Hulu's Buffy, the Vampire Slayer revival has cast a new slayer.
Deadline also reported Armstrong's casting.
Gellar announced in February she had spent three years developing a revival with Nora and Lilla Zuckerman. The pitch was initiated by Chloe Zhao.
Gellar will reprise her role as Buffy Summers, now mentoring a new generation. The original show, created by Joss Whedon, combined horror-comedy with high school drama.
"Wanna be my chosen one?" Gellar asks Armstrong. "Will you stand by my side and save the world?"Buffy co-stars Charisma Carpenter and Emma Caulfield showed their support in the comments of Gellar's post. Armstrong brought her father on camera to share the news.
"So honored, thank you for trusting me," Armstrong says.
Whedon is not involved in the revival. Original producers Gail Berman, Fran Kuzui and Dolly Parton executive produce with Gellar.
