The American Streaming Platform Pilot Hulu already has its protagonist for the restart of the series Buffy, the vampire huntingit’s the actress of Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, Ryan Kiera Armstrong.
Armstrong has been chosen for a main role in the pilot, in which Sarah Michelle Gellar It will repeat its role as Buffy Summers. Gellar, who is also an executive producer, shared a video of her giving Armstrong’s news on Instagram on Thursday.
“From the moment I saw Ryan’s audition, I knew I just loved a girl by my side,” Gellar said in a statement. “Having that emotional intelligence and that talent at such an early age is a real gift. It is best that his smile illuminates to the darkest room.”
Executive screenwriters and producers Nora and Lilla Zuckerman They added: “We are delighted to have found the jacket of this generation in Ryan Kiera Armstrong. He left us stunned; we have no doubt that she is the chosen one.”
What is known about the pilot about the “buffy” series?
Hulu commissioned the pilot – who refers as a “Buffyverse Title” pilot – in February. The series is a production of 20th Television and Searchlight TV, with the Zuckerman sisters (Poker Face, Fringe) as screenwriters and the winner of the Oscar Chloé Zhao (Nomadland) as director and executive producer.
Although he will play a new hunter, other details about Armstrong’s role, and the series itself, remain secret for now. The last season of Buffy, 2002-2003, eliminated the idea that there could only be one hunter at the same time, incorporating a multitude of potential hunters as part of the end of the series.
Gellar could have revealed a detail in the Instagram video with Armstrong, telling his new co -star: “Welcome to New Sunnydale.” The town where most of the original series passed was razed in the end, leaving a giant crater. “New Sunnydale” suggests a rebuilt city.
Armstrong played Fern, the leader of a group of boys who accidentally embarked on a galactic adventure in Skeleton Crew. Their credits also include the tenth season of American Horror Story (FX), Anne with an e (Netflix) and movies The Tomorrow War and IT: Chapter two.
Source: Ambito
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