We’re going back to the Buffyverse.
A number of the stars of Buffy the Vampire Slayer are going to reunite for a brand new audio series set in the same world as the iconic show.
Running from 1997 to 2003, the supernatural drama defined the teenage years of many and centres around Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar), a high school student and the latest in a long line of ‘Slayers’ chosen to fight vampires.
The show follows her and her friends – who call themselves the ‘Scooby Gang’ – as they take on the forces of evil in the California town of Sunnydale.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer was loved by audiences and critics alike, and is widely considered to be one of the most influential television series ever.
And now, more than 20 years after it finished, fans are finally being treated to some brand new Buffy content in the form of a new audio show.
On October 12, we’re going back to the Hellmouth ❤️? #SlayersxAudible
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New Buffy series
Titled Slayers: A Buffyverse Story, the plot synopsis states:
“The upcoming scripted audio original picks up 10 years after the events of the final episode of ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer.’ Since then, Spike (James Marsters) has gone deep undercover in Los Angeles, convincing the forces of darkness that he’s back to his evil ways.
“When his cover is compromised by sixteen-year-old Indira Nunnally (Laya DeLeon Hayes), Spike finds himself on baby-slayer-sitting duty once more.
“While he attempts to track down a watcher for his eager new protégé, their paths collide with the veteran Slayer of a parallel reality where Buffy Summers never existed…a reality where Cordelia Chase (Charisma Carpenter) is the one-and-only Slayer. She needs Spike’s help with a classic big bad terrorizing her world…his old flame, Drusilla (Juliet Landau).”
The series was written by original cast member Amber Benson, alongside Christopher Golden. It will also see Anthony Head, Danny Strong, Emma Caulfield Ford and James Charles Leary return alongside the cast listed above.
Sadly Buffy herself, Sarah Michelle Gellar, will not be involved, however.
On the plus side though, you do not have too long to wait to get the series in your ears, with it arriving on Audible on 12 October.
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