Producers 20th Century Fox Television has hired Monica Owusu-Breen to pen the script for the new take on Joss Whedon's cult favorite. A network is not yet attached.
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Producers Fox 21 TV Studios will pitch the
Buffy re-do to streaming and cable outlets later this summer in a package bound to ignite a bidding war. It's unclear if Whedon will have any additional role on the new
Buffy due to his other commitments, which include HBO's recent straight-to-series order
The Nevers.
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Casting for the central role of Buffy has also not yet been determined. The new version, sources say, will be contemporary and build on the mythology of the original. Like today's world, the new
Buffy will be richly diverse, with some aspects of the series, like the flagship, seen as metaphors for issues facing society today.
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