- Sarah Michelle Gellar expressed shock and disappointment over Hulu's decision to cancel the new Buffy the Vampire Slayer series.
- Gellar received the news while promoting her film Ready or Not 2 at the SXSW Film & TV Festival, stating that “nobody saw this coming”.
- She criticised the timing of the announcement, which coincided with director Chloe Zhao's Oscar nomination and her own film premiere.
- Gellar attributed the cancellation partly to an executive who was “proud” not to have watched the original Buffy series.
- Chloe Zhao, who was set to direct the new series, stated she was “not surprised” by Hulu's decision, emphasising their role as guardians of the original show.
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