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Sarah Michelle Gellar Looks Timeless at London Premiere

Sarah Michelle Gellar looked incredible as she attended the London premiere of Ready Or Not 2: Here I Come at Cineworld Leicester Square on Thursday.The actress...

Sarah Michelle Gellar Looks Timeless at London Premiere
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Bintano News

March 19, 2026

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looked incredible as she attended the London premiere of Ready Or Not 2: Here I Come at Cineworld Leicester Square on Thursday.

The actress, 48, has barely aged a day since her days starring on Buffy The Vampire Slayer in the late 90s. 

Sarah, who stars in the Ready Or Not sequel, wore a black sleeveless dress to the premiere with a white collar.

The garment also featured a leg split and the Cruel Intentions star added height to her frame with a pair of black heels.

Looking in good spirits as she arrived at the cinema, Sarah happily signed autographs for fans on her way inside. 

Also in attendance at the premiere was Sarah's co-star who turned heads in a bright red turtle neck top and matching mini skirt.

Sarah Michelle Gellar looked incredible as she attended the London premiere of Ready Or Not 2: Here I Come at Cineworld Leicester Square on Thursday

Also in attendance at the premiere was Sarah's co-star Kathryn Newton 

The actress, 48, has barely aged a day since her days starring on Buffy The Vampire Slayer in the late 90s

Sarah, who stars in the Ready Or Not sequel, wore a black sleeveless dress to the premiere with a white collar

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Looking in good spirits as she arrived at the cinema, Sarah happily signed autographs for fans on her way inside

The Big Little Lies actress also sported matching sheer tights along with a pair of red heels. 

The premiere comes after Sarah revealed she was 'really sad' about Hulu's decision to cancel the highly anticipated reboot of Buffy The Vampire Slayer.

According to TMZ, Sarah and the reboot's director Chloe Zhao felt 'blindsided' by the recent development as well as the timing.

The actress, who played Buffy Summers for seven seasons on the original show, did not mince her words when she blamed an unnamed Disney executive for the scrapped reboot, claiming he made 'constant' reminders that he was not a fan of the original show.

It did not take long for fans of the series, which ran from 1997 to 2003, to speculate over the identity of the Disney exec.

Craig Erwich, president of Disney Television Group, was one of those executives whose name had circulated.

And now, multiple sources have confirmed to the Daily Mail it was indeed Erwich who made the 'executive decision' to slash the Buffy reboot, leaving the cast and crew 'devastated' and in 'complete shock'.

But it may not be the end of the road for Buffy, according to a source, as they hinted at Gellar's hopes to take the show 'elsewhere' and give fans the reboot they've been wanting for over 20 years.

Kathryn turned heads in a bright red turtle neck top and matching mini skirt

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Dancing On Ice star Vanessa Bauer donned a black plunging dress with a lace detail

Jack Quickenden opted for a white shirt and dark trousers as he attended the premiere

Love Island star Olivia Hawkins wore a silver shimmering sleeveless dress

Fellow Love Islanders Harrison Solomon and Belle Hassan also attended the screening

'It was him; the buck stopped with Craig,' an insider told the Daily Mail.

'He just didn't like the project and he didn't think it was any good. He rolled his eyes whenever it came up, like he was beleaguered that he had to do it. He didn't like how it was shaping up so he axed it. Most people here think that was a colossal mistake, but it was his decision,' the insider said.

In February 2025, it was reported by Deadline that Gellar would be reprising her role as Buffy Summers in a pilot ordered by Hulu, with Hamnet director Zhao – a self-professed lifelong Buffy fan – set to direct the pilot episode.

From there, actress Ryan Kiera Armstrong, 16, was as Sunnydale's newest vampire slayer – just three years younger than Gellar when she was cast as Buffy in 1997.

Sister screenwriting duo Nora and Lilla Zuckerman had reportedly written the pilot episode, with the series' original executive producers Gail Berman and husband and wife Fran and Kaz Kuzui also attached.

Throughout production, Sarah would update her five million Instagram followers with photos from the set, including a photo taken during a table read of the pilot episode last July. She also posed with Zhao, with the two seen holding wooden daggers in their hands.

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Then, Sarah gave fans a far less welcomed update on Saturday when she posted a somber video with news of the reboot's cancellation.

It was reported by People magazine that Sarah had received a phone call about the fate of the show on March 13 while attending the premiere for her latest film, Ready or Not 2: Here I Come, which is also produced by Searchlight.

The premiere comes after Sarah revealed she was 'really sad' about Hulu's decision to cancel the highly anticipated reboot of Buffy The Vampire Slayer. (L to R) Alyson Hannigan, Charisma Carpenter and Nicholas Brendon

As she told the magazine in an explosive interview: 'I got the call as we were stepping onto stage for the premiere of their own movie. And it's also the weekend of Chloe going to the Oscars as a best director nominee for Hamnet. 

'For them to call us on the Friday of what should have been Chloe's victory lap for an incredible film, and my world premiere of something that I worked very hard for is...that says something.'

It was in that same interview where Gellar blamed the unknown Disney executive for killing the project, saying, 'We had an executive on our show who was not only not a fan of the original, but was proud to constantly remind us that he had never seen the entirety of the series and how it wasn't for him.'

On Monday, it was reported that the Disney Television Group president was promoted to oversee 20th Television and 20th Television Animation, as well as continuing to lead ABC Entertainment and Hulu Originals.

Our source, who said they weren't surprised Erwich had axed the show, described him as being 'very decisive,' even if it means going against Hulu's wishes to move forward with the reboot.

'The thought around Hulu is that it would have been a smash,' the insider said. 'He knows that people know it was him and he can deal with the backlash. He made an executive decision.'

A statement obtained by People noted that Disney owns the intellectual property to Buffy: The Vampire Slayer, meaning the project cannot be shopped elsewhere.

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The Daily Mail contacted representatives for Sarah, Disney and Hulu for comment.

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