The cast of Slayers: A Buffyverse Story at New York Comic Con 2023 via Charisma's Instagram (source)

Slayers: A Buffyverse Story

Release date: October 12, 2023.

Original cast members from the beloved TV series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, reunite for an all-new adventure about connections that never die — even if you bury them. A decade has passed since the epic final battle that concluded Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV). The game-changing spell that gave power to all potential Slayers persists. With new Slayers constantly emerging, things are looking grim for the bad guys. Rebellious vampire Spike is working undercover in Los Angeles with his old pal Clem when he meets feisty, rookie Slayer, Indira, who wants Spike to be her mentor. Stakes intensify as Cordelia Chase emerges from an alternate reality where she alone is the Slayer, and Buffy Summers doesn’t exist. Cordelia enlists Spike’s help with a classic big bad terrorizing her world…his ex, Drusilla. Giles, Anya, Jonathan, and Tara also return, but through the years and the vastness of the multiverse, not everyone is who they used to be…

Writers: Christopher Golden, Amber Benson.

Starring: James Marsters as Spike; Laya DeLeon Hayes as Indira; Charisma Carpenter as Cordelia; Emma Caulfield as Anya and Anyanka; Amber Benson as Tara; James Charles Leary as Clem; Juliet Landau as Drusilla; Anthony Head as Giles; Phina Oruche as Olivia; and Danny Strong as Ghost Jonathan.

Also Featuring: Julia Cho as Ms. Bang; Josh Petersdorf as Kurgan; Juno Dawson as Miranda; Jessica Gardner as Amy Madison; Cheryl Umana as Zantina; Joshua McClenney as Rahim; Denise Pickering as Buzz; Glenda Morgan Brown as Esther; Jasmine Hyde as Althenea; and Michael Swan.

THE EQUALIZER (2021 - PRESENT) Season 1, Episode 1

Queen Latifah as Robyn McCall and Laya DeLeon Hayes as Delilah Fulton

Happy International Women’s Day!

The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster will be released on Blu-ray and DVD on August 8 via RLJE Films. The 2023 retelling of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is on VOD today.

Writer-director Bomani J. Story makes his feature debut. Laya DeLeon Hayes, Denzel Whitaker, Chad L. Coleman, Reilly Brooke Stith, Keith Sean Holliday, Amani Summer, and Edem Atsu-Swanzy star. Crypt TV produces.

No special features are included. Watch the trailer below.

Vicaria is a brilliant teenager who believes death is a disease that can be cured. After the brutal and sudden murder of her brother, she embarks on a dangerous journey to bring him back to life

Pre-order The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster.

LAYA DELEON HAYES as Vicaria in the Angry Black Girl and Her Monster (2023)

Angrboda is so precious and must be protected at all cost!

So bc the PJO series is coming out in a week (A FUCKING WEEK) & bc this entire situation w/ Leah has gone pretty much beat for beat the same as what happened when Laya was cast in God of War, here’s a little psa:

If I catch anyone saying that the show was amazing but the parts w/ Annabeth were “cringe” or “poorly paced” or “too frequent” or any of that other shit, I will personally turn your head into exterior decor for the Empire State Building.

Nothing is changing about Annabeth’s character. She’s near universally beloved. If people suddenly have problems with her & the content that focuses on her, we all fucking know why. You ain’t slick & your racism is showing.

There is no reason that another black girl should have to go through this. If you absolutely HAVE to say something, take it up with the casting director & writer. Don’t go out of your way to harass a literal child who’s very enthusiastically taken & worked her ass off for the role of a lifetime.

Black girls belong in works we love & they deserve to see themselves in characters we love. Leave them the fuck alone.

The Equalizer (2021) - 1x07

Slayers: A Buffyverse Story NY Comic Con Cast Portraits

Juliet Landau, Amber Benson, Laya DeLeon Hayes, Emma Caulfield Ford, Charisma Carpenter, James Marsters, James Charles Leary, and Chris Golden (x)

You know what I really love about ‘Slayers: A Buffyverse Story’? The fact everyone in it aside from Laya Deleon Hayes are returning to their characters and roles because they really miss playing them.

Like I’m maybe being a bit presumptuous with this because it’s a small company but I can’t imagine the pay is very good. But I don’t think it’s about pay for any of them. They’re doing this because they truly want to. They miss their characters enough to want to.

Especially James Marsters. I swear that guy just does not quit with being involved in absolutely everything to do with the Buffyverse when it comes to the fandom and fan service. He is honestly there for everything. It’s a bit mad actually but I love him for it.

As I said before. You won’t see the big names joining because they’re all about the money and that’s their right. There’s nothing wrong with that of course. But I do have a lot of love and respect for this rag tag lot that has been put together to do this project primarily because they want to. Because they’re passionate.

INTERVIEWER: “Why and why now?”

AMBER BENSON: “I think the world has gone kind of bananas recently and, (and I say recently - I mean the last 5 years) I think we need more stories of powerful women on both sides of the dark and the light. And I think it’s really important that we, that we sort of - we show women doing powerful things. Taking control of their own destinies and making the world a better place. And I think that sometimes you just need to leave your cruddy, like cruddy day and live in this world with us. And I think that’s the best you can do with entertainment. You can take people and give them a wonderful experience where they feel magic and power and they just want to live there with us.”

I also love what Christopher Golden said about Druscilla’s goal in this story is that she just wants to make the world a better place from her perspective of it. You know - giving all vampires this paradise where they can all thrive in the sun together as a society. That’s kind of lovely in seeing it from her perspective. And yeah - it’s totally something both Spike and Dru would do. Not try to destroy the world but “save” it.

Beautiful Black People 👑

Happy birthday Laya De Leon Hayes (Angrboda)

Deadass if y’all don’t go see The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster, you will be doing yourselves a GREAT disservice

It’s a retelling of Frankenstein about a genius girl who wants to cure death and brings her big brother back from the dead, produced by none other than my boys Crypt TV! Plus the film has an all-black main cast and focuses a lot on the community that the characters have with each other! The music and prosthetics are great for the budget and istg if you don’t go see it you WILL wish you did

EDIT 11/10/2023: Since this post is getting more circulation than it did when it first got published, Angry Black Girl is available to stream on Shudder and ALLBLCK, and you can buy it on iTunes and Amazon Prime!

The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster

directed by Bomani J. Story, 2023