Sarah Michelle Gellar is grabbing her stakes and gearing up for an all-new Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The series, a direct continuation of the cult favourite series that originally aired in 1997 and ran until 2003,

A sequel series to "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" with Sarah Michelle Gellar returning appears to be nearing a pilot order at Hulu.

Gellar, who appears in Paramount+ with Showtime’s “Dexter” revival prequel “ Dexter: Original Sin ,” had until recently been closed to the idea of a “Buffy” return.