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Sarah Michelle Gellar might not be done with saving the world from the forces of darkness.

Michelle Trachtenberg has sadly died.

“Buffy the Vampire Slayer” — a tight bond that lasted until Trachtenberg’s tragic death at age 39.Trachtenberg was found dead in NYC on Feb. 26, 2025, The Post exclusively confirmed.Police sources told The Post that the late actress was found by her mother at around 8 a.m.

Actress Michelle Trachtenberg, known for a wide range of TV and film roles including “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Gossip Girl,” has died at the age of 39, police sources told The Post.Her death is not being investigated as suspicious, the sources said.Trachtenberg had posted a series of troubling photos in recent months on Instagram, where the award-winning actress has 800,000 followers, in which she appeared gaunt and frail, prompting some fans to comment about her startling weight loss or ask if she was on drugs.Last January, Trachtenberg responded to fan concerns saying she was “happy and healthy” and had never had plastic surgery.Born in New York City on Oct. 11, 1985, Trachtenberg’s first credited role came at the age of nine on the classic 1990s Nickelodeon series “The Adventures of Pete and Pete,” on which she portrayed quirky gal-pal Nona F.

More than 20 years after saving the world for the last time, Sarah Michelle Gellar is preparing to slay once again.

Buffy The Vampire Slayer is edging closer to being a reality, and fans have been sharing their enthusiasm online.According to a report by Variety, Sarah Michelle Gellar is in talks to reprise her most famous role of Buffy Summers in a sequel series to the vampire hit which originally ran from 1997 to 2003. According to the article, it will focus on a new slayer protecting the world from vampires, with Buffy in a mentor role.Oscar winning director Chloe Zhao (Nomadland, Eternals) will helm the series as well as serving as executive producer.

. Including the streaming generation, it turns out. A Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot is actually, finally happening.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter In every generation, there is a chosen one — again. Variety has learned from sources that a sequel series to the beloved show “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” is nearing a pilot order at Hulu. Sources say that Sarah Michelle Gellar is in final talks to once again play the iconic title character in the untitled project, although it would focus on a new Slayer and Gellar would appear in a recurring role rather than leading the series.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer is seemingly being brought back from the dead…again!

More than two decades after Buffy the Vampire Slayer ended its seven-season run, the beloved supernatural drama is eyeing a revival with a new chapter in the franchise. A followup series is nearing a pilot order from Hulu, with Sarah Michelle Gellar expected to star, reprising her signature role as Buffy Summers, sources said. Oscar winner Chloé Zhao, a self-professed lifelong Buffy fan, is set to direct the pilot, written by Nora and Lilla Zuckerman (Poker Face).

K.J. Yossman James Norton looks set to defend the Anglo-Saxon throne from French invader Nikolaj Coster-Waldau in the first glimpse from upcoming medieval drama series “King and Conqueror.” Norton plays Harold, Earl of Wessex in the series as he prepares to face Coster-Waldau’s William, Duke of Normandy at the famous Battle of Hastings.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor Ray Fisher ignites the screen as Lymon, the best friend of lead character Boy Willie Charles, played by John David Washington, in Netflix’s period drama “The Piano Lesson.” His portrayal has even sparked some early Oscar buzz. Fisher’s last few years have been challenging following his public dispute with “Justice League” director Joss Whedon and former DC Films president Walter Hamada. But this project offers Fisher a chance to move forward.

Reddit user Vedansh1997, began with a reflection on the psychological thriller Mindhunter, which launched on Netflix in 2017 and ran for two seasons but was never renewed past that point.The show, which followed the founding of the FBI’s Behavioral Science Unit and the dawn of criminal profiling in the US, starred Jonathan Groff and Anna Torv and was produced by David Fincher and Charlize Theron.The show received strong critical acclaim, but after its second season aired in 2019, Netflix announced that a third season was on hold, with Fincher said to be focusing on other projects. Last year, it was confirmed it would not be returning.“I watched it and I really was mesmerized by this series because it’s dark and all those serial killers, everything was good about this series,” wrote Vedansh1997.The post triggered a lot of responses from fans of other shows that users felt were left unfulfilled, including Firefly, which was described as “a default answer I know, but still bugs me”.Joss Whedon’s space western ran for only one season in 2002, and was cancelled by Fox before its run had concluded.

James Marsters is unpacking one of his most uncomfortable scenes, which ultimately sent him to therapy.

James Spader is set to reprise his role of Ultron in Marvel/Disney+‘s upcoming WandaVision spinoff series, sources confirmed to Deadline.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large Jamie Kellner, who made his name as the only exec ever to create two broadcast networks — Fox and The WB (both of which also achieved profitability under his watch), died Friday at his home in Montecito, Calif. He was 77.

Jamie Kellner, an extremely well-respected TV executive who helped launch Fox and The WB broadcast networks, has died at the age of 77.

EXCLUSIVE: As Deadpool & Wolverine tracks huge ahead of its July 26 release and looms as a summer box office savior, we can reveal that director Shawn Levy is the top choice and is having early conversations to direct another Marvel Studios pic — the next Avengers movie.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic Zack Snyder is a pop-fantasy filmmaker who now has a fanboy cult around him. In the two decades since he made his feature directorial debut with the grainy unsettling 2004 reboot of “Dawn of the Dead,” Snyder’s flamboyant fusion of visual wizardry, technological fixation, and kick-ass spirit has made him, at least in some quarters (read: the Comic-Con and video-game demo), a creative hero for the Age of Escapism. Fans who grew up feasting on such Snyder extravaganzas as “300,” “Watchmen,” and “Sucker Punch” then saw his much-ballyhooed entrée into the DC comic-book sphere marked by ambitious but maligned misfires.

Buffy The Vampire Slayer actor Camden Toy has died from pancreatic cancer aged 68.Toy’s death on Monday (December 11) was confirmed in a press release by his representatives, who said: “We are saddened to report the death of our friend and client.”The actor, who had the illness for two years, was best known for playing a number of monsters and supernatural characters on the hit US show starring Sarah Michelle Gellar.Toy was known by fans primarily as the “ubervamp” Turok-Han, who recurred throughout the series, but his most memorable appearance in the show came in the season four episode ‘Hush’, in which he played one of the demonic ghouls known as The Gentlemen.Released in 1999, ‘Hush’ is considered to be one of the fantasy show’s greatest episodes.Toy returned to the series, created by Joss Whedon, in 1997 for the season seven episode ‘Same Time, Same Place’, this time playing a skin-eating demon named Gnarl. He also appeared in the Buffy spin-off series Angel, playing the Prince of Lies.Some of actor’s other credits included cult shows such as The Bay and Goodnight Burbank, as well the anthology series Into The Dark, which began in 2018.Being the son of a make-up artist, Toy mostly desired to play characters requiring special effects prosthetics.He was best friends with the Shape Of Water actor Doug Jones, who is renowed for playing non-human creatures via heavy make-up and visual effects.

Zack Snyder is sharing his thoughts on the Barbie joke about his cut of Justice League.