One Buffy The Vampire Slayer fan has created a video game to try and save the cancelled reboot.
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Last year, Buffy actor Sarah Michelle Gellar announced a sequel series was in the works, with Hulu ordering a pilot directed by Chloé Zhao. New Sunnydale was set to continue Buffy’s story while focusing on a new slayer, played by Ryan Kiera Armstrong.
However, earlier this month the project was abandoned. “I was reminded how much I love [Buffy] and how much she means not only to me but to all of you. And this doesn’t change any of that,” said Gellar, confirming the news. “I promise if the apocalypse actually comes, you can still beep me.”
She went on to say that “nobody” saw the cancellation coming and blamed the decision on one executive who “was proud to constantly remind” the cast that he had never seen the original show, and how Buffy “wasn’t for him”.
According to People, Hulu’s parent company Disney currently owns the rights to Buffy The Vampire Slayer, making it unlikely the project could be picked up elsewhere. That hasn’t stopped fans from trying though. A petition is currently doing the rounds on social media, while another fan has launched a desktop PC game alongside an open letter to Disney to try and get Buffy The Vampire Slayer: New Sunnydale revived.
Buffy fans have now created an entire online game and petition to convince Hulu to give us the Buffy sequel.
Buffy fans are next level.
COME ON HULU!! #Buffy #BringBuffyBack@Hulu @hulu_support @Disney @DisneyPlus #NewSunnydale #BuffyTheVampireSlayerhttps://t.co/xYVUzmWIut
— TV Tweets (@TVTweets2026) March 30, 2026
The text-based mystery game has you piecing together clues and working towards becoming a potential slayer, with the story based around the lore of the original series. “It works as two things at once: a fan experience you can actually explore and play through, and a shareable open letter to Disney,” explained the game’s creator on Reddit.
“The idea is simple: if fans enjoy it and start sharing it, it could become a more visible and memorable way to show there’s still interest. Not just ‘please bring it back,’ but a real demonstration that the audience is still here and still cares,” they added.
“This digital experience is a proof of concept,” explains the open letter attached to the game. “It shows that the audience is not dormant. The appetite is still here. The emotional connection is still here. The world still has room to grow.
“This is not just about nostalgia. It is about franchise longevity. It is about a mythology that still feels relevant, because Buffy was never just about vampires. It was about fear, identity, power, isolation, friendship, survival, and becoming. Those themes did not belong only to the 1990s. If anything, they matter even more now.”
You can check out the New Sunnydale game here.
In other news, The Last Of Us co-creator Neil Druckmann has spoken about the “road ahead” for the franchise, with many fans convinced Part 3 is happening.
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