Archive · 31 Jul 2025
Kingston Vernes Cast in Hulu's 'Buffy' Reboot Pilot
A new 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' show is being made!
It's a reboot of the original series.
Kingston Vernes, who was in 'The Survivor,' will be in the pilot episode as a guest star.
The new Buffy, named Nova, will be played by Ryan Kiera Armstrong.
Vernes will play a popular student named Carson.
Sarah Michelle Gellar, the original Buffy, is also in the show and is helping to produce it.
The pilot is being directed by Chloé Zhao and written by Nora and Lilla Zuckerman.
If the pilot is successful, more episodes will be made.
Kingston Vernes joins the cast of the 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' reboot.
Vernes will play Carson, a Junior Olympian who is the object of the new slayer's crush.
Ryan Kiera Armstrong stars as the new slayer, Nova, in the Hulu pilot.
Sarah Michelle Gellar will reprise her role as Buffy Summers and is an executive producer.
Chloé Zhao is directing the pilot, written by Nora and Lilla Zuckerman.
- Who
- Kingston Vernes, Ryan Kiera Armstrong, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Chloé Zhao, Nora and Lilla Zuckerman are involved.
- What
- Kingston Vernes joins the cast of the 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' reboot.
- When
- The pilot is being developed now, with a writers room potentially starting in March.
- Where
- The pilot is for Hulu.
- Why
- The project is the next chapter in the Buffyverse.
- Show Title
- 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' Reboot
- Network
- Hulu
- New Slayer
- Nova (Ryan Kiera Armstrong)
- Carson Actor
- Kingston Vernes
- Director
- Chloé Zhao
- Original Buffy
- Sarah Michelle Gellar