‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ Reboot is Happening with a Black Lead, Joss Whedon Involved

Here’s a bit of breaking news, as if everything happening at San Diego Comic-Con weren’t enough: after some theoretical rumblings earlier this year, a Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot is now officially in development. Monica Owusu-Breen (Midnight, Texas) will serve as a writer, executive producer, and the series’ showrunner, while Joss Whedon – the mastermind behind the Buffy movie and the long-running original TV show – is also on board as an executive producer.

Plus, this time Buffy is going to be a black woman.

Read more about the new Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot below.

Deadline reports that a new version of the show (featuring yes, a black female lead), is in development at Fox 21 TV Studios. The show is going to be pitched to networks this summer, and while there’s no official script quite yet, the reboot is said to be “be contemporary, building on the mythology of the original.”

Here’s a quick statement from the producers: “Like our world, it will be richly diverse, and like the original, some aspects of the series could be seen as metaphors for issues facing us all today.”

Monica Owusu-Breen, who has worked as a writer/producer on shows like Lost, Alias, and Fringe, will executive produce alongside Whedon and the original series’ executive producers Gail Berman, Fran Kazui, and Kaz Kazui. This show will serve as a reunion for Owusu-Breen and Whedon, who previously worked together on Marvel’s Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.

More to come…

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