Published Mar 22, 2026, 10:00 AM EDT In the wake of some major news about Buffy and Firefly revivals, it’s worth asking what we actually want out of these beloved relics of another era Image: 20th Century Fox/Everett Collection It’s been a complicated week for fans of the works of Joss Whedon. Last Saturday, Buffy the Vampire Slayer star Sarah Michelle Gellar broke the news that a planned sequel series on Hulu was no longer moving forward . In the days that followed, we learned a surprising amount about what went wrong behind the scenes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer: New Sunnydale . Meanwhile, a much-hyped Firefly announcement turned out to be an animated series featuring the original cast and set between the events of the live-action space Western series and its follow-up film, Serenity .…