mostly because it had one of the worst finales of all time.

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authenticmolo Mar 15, 2026 +5

I honestly was glad they killed Logan. He had to go. I always felt that they kept him around too long. And... a series about a middle-aged Veronica would have potentially been pretty good. But the problem was, everything else about season 4 (and the movie, honestly) proved that Rob Thomas had lost his touch when it came to "Veronica Mars". It just didn't work, and it was good that they stopped. Still...of all the shows that were cut down in their prime, I think "Veronica Mars" is the most tragic loss. I would have loved for the show to show her finishing up college, at least.

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CrissBliss Mar 15, 2026 +2

You’re totally entitled to your opinion but I disagree about Logan. There was really no point in killing him off imo, beyond trauma dumping on Veronica to regress her back into a darker place. He was a professionally trained army guy by season 4, with tons of resources. They could’ve been a great team, the same way Veronica was with her dad. And the way they killed him off was so disrespectful. 5 mins before the credits roll on the show, with a flash forward to avoid Veronica grieving his death? I personally hated it.

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Difficult_Ad2864 Mar 14, 2026 +1

Same reason for Lizzie maguire: because they don’t actually own it

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nilochpesoj Mar 15, 2026 +1

Veronica Mars had one good season. I think the reboot was on par with seasons 2 and 3, which were meh.

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CrissBliss Mar 15, 2026 +2

I liked season 2. Season 3 was starting to drift.

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nilochpesoj Mar 15, 2026 +2

3 was definitely worse than 2, but I think season 2 was able to coast on some of the unresolved aspects of season 1.

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WhoAllIll Mar 14, 2026 +7

No, only a pilot was made.

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y4j1981 Mar 14, 2026 +6

Only the pilot was green lit. Not the series

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kylaroma Mar 14, 2026 +13

This is so incredibly sad 😭 I wish they could have shared the reason. I wonder if they could shop it to other studios, or if Hulu owns the rights to what they developed.

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lookitsjustin Mar 14, 2026 +16

The pilot was poorly-received, that's all it is. Doesn't sound like it's being shopped elsewhere.

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xeoron Mar 14, 2026 +2

Shame they can't shop it around

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CrissBliss Mar 14, 2026 +9

Just the pilot so far

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FamiliarPotential550 Mar 14, 2026 +2

It was a Pilot they never picked up the series

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elSpanielo Mar 14, 2026 +88

This is all Xanders fault somehow.

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OnlyPaperListens Mar 14, 2026 +6

LOL I like this take

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plastic_venus Mar 15, 2026 +5

Xander Slander is never not warranted

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Telly94 Mar 14, 2026 +42

As much as this suck it’s for the best. Reboots are extremely hit or miss, more misses than hits imo.

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BusyBeeBridgette Mar 14, 2026 +142

to be so far in development and to be axed like that? yikes.

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The_Goondocks Mar 14, 2026 +77

Must've been pretty bad.

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CrissBliss Mar 14, 2026 +94

Chloé Zhao being involved made me nervous tbh. I know Joss’s behavior bts was disgusting, so I’m glad he’s not involved, but arguably his writing (and the other OG writers) helped make the show what it was. And that always seemed very different tonally from Chloe’s style.

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Jimquill Mar 14, 2026 +48

Right. Nothing about her work suggests she's the right choice. Eternals should have shown she can't do nerdy action media.

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GrumpySatan Mar 14, 2026 +15

Honestly the biggest problems with Eternals was more fundamental. The Eternals come in a group and that group is just way too big for a self-contained movie. Its a cast that'd be big even for a tv show. The directing was good, the use their powers and how they worked was good, but there was just too much going on for any subplot to sit and get the time it needed. The foundations for the character dynamics was there but there wasn't time.

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Jimquill Mar 15, 2026 +9

But what about the fact it was just, so boring? Would more time have helped that? I don't think so. My girlfriend will generally enjoy anything and she turned it off half way and never desired to finish it.

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Captain_Thor27 Mar 16, 2026 +1

Wasn't boring. Just a slow burn character study. It was different from the usual green screen looking stuff most Marvel movies are and the epic scale of it went beyond the usual superhero fights. Action scenes were few, but they were spectacular. Makkari was a speedster done right and the cosmic stuff, and the Celestials, was just so out there, I loved it. The sheer visual of that hand coming out of the ocean.

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Jimquill Mar 16, 2026 +1

Alright. I'm glad you got something out of it.

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Stock-Fox-771 Mar 15, 2026 +1

The Seven Samurai, Glory, Dune, Indiana Jones, The Matrix 1-3 and many other films have large or even larger casts and are "self contained". And they are still decent to great.

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NoTitleChamp Mar 14, 2026 +8

If you hold writers and directors to misfires you never find anyone for movies or shows.

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CrissBliss Mar 14, 2026 +8

I think she’s made some good stuff too. But I had trouble seeing her personal style vibe with Buffy, which very much had its own voice in the 90’s/2000’s. And I assume Hulu had trouble with Chloe’s vision as well since most established IP’s are shoe-ins for pickups.

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DragonRoostHouse Mar 14, 2026 +2

I agree. Good example is Mike White. He was a writer for The Emoji Movie lmao

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Jimquill Mar 15, 2026 +1

I do sort of agree but it does help show where their strengths and weaknesses lie. What does the emoji movie inform about his ability to write HBO prestige television? Nothing. Its kinda like suggesting Vince Gilligan should go and direct the Emoji Movie based off his work on Breaking Bad. Why even choose him when there are some amazing people working in children's media? From my POV her work on Eternals suggests she doesn't know enough about nerd culture and comic book movies. It felt almost embarrassed to be apart of its genre, while unable to achieve where the genre excells.

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DragonRoostHouse Mar 15, 2026 +1

I know emoji movie doesn't inform much about his ability with The White Lotus. It was just something that popped in my head since people online just like to insult writers based on their past works. (not saying you are doing that) This is just me seeing people crying about who gets picked for Marvel and DC projects.

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Jimquill Mar 14, 2026 +1

That is a completely fair point.

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Unlucky-Duck Mar 15, 2026 +9

This is my take. Was Joss problematic? Yes. Did he make the show? Yes. Am I fine with show dropping dead? Yeah.

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CrissBliss Mar 15, 2026 +3

Yeah we’ll probably never recapture the magic of the 90’s/2000’s. But I wouldn’t mind the reboot money going towards some remastered Blu-rays of Buffy.

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Dragon_yum Mar 14, 2026 +13

But isn’t that quite literally the idea behind a pilot episode?

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RoTru Mar 14, 2026 +6

they filmed a pilot and have been in a holding pattern, that is pretty typical in Hollywood. It's not like they filmed part of a season. It's a bit untypical for such a high profile show to not get the chance to be reworked.

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monkeysatemybarf Mar 14, 2026 +3

Welcome to TV these days. Could have been great but getting any money released is a struggle, even with known quantities, big stars, and an existing fan base.

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Igoos99 Mar 14, 2026 +18

The article says a pilot was shot. Wonder how long until that leaks (or is outright released)? This would be hard to get right. We've seen many remakes and revivals done poorly in recent years. I still would have watched.

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Long_Philosophy1798 Mar 14, 2026 +31

Wonder how this will affect the Firefly Reboot ?

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Zealousideal-Cut4232 Mar 14, 2026 +14

Wait, what reboot?

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Long_Philosophy1798 Mar 14, 2026 +9

they're announcing it tomorrow

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Zealousideal-Cut4232 Mar 14, 2026 +19

Not sure that’s how announcements work.

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Long_Philosophy1798 Mar 14, 2026 +6

Theyre Teasing something BIG

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Deakul Mar 14, 2026 +13

I'm willing to bet that it's either just another comic or it's simply a cast reunion of sorts. I don't see a world where something like a one season wonder like Firefly, which already ended with the film Serenity 20 years ago, gets a reboot or continuation 20 years *after that*.

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Long_Philosophy1798 Mar 14, 2026 +4

Animated Series is the current guess

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FamiliarPotential550 Mar 14, 2026 +1

Especially since Serenity was a financial bomb.

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jonproject Mar 14, 2026 +5

It's gonna be a bunch of The Rookie guest appearances haha

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Long_Philosophy1798 Mar 14, 2026 +5

Funny enough, Sean Maher has been on The Rookie already

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Joshdabozz Mar 14, 2026 +1

They’ve actually confirmed it’s not a guest appearance. It’s also not a podcast and I worked they said it’s not a couple other things as well

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Zealousideal-Cut4232 Mar 14, 2026 +5

Let’s keep our expectations low. I’m setting mine on a game or animated series. Edit: It’s an animated series: https://deadline.com/2026/03/nathan-fillion-firefly-animated-series-development-1236754122/

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Long_Philosophy1798 Mar 14, 2026 +3

Animated Series is the current guess

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Tibbaryllis2 Mar 14, 2026 +2

Animated series makes sense. The audiobooks are decent, So more of those kinds of stories seem potentially successful.

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InternalParadox Mar 15, 2026 +1

There are Firefly audiobooks?

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Tibbaryllis2 Mar 15, 2026 +2

Yep, I’m not sure where all they’re available, but here is an [audible link](https://www.audible.com/series/Firefly-Series-Audiobooks/B07XJZN42F?srsltid=AfmBOoo6Sx2V9pXlIg7v56xC_XNOOX8kRo4o9Yv4Gcd5SmwRjIgXtOfJ)

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Ciridian Mar 14, 2026 +1

Firefly anniversary collectible plates! FINALLY!

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matthieuC Mar 14, 2026 +1

A Superbowl commercial

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NancyInFantasyLand Mar 14, 2026 +5

if the script there is better, hopefully not at all Anyone think they'll actually let Whedon write that thing?

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celestaire Mar 14, 2026 +3

Nobody's letting Whedon near anything. He's burned his bridges with the nerd community.

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FamiliarPotential550 Mar 14, 2026 +2

Has that been conformed? I thought whatever they were announcing was tomorrow?

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csortland Mar 14, 2026 +22

Huge bummer for that girl who got cast as the new lead. She was really excited and emotional about it.

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error_card_ur_rich Mar 15, 2026 +6

Apparently she sucked in the role. You need that 90s sarcasm to be a lead character in the Buffyverse. You also need some edge........they were never going to nail this.

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TesticleezzNuts Mar 14, 2026 +9

Aww man, I was actually looking forward to this.

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Reeferologist- Mar 14, 2026 +16

Many days teenaged me would stay home from school sick and watch Buffy/Charmed back to back lol would’ve definitely checked out some sort of revival.

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Agile_Land_9951 Mar 14, 2026 +7

They’ll probably revisit it when they have a better show idea.

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StephenHunterUK Mar 14, 2026 +6

The Deadline article on this suggests that is what they are looking at.

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Captain_Thor27 Mar 16, 2026 +1

SMG was only persuaded to do it after so many years of rejecting a revival because of Zhao's passion for it and her vision. 'A better show' idea might not mean much if Zhao isn't a part of it, because it's unlikely that SMG will in it, otherwise. I don't think it's coming back.

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jonproject Mar 14, 2026 +7

Probably for the best.

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broomandkettle Mar 14, 2026 +13

It’s not the “worst timeline ever” that we”re in, it’s Purgatory. We’re stuck in Purgatory and it’s tired of showing us how to be good.

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jonproject Mar 14, 2026 +10

I'd argue purgatory is being fed the same rebooted slop, but only worse, over and over again. This is a sign to me that we may actually be clawing our way out of the nonsense that has been pervasive in Hollywood for the last decade+. The millennial nostalgia trough is thankfully drying up. Let's get back to creativity and originality please.

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Bostonterrierpug Mar 14, 2026 +1

Hey, I think purgatory would at least have kitten p****.

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RoTru Mar 14, 2026 +5

They should have just hired Marti Knoxon and Jane Espenson in charge of this... Crowdfunded it to avoid all the suits.

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realevil Mar 14, 2026 +7

It must have been dogshit. Seemed like a slam dunk otherwise.

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natelmazyck Mar 14, 2026 +5

I rather see a Grimm revival.

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VoicePleasant1280 Mar 14, 2026 +18

Hollywood needs to move on, rebooting stuff isn’t lucrative. Taking risks should be back on the menu.

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SlouchyGuy Mar 14, 2026 +7

It is lucrative, reboots are free publicity, otherwise studios have to market from zero

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VoicePleasant1280 Mar 14, 2026 +3

Well yeah, it’s good ROI I guess. In this case the market is 50 year old Gen Xers, I can see why they canned it. But I think reboots aren’t going to be lucrative in the future.

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seminarysmooth Mar 14, 2026 +7

Project Hail Mary sounds exactly what you’re looking for.

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catefeu Mar 14, 2026 +2

I agree. But it seems like creativity is dead. It's still all just reboot, live action, reimagination, redo, re...whatever. Make up a new thing. Isn't that your job as a writer or producer or director or whatever?

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AndrewH73333 Mar 14, 2026 +8

It probably wouldn’t have been good. Look at Quantum Leap and every other remake of great shows. It’s better to remake a bad show, like Oceans 11 did.

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HappyHarry-HardOn Mar 14, 2026 +1

People won't come to see the reboot of a bad show - they come to see a reboot of something they loved before and want to see more of.

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Little_Team_2810 Mar 14, 2026 +3

obviously i was so down to see buffy on the screen again but the only thing i can think of is maybe it was bad and thats why they didnt go forward?? anyone else more knowledgeable know any other reasons why they would do this at this stage??

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KatKittyKatKitty Mar 14, 2026 +3

Youchy. Must have been pretty bad then.

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schmoopy_meow Mar 14, 2026 +3

I liked it how it was, same with Charmed, they don't need to keep bringing back old shows that were already great

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Ok_Kick4871 Mar 14, 2026 +3

They waited too long.

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NB-Heathen Mar 15, 2026 +3

I think this one would be hard because a lot of the people interested would want to see characters from the past. It’d be hard to have some of the most popular characters reappear due to the lore. If they did it’d have some lame explanation or use just as lame AI effects to deage them.

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Djented Mar 15, 2026 +3

Angel Season 6 instead pls

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GreatFrosty Mar 15, 2026 +3

I'm glad. I know they had reasons not to include Joss Whedon but it wouldn't have been the same without him writing.

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grapessssssssss Mar 16, 2026 +1

Nah hundreds of ppl put their blood into that show. It wasn't just joss. Anyone who thinks it was just joss doesn't understand how tv is made

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Pretend-Society6139 Mar 14, 2026 +7

I was hoping they would follow up the storyline from the comics with the slayer academy etc but I wasn’t to excited for this reboot. All the reboots have been cheesy so far a more darker version of the show focusing on Buffy for a network like hbo or Amazon would have been interesting. I dnt care about a new slayer who will prob have a vampire love interest etc like Buffy did. If anyone has seen how they did criminal minds an made it darker I think the same format would wrk for Buffy imo.

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Joey-WilcoXXX Mar 14, 2026 +7

This some bullshit.

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after_tomorrow Mar 14, 2026 +3

I can only ever hear this in Alan Tudyk’s voice

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Joey-WilcoXXX Mar 14, 2026 +1

Haha I was actually going for Tastee from Orange is the New Black but I’ll take it ;)

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WesternWitchy52 Mar 14, 2026 +4

The show worked at the time because it was unique, edgy and dark. Well written and a great cast. I don't know how well it would do in today's world. Sad for her but also glad. Buffy is legacy tv. The show was also good because of Joss and Marnie. But we all know how that turned out.

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FeeDisastrous3879 Mar 15, 2026 +4

Disney, please hand this off to your FX network. They do vampire shows right: The Strain, What We Do In The Shadows, and American Horror Story S5/S10.

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NotaMillenialatAll Mar 14, 2026 +7

I feel relief from hearing this! After sooo many years, reboots or continuations are not really satisfying for anyone. Hear me out. Og characters will be missing, the ones that are still there, will not be in the place you canon in your head for 20 years. Just look at Gilmore girls. Sometimes this shows aim to new audiences so og viewers get frustrated for the lack of screen time from their beloved characters, like the 90210 reboot. And you add that that the most popular characters besides Buffy can’t appear at all (Spike, Angel) because they are vampires and can’t age.

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AndrewHeard Mar 14, 2026 +2

I was very much curious to see what they did with it. Hopefully we will find out what the plan was eventually.

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DefinitionSuperb1110 Mar 14, 2026 +2

If they can't make a Buffy revival happen then there's no way this Firefly thing is a new show.

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antaresiv Mar 14, 2026 +2

It must’ve been REALLY bad

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Lavendarmoon73 Mar 14, 2026 +2

Dang! I was really looking forward to this 😩 I'm 52 and still Love the Buffy and Angel series!

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hensonphoenixxx Mar 15, 2026 +2

I liked the first half of the show but it got too trashy and lame for my tastes after the first 4 seasons

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stafdude Mar 15, 2026 +2

The original was made by nerds. No way a remake would be good, it would just be young disney actor slop.

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Devilofchaos108070 Mar 15, 2026 +2

I’m shocked. Thought it was a sure thing. That’s crazy. Never got into Buffy but I’m sad for the fans who were excited for this

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CapitalJumpy3407 Mar 15, 2026 +2

Damn. I'm sure however bad the pilot was, it probably was still better than 70% of the c*** on Hulu.

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honkeydora Mar 14, 2026 +8

If anyone is confused as to why Hulu would not move forward, I suggest you go watch The Eternals. That should clear up any questions.

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Working_Original_200 Mar 14, 2026 +8

Academy award for best director

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HappyHarry-HardOn Mar 14, 2026 +7

You need different skills to direct different genres - she may be amazing ins specific types of work, but she hasn't got the magic touch for comic book movies.

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honkeydora Mar 14, 2026 +4

And how did that translate for The Eternals? Never said she wasn't an accomplished director, but she was clearly a terrible choice for a piece of fandom IP. But you don't have to take my word for it, take Hulu's and their decision not to move forward.

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Working_Original_200 Mar 14, 2026

I love how Eternals is her fault and not marvel studios. You’re stupid

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honkeydora Mar 14, 2026 +3

The Eternals was hands down the worst marvel movie released up to that point. And if you read anything about that production, you would know that she was given significantly more creative discretion, precisely because of her academy award. But sure, I guess nothing is her fault. It's not her fault that The Eternals was terrible, or that her reboot pilot for one of the most beloved and successful franchises of all time, also failed. I guess me just to dumb dumb too understand.

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grapessssssssss Mar 16, 2026 +1

Nah you just don't have taste

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honkeydora Mar 16, 2026 +1

Oh, is that why it flopped?

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grapessssssssss Mar 16, 2026 +1

Idk I just don't think marvel movies are very good

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Unitedfateful Mar 14, 2026 +1

So if eternals was a success it would be due to her, but since it sucked its marvel studios fault. That makes sense.

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Working_Original_200 Mar 14, 2026 +2

It would be crazy if I said that.

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Unitedfateful Mar 15, 2026 +1

I mean you kind did above “I love how eternals is her fault and not marvel studios” In any case I don’t even give a shit about buffy lol so just wasting time waiting for my fish n chips order.

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honkeydora Mar 15, 2026 +1

You committed a hate crime while waiting for fish and chips? That's almost as bad as making The Eternals.

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SlouchyGuy Mar 14, 2026 +1

And? There are different genres and not all people are apt in them. Also comedy is more difficult than drama, and even experienced comedic directors have problems fitting their sensibility in established boxes, look at Taika Waititi.

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dividiangurt Mar 14, 2026 +3

I want the Snyder cut 🤣

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11lumpsofsugar Mar 14, 2026 +2

[this Snyder?](https://buffy.fandom.com/wiki/Snyder)

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DreamLunatik Mar 14, 2026 +3

Reboots are dumb, stop doing them and make original content for once.

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[deleted] Mar 14, 2026 +2

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Devo4711 Mar 14, 2026 +2

Well this is a downer

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kinglukian Mar 15, 2026 +2

Best news I've ever heard. Buffy ends up with spike and obviously you couldn't have spike or angel in the show since vampires don't age.soooo happy they didn't ruin my favorite show with this shit show

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Miss_L_Worldwide Mar 15, 2026 +4

Spike was dusted in the finale. He gone

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neloish Mar 14, 2026 +1

They saw the reaction to Star Trek SFA and decided to pull the plug, the writers doing these shows hate the fans and hate the lore. It no wonder they fail.

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shwiftfoot-prime Mar 14, 2026 +3

Despite him being a terrible boss, can we just admit that Buffy is not Buffy without Joss Whedon.

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ProtomanBn Mar 14, 2026 +1

Booooo, i thought it sounded like a good story

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EnvironmentalCamel18 Mar 14, 2026 +1

Maybe I should cancel my Hulu next month.

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Reds_PR Mar 14, 2026 +1

Give it to Seth and Seth. They’ll make it happen.

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HudsonValley7 Mar 14, 2026 +1

I’m sorry but I’m over these reboots we need new stories they never work for the modern day let the be what they were

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20sjivecat Mar 14, 2026 +1

Hope to see it made elsewhere!

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Buddhafied Mar 14, 2026 +1

Not everything is a “reveal”… sometimes we can just “to say” or “to announce”.

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myash0926 Mar 14, 2026 +1

Ah man, what a bummer.

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Luminya1 Mar 14, 2026 +1

Hollywood would have ruined it anyways. If you want anything good directed these days you have to go to Jacob Tierney or Denis Villeneuve.

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DesiredNameWasTaken Mar 15, 2026 +1

I finished Buffy for the first time with my diehard Buffy fan wife last year, and while the idea of a sequel is interesting I think believe this was doomed to fail. Needing to hit all the marks that Buffy did, while not rehashing the same plot line while developing a new character, while still needing to give Buffy her flowers — I feel like the line between pleasing (and really lowkey pandering to old fans) versus trying to develop something to hook into a new and younger fan base was to thin.

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Stillwater-Scorp1381 Mar 16, 2026 +1

I’m glad. I’m exhausted with remakes and revivals. Just let things run their course and create anew instead of bastardizing things for commercial gain.

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ISTARI_X Mar 14, 2026 +1

This will be because of the success of Hamnet

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