Buffy The Vampire Slayer Fans, Rise Up: Show Returns With Sequel And OG Cast
Legendary Vampire Slayers are coming back, but not in the way you think.
For seven years in a row, Buffy fought an unequal battle against the forces of evil, died and came back to life twice, found and lost love, friends and a purpose in life. But it all comes to an end: the show ended in 2003. But, of course, such a successful project could not simply be forgotten.
On October 12, eight original cast members will reunite to tell another story of the Vampire Slayers on Audible.
The first-ever original audio set in the Buffyverse, Slayers: A Buffyverse Story will be released soon, featuring Charisma Carpenter as Cordelia, James Marsters as Spike, Juliet Landau as Drusilla, Anthony Head as Giles, Danny Strong as Jonathan, Emma Caulfield as Anya, James Charles Leary as Clem, and Amber Benson as Tara.
There will also be a new addition to the cast – Laya DeLeon Hayes will play Indira Nunnall, a sixteen-year-old vampire Slayer.
According to the story, set ten years after the original series finale, Spike goes into hiding in Los Angeles and meets Indira, who is clearly in need of a mentor. While searching for one, he meets Cordelia, a Slayer from another universe where Buffy does not exist. Cordelia asks Spike to help her catch a vampire, who turns out to be none other than Spike's ex-girlfriend, Drusilla.
“I'm excited for old and new fans to experience this beloved world of vampire slaying like never before, brought to life through immersive audio storytelling,” James Marsters, who plays Spike, shared in one of the interviews.
Shortly after the first season of Buffy aired, Pocket Books began publishing books based on the universe. All in all, about a hundred novels by different authors have been published, not all of them paying due attention to the traditions of the world.
Today, however, the Buffy world lives mostly in comics: for several years, IDW has been publishing graphic stories from the past and future of the characters from the spinoff show Angel. From 2007 to 2018, Dark Horse was the publisher of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer series, with seasons eight through twelve.
And who knows, with Buffy moving from the page to audio, maybe fans will be able to see the Slayer on the big screen again in the near future.
Sources: X (former Twitter), CNN Entertainment