Matías Lértora
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Periodista. Productor y crítico de cine. Escribo en @cinesargentinos Hablo en @vueltamediaok y #TomandoCine / Supermanólogo
Superman: The Man of Steel (1997) dir. Steven Spielberg
My BS meter went off when I read this story. It smelled like a brand saving excuse from SMG. So I reached out to a couple of TV sources behind the scenes and they both confirmed to me that it was just a BAD pilot. They also told me that Hulu STILL wanted to put it on the air so badly that they almost picked it up. It wasn’t some big, bad, CONVENIENTLY UNNAMED Hulu exec who killed it. My guess is that cooler heads prevailed once they all saw how bad it was and decided not to put it out to save the Buffy brand from damage which was smart. Maybe SMG and the studio came up with this phantom Hulu exec excuse to cover up her EPing a bad show to save her personal brand as well. It happens sometimes in Hollywood, y’all. 🤷🏻♂️
Sarah Michelle Gellar breaks her silence on the “Buffy” reboot cancellation, blaming it on one executive who’s “not a fan of the original.” "No one saw this coming, including the head of Searchlight. I got the call as we were stepping onto stage for the premiere of their own movie. And it’s also the weekend of Chloé [Zhao] going to the Oscars as a best director nominee for Hamnet. For them to call us on the Friday of what should have been Chloé’s victory lap for an incredible film, and my world premiere of something that I worked very hard for is… That says something." "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,” she said. “That’s very hard when you’re taking a property that is as beloved as Buffy, not just to the world, but to me and Chloé. So that tells you the uphill battle that we had been fighting since day one, when your executive is literally proud to tell you that he didn’t watch it." variety.com/2026/more/news…
The ‘BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER’ sequel series is no longer happening. Hulu has decided not to move forward with the series.
