Posted 19 minutes agoSubscribe to Screen Time NewsletterCaret DownEverything We Know About The "Buffy The Vampire Slayer" Reboot So FarScoobies, we are SO back.by Kelly MartinezBuzzFeed ContributorFacebookPinterestLink It's been over 20 years since we said goodbye to Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but the iconic show's legacy still lives on today. Stephen Donelian / Everett Collection The supernatural YA drama series, which aired from 1997 to 2003, stars Sarah Michelle Gellar as Buffy Summers, a teenage girl who's chosen by fate to battle vampires, demons, and other supernatural forces. With a little help from her friends, she juggles her life as a Sunnydale High School student along with her sacred destiny as the "Slayer." Now, there's a new generation of slayers on the way. A Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot is officially in the works at Hulu. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF Warner Bros. / Via giphy.com Michelle Trachtenberg will always hold a special place in Buffy fans' hearts. While details about the series are still largely being kept under wraps, there's already plenty to get excited about. Here's everything we know about the Buffy reboot so far: 1. Sarah Michelle Gellar will reprise her role as Buffy Summers and serve as an executive producer. Andrew MacPherson / Everett Collection Here's a behind-the-scenes update she shared. It looks like a table read for the pilot! šŸ‘€ View this photo on Instagram Instagram: @sarahmgellar "I have always listened to the fans and heard your desire to revisit Buffy and her world, but it was not something I could do unless I was sure we would get it right," Gellar wrote in an Instagram post in February. "This has been a long process, and it's not over yet. I promise you, we will only make this show if we know we can do it right. And I will tell you that we are on the path there." Courtesy Everett Collection "Thank you to all the fans who never stopped asking for this," Gellar added. "This will be for you." 2. Ryan Kiera Armstrong has been cast as the lead Slayer. Per TVLine, her character Nova (which may be a placeholder name) is described as a "cerebral" 16-year-old who is "very smart and a bit of a loner." Kevin Winter / Getty Images Gellar's role is expected to be recurring, with 15-year-old Armstrong serving as the new protagonist. Armstrong has previously had roles on Anne with an E, American Horror Story: Red Tide, and the Disney+ series Star Wars: Skeleton Crew. In May, Armstrong took to Instagram to celebrate her big news, writing, "i'm so beyond thankful and excited to share that i am going to be apart of the BTVS universe!!! i am so excited for this journey with you @sarahmgellar i am in awe of you. ... i'm still in so much shock and disbelief." "From the moment I saw Ryan's audition, I knew there was only one girl that I wanted by my side," Gellar wrote in an Instagram post of her own. "To have that kind of emotional intelligence , and talent, at such a young age is truly a gift. The bonus is that her smile lights up even the darkest room." View this photo on Instagram Instagram: @sarahmgellar 3. In July, five new cast additions were announced: Faly Rakotohavana as Hugo, Ava Jean as Larkin, Sarah Bock as Gracie, Daniel di Tomasso as Abe, and Jack Cutmore-Scott as Mr. Burke. Gilbert Flores / Getty Images, Amy Graves / Getty Images, Eric Charbonneau / Getty Images, Priscilla Grant/Everett Collection, Randy Shropshire / Getty Images Viewers might recognized Bock from Severance and Cutmore-Scott from Frasier and Oppenheimer (2023)! 4. Oscar-winning filmmaker ChloĆ© Zhao, who's known for her work on Nomadland (2020) and the MCU's Eternals (2021), will serve as the director and co-EP. Priscilla Grant/Everett Collection Additional executive producers attached to the pilot include Nora and Lilla Zuckerman, OG Buffy EPs Gail Berman and Fran and Kaz Kuzui, along with Dolly Parton (whose production company Sandollar was a producer on the original series). Gellar, who was previously against doing a Buffy revival, credits Zhao personally for changing her mind. "Every pitch I heard was just like, 'Let's just do Buffy again,'" she said in an interview with Elite Daily. "Why? But the passion that [Zhao] came to me with, what she wanted to do with the show and the character, and why Buffy is needed now - it was the first time where I thought, 'OK, there's a reason.'" Axelle / Getty Images "Three years ago, I got a call from my dear friend and mentor, Gail Berman," Gellar wrote in an Instagram post. "She told me that she wanted me to sit down with ChloĆ© Zhao to hear her take on a potential Buffy revival. I was blown away that ChloĆ© even knew who I was, but, as I've always done, I told Gail that I just didn't see a way for the show to exist again. We'd always been aligned on that, but this time I heard something different in her voice. I eventually agreed to go (mainly just to meet ChloĆ©) and our twenty minute coffee quickly turned into a four hour adventure. We laughed, we cried, bu