Buffy the Vampire Slayer is being rebooted with a black female lead

Deadline

Joss Whedon will be on board as executive producer, but Midnight, Texas creator Monica Owusu-Breen will serve as the writer, executive producer and showrunner of the new Buffy, which will build on the mythology of the Sarah Michelle Gellar-led original series. It will be pitched to cable and streaming services this summer. "Like our world, it will be richly diverse, and like the original, some aspects of the series could be seen as metaphors for issues facing us all today," according to producers." According to Deadline, "the diversity in the show’s description reflects the producers’ intention for the new slayer to be African American." Owusu-Breen and Whedon previously worked together on Marvel's Agents of SHIELD. According to The Hollywood Reporter, "talks for a new Buffy began last fall. A decision to move forward was determined after Breen was identified as the right writer for the reboot. A script or director has not yet been determined. Casting for the central role of Buffy has also not yet been determined."