"We had an executive on our show who was not only not a fan of the original, but was proud to constantly remind us that he had never seen the entirety of the series and how it wasn't for him. No one saw this coming, including the head of Searchlight. And I got the call as we were stepping onto stage for the premiere of their own movie."
"Variety said the pilot was 'undershot, and there wasn't any coverage' and that the performances were 'under-directed' as well. The trade also noted that the pilot script included only one tease of Buffy herself. Showrunners Lilla and Nora Zuckerman were doing rewrites, all for naught. Apparently, someone felt reshoots wouldn't have been worth it, and so the whole project was spiked."
Hulu terminated the Buffy: New Sunnydale reboot project despite Sarah Michelle Gellar's involvement and Chloé Zhao's direction. Industry sources attributed the cancellation to Zhao's distinctive directorial approach, with reports indicating the pilot was undershot, lacked sufficient coverage, and featured under-directed performances. The pilot script contained minimal Buffy content despite showrunners Lilla and Nora Zuckerman's rewrites. Gellar blamed an anonymous Hulu executive unfamiliar with the original series, claiming the cancellation was announced unexpectedly during the Ready or Not 2 premiere weekend, coinciding with Zhao's Oscar nomination for Hamnet.
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