Sarah Michelle Gellar reveals details about Buffy the Vampire Slayer: New Sunnydale

Sarah Michelle Gellar has revealed the new Buffy the Vampire Slayer series is titled Buffy the Vampire Slayer: New Sunnydale.

The 48-year-old actress is set to reprise her role as the titular heroine having spent over 20 years away from the role, and Gellar has now revealed the show’s name - but has insisted New Sunnydale is “not a sequel” and “not a reboot” of the original series.

Speaking on the Shut Up Evan podcast she said: “It's not a sequel, it's not a reboot — it's a continuation.”

The I Know What You Did Last Summer star noted the series - for which Hulu commissioned a pilot for last year - will address some of the original show’s biggest unanswered questions, including where Buffy is “now in this world and what is this world that Buffy lives in, with her and without her”.

She added: “So it's not a reboot, it's not picking up with all of the same characters right away. It is not like a seque l... That's why the name was even important to me — Buffy: New Sunnydale. It's Buffy, but it's also something else.”