A BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER Reboot Is In The Works According To... Dolly Parton!?

County music legend Dolly Parton has shared an update on the long-gestating Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot, and it sounds like the project is still in development...

By MarkCassidy - Feb 01, 2024 05:02 AM EST

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It sounds like we may finally have some movement on a Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot, and the update comes from the unlikeliest of sources!

There have been several attempts to get a reboot of the mega-popular show off the ground since it aired its series finale back in 2003, but nothing ever made it past the early stages of development.

However, it sounds like a new project based on the exploits of the undead-hunting high-schooler may finally see the light of day, and we can thank none other than Dolly Parton for the news!

Why would the legendary country music artist know what's going on with Buffy?

Though this doesn't seem to be common knowledge, Parton was actually an uncredited producer on the cult classic series and the 1992 movie it was based on via her production company, Sandollar Productions. Parton co-produced all seven seasons of Buffy as well as spin-off show, Angel.

"A lot of my work was done just conversing back and forth with the business people there," Parton explains to Business Insider. "I have to give more people more credit on Buffy the Vampire Slayer than me. A lot of people did so much sweat on that. That little show did great."

When asked about a potential revival, the iconic singer revealed that plans are still in place to resurrect the Slayer. "They're still working on that. They're thinking about bringing it back and revamping it."

Parton didn't specify exactly who "they" are, but last we heard, the most recent attempt to relaunch the property - Joss Whedon and producer/screenwriter Monica Owusu-Breen's reboot featuring a Black lead - had been scrapped, so this is most likely a brand-new project that's yet to be officially announced.

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"'In every generation there is a chosen one... she alone will stand against the vampires, the demons and the forces of darkness. She is the slayer.' Buffy Summers knows this tale by heart, and no matter how hard she tries to be just a 'normal girl', she can not escape from her destiny... Thankfully, she is not alone in her quest to save the world, as she has the help of her friends, the hilarious (and surprisingly quite effective) evil-fighting team called "The Scooby Gang". Together, Buffy & co. will slay their demons, survive one apocalypse after another, attend high school and college... and above all, understand that growing up can truly be Hell sometimes... literally."

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WhatIfRickJames - 2/1/2024, 5:22 AM

Revamping… wakka wakka

Apophis71 - 2/1/2024, 5:27 AM

Nervous about this but would generaly say if going there be a loose sequel with a new generation rather than a reboot, that isn't to say a reboot couldn't work as were some weaker aspects at certain points but just generaly a case of why other than the logic of if/how it could still be BUFFY and not 'insert new name' the Vampire Slayer.

MuadDib - 2/1/2024, 7:50 AM

@Apophis71 - yeah, a sequel makes more sense than a reboot, after all there’s always a slayer. But why the new show would be named Buffy, if that’s not the current slayers name doesn’t make sense. So in that vein, MAYBE a reboot is the only way, assuming it has to be titled Buffy. Otherwise, just having it set in the same universe would be interesting, and would allow for cameos and guest appearances from former cast members.

Tasmaniac - 2/1/2024, 9:13 AM

@MuadDib - I always wanted them to make a Fray series. That would work.

Th3Batman - 2/1/2024, 5:29 AM

Like most reboots/revivals, I'm sure it'll be a worthy addition to the franchise...lol.

ObserverIO - 2/1/2024, 5:52 AM

No Whedon No Dice.

And no scratch, no snatch.

That's just the way it is baby.

Origame - 2/1/2024, 6:35 AM

I'm genuinely surprised this hasn't happened yet.

Probably doesn't fit the narrative that women haven't been accepted in this space by rebooting a super popular action show led by a woman.

ObserverIO - 2/1/2024, 7:28 AM

@Origame - Women were always accepted in this space. Until recently.

Origame - 2/1/2024, 7:36 AM

@ObserverIO - first of all, they weren't according to the narrative.

Second, they still are. We just expect good characters and not token women there just to check boxes.

This is why, despite the projects they were in, yelena and Kate bishop are both well loved characters. It's why people are clamoring for more Alita battle angel and are more than willing to check out the female led John wick spin off ballerina.

ObserverIO - 2/1/2024, 7:57 AM

@Origame - There are many conflicting narratives. Perhaps they need a group editor.

Kate Bishop, Yelena, Ms Marvel, She-Hulk, Carol Danvers etc are indeed well loved characters. But they are also hated by many others. When they all burst onto the MCU scene there was a lot of hate. Yes, even for Yelena. For the Black Widow movie in general. People said that it was woke and would be Marvel's first flop.

Origame - 2/1/2024, 8:06 AM

@ObserverIO - not the mcu versions. And no, yelena didn't get hate. Closest thing is when she casually killed people, but that was more against Natasha who should have a problem with casual murder post civil war.

Also, it was the first flop.

ObserverIO - 2/1/2024, 8:13 AM

@Origame - More down to covid rather than woke though.

Origame - 2/1/2024, 8:14 AM

@ObserverIO - well it being woke didn't help.

ObserverIO - 2/1/2024, 8:16 AM

@Origame - Also the thing about Black Widow is that she already an accepted character in the MCU, debuting in Iron Man 2 in 2010 and The Avengers in 2012. She was established and accepted by the fans. And her replacement Yelena wasn't exactly race-swapping or gender-swapping.

Origame - 2/1/2024, 8:20 AM

@ObserverIO - ...hence my point.

It's not the fact they're women. It's how they're depicted.

Natasha was beloved throughout her run in phases 1-3. But the second her character was ruined by identity politics in her movie, people rejected it.

ObserverIO - 2/1/2024, 8:34 AM

@Origame - What I was actually saying there is that Black Widow was already accepted by MCU fans before it was cool to hate on wokeness.

Origame - 2/1/2024, 8:35 AM

@ObserverIO - well what about her was woke before the movie?

ObserverIO - 2/1/2024, 8:38 AM

@Origame - Her vagina.

Origame - 2/1/2024, 9:23 AM

@ObserverIO - again, we don't care if she's a woman. That's not what we mean when we say something is woke.

ObserverIO - 2/1/2024, 9:29 AM

@Origame - Maybe you don't care, but there are a lot of people that don't like that kind of thing. And yes it does count as woke. She's a woman in a powerful role. A female superhero. That's woke.

Origame - 2/1/2024, 9:33 AM

@ObserverIO - 1) not enough to support these films. Hence why the marvels is the biggest flop in the genre.

And no, there's barely any overlap with the actual fanbase. So all this is doing is driving away the audience that made this franchise what it is in favor of people that only care the movie exists.

2) again, no its not. It's how she's presented.

Black widow is a fully realized character, with flaws of her own that she needs to work through on her own. And none of them are issues stemming from simply being a woman.

ObserverIO - 2/1/2024, 9:55 AM

@Origame -

1) The Marvel flopped because it was woke?

2) But she is a woman still. And people don't like that.

Origame - 2/1/2024, 10:01 AM

@ObserverIO - 1) yes. "Black girl magic"

2) nobody cares she's a woman.

ObserverIO - 2/1/2024, 10:22 AM

@Origame - So if she was a black woman, then you would care?

Origame - 2/1/2024, 10:29 AM

@ObserverIO - I wouldn't care then. Because it's how those things are presented, and whether that leads to poorly written characters only existing to check boxes that I do care.

ObserverIO - 2/1/2024, 10:39 AM

@Origame - So compared to Black Widow in the Infinity Saga, how is The Marvels and the Black Widow movie too woke?

Origame - 2/1/2024, 11:32 AM

@ObserverIO - by having no flaws. And it being obsessed with identity politics. Again, Monica learned how to fly because of "black girl magic".

ObserverIO - 2/1/2024, 12:06 PM

@Origame - I've gotta admit, The Marvels was such a forgettable film that I honestly don't remember the flying because of black girl magic thing.

Origame - 2/1/2024, 2:43 PM

@ObserverIO - have you ever thought it might be less boring and forgettable if they focused less on identity politics and more on character, plot, and set pieces? That's all my side is asking for.

If we got something like civil war or even ragnarok in the marvels, I guarantee most people would've loved it.

ObserverIO - 2/1/2024, 6:53 PM

@Origame - Maybe. I remember there being very little explanations for Photon's powers and many other things... and there was either a musical sequence (?!) or lsd in my popcorn.

PrincessCyana - 2/3/2024, 5:01 PM

@Origame - Civil War is all about politics and Identity Politics. Comic Books themselves had political messages since the beginning, especially super heroes. The right get all bent out of shape because they are being called out for their hateful prejudices, racism, and misogyny in the comics and movies back then and today. Just take the first Captain America movie, its 100% a political movie. They just get distracted by the explosions and CGI to realize that these movies and comics are calling them out all the time.

Origame - 2/3/2024, 5:10 PM

@PrincessCyana - no its not. Civil War is about an entirely fictional conflict that simply isn't directly comparable to anything in the real world. Neither the comic story nor the movie.

Also, there's a massive difference between telling a political story and just spouting your political message in what's supposed to be a story. That is what you don't get, either because you already subscribe to the ideology or you're a fanboy and love everything these companies push out regardless of the quality.

PrincessCyana - 2/4/2024, 12:34 AM

@Origame - um Civil War was based on civil liberties and government surveillance that stemmed from the Bush administration after 911. Its totally based on the real world and the consequences of it. a Any kind of Civil War is politics. There are sides to choose. Who is right and who is wrong is debated. Can't get any more political than that.

The message was heavily based on our real world, people taking sides. We literally had the internet debating Team Tony vs Team Cap.

And then look what they did with Wanda. They kept her locked up not able to go out because she's dangerous. Yet they didnt mind Banner and the Hulk running around. Al the heroes were dangerous. Yet they lock the woman up.

Even Wanda having a relationship with Vision is a political message. Interracial couple, Vision is in favor of the accords, Wanda opposes it. Its a very Left vs Right message.

Origame - 2/4/2024, 7:40 AM

@PrincessCyana - based on. Not actually about those things. That's the difference.

Radders - 2/4/2024, 9:26 AM

@ObserverIO @Origame - Late interjaction to define the difference and the repercussions.
I remember plenty of people clamouring for a Black Widow movie after her appearances in IM2, Avengers and Winter Soldier, myself included. She was absolutely the stand out in the first Avengers film. If they'd kept the tone of the first 15 mins it may have been good but here's why people call it Woke (not really a word I used as its too broad, its more about intersectionality).

Gender swapped character
there are 3 recurring male characters, one's a simp, one is a clown and the other a hollow representation of The Patriachy
On the nose polictical messaging: The entire movie is a clunky "Patriachy Bad" analogy
Other than Natasha, not a single woman in that film is responsible for anything bad they do, they're all victims and all get to walk away free at the end.
Extremely wonky morality
Natasha herself doesn't feel like the same character and they seem to have done their best to make Scarlett look as dour as possible.

All this stuff, along with the repeated poor characterisation of women in female led films and series, makes people stop wanting female led media - because they know what they're going to get.

Radders - 2/4/2024, 9:34 AM

@PrincessCyana - Actually its more of a morality play over which side is correct because neither are actually that wrong and the obsession of revenge. If you want to reduce that to left and right, that's fine but it lacks nuance.

Its politics in a human sence not a party poitical sense

As for them only locking up a "woman" I really struggle to know where your mind is going with that one. Wanda's actions lead to the deaths of Wakandan diplomats - you could make the argument that it wasn't her fault but people died, and she was the face of that and is at the very least guilty of manslaughter - so her being undere house arrest was actually a kindness. Plus they had to get her out of the way for her own protection whilst they calmed the situation down.

Should they have done the same with Banner? Especially post the rampage, probably - but he was in hiding then on another planet, then smart Hulk

ObserverIO - 2/4/2024, 11:55 AM

@Radders - "There are 3 recurring male characters, one's a simp, one is a clown and the other a hollow representation of The Patriachy
On the nose polictical messaging: The entire movie is a clunky "Patriachy Bad" analogy
Other than Natasha, not a single woman in that film is responsible for anything bad they do, they're all victims and all get to walk away free at the end."

There's nothing wrong with the good guys being the good guys.

Of the 3 important male characters, I assume you referring to Mason as a simp. First of all that's a deplorable word used by men who only see women as sex objects and secondly, he's not a simp, he's an old friend and ex-lover from SHIELD. Obviously he cares for her.
If doing things for people you care about is being a simp and you don't think that you're a simp, then you either don't care about anybody or are an asshole.

And the clown I'm guessing is Red Guardian. smh, One male characters is the comic relief and you feel emasculated. If you need to feel your gender identity represented in a more heroic way, wait your turn, it's just one movie.

As far as the bad guy being a representation of the Patriarchy, well Patriarchy is bad. So that's an important message. He treats women like objects, tools, takes away their liberties. He's not a nice person. It's a really good bad guy.

Why would you have a problem with the bad guy being bad and the good guys being good?

Maybe you have a problem with misogyny and patriarchy being presented as bad and women being presented as good.

Radders - 2/7/2024, 3:49 PM

@ObserverIO - Beyond the unnecessarily aggressive tone, there are so many strawmen in your reply, you could use them to build a house for a littl pig!

I'd also suggest learning the meaning of words before throwing insults about

Obviously you've been very selective in the information you decided to take from what I said, so you could build those men of straw, missing the point entirely, its not that one of those things are in this film, its that all of them are and thyre all done in a clucky on the nose way.

But hey, you carry on white knighting and tilting at those imaginary windmills

ObserverIO - 2/8/2024, 5:48 AM

@Radders - White Knighting is also a stupid term, imo. You're suggesting that I am a white knight for feminists? I'm not. I am a feminist. You either believe in the cause or you don't. I'm not helping somebody else's cause. This is my cause. This is what I want.

I don't mean to sound aggressive, although I do realise I implied you were an asshole. I'm sure you're not an asshole and that you do do things for people you care about. Does that make you a simp? No.

And by saying White Knighting is stupid, I'm not calling you stupid just the term. Along with simping it implies an us vs them, Women Vs Men. People. Just people that's all. The female cause is not the opposite of the male cause. It is the same; The cause of humanity. People. Lets not treat people like objects.

MaxPaint - 2/1/2024, 6:55 AM

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