James Marsters and different unique solid members return for Audible’s Slayers: A Buffyverse Story presentation this October!
Pay attention up, Buffy the Vampire Slayer followers! Lots of the unique stars of your favourite tv sequence about kicking vampire ass and taking names are returning for Slayers: A Buffyverse Story, an unique audio occasion set 20 years after the sequence finale of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. James Marsters is reprising his position because the bleach blond, Billy Idol-like villain-turned-hearthrob Spike, with Charisma Carpenter, Anthony Head, Juliet Landau, Emma Caulfield, Amber Benson, James Charles Leary, and Danny Robust, in addition to newcomer Laya DeLeon Hayes.
Entertainment Weekly solely revealed on Wednesday that Slayers “begins as Spike has gone deep undercover in Los Angeles, convincing the forces of darkness that he’s again to his evil methods. However when his cowl is compromised by 16-year-old Indira Nunnally (Hayes), Spike finds himself on baby-slayer-sitting obligation as soon as extra. Whereas he makes an attempt to trace down a watcher for his keen new protégé, their paths collide with the veteran Slayer of a parallel actuality the place Buffy Summers (Sarah Michelle Gellar) by no means existed, and Cordelia Chase (Carpenter) is the one-and-only Slayer. And Cordelia wants Spike’s assist with a basic huge dangerous terrorizing her world… his previous flame, Drusilla (Landau).”
“I’m ecstatic to be again with my expensive associates for this subsequent chapter within the Buffyverse, as we take listeners on a well-known however surprising journey chock filled with horror, ardour and mischief,” Marsters says about returning to the enduring position. “I’m excited for previous and new followers to expertise this beloved world of vampire slaying like by no means earlier than, dropped at life by immersive audio storytelling.”
“Slayers: A Buffyverse Story gives a contemporary, dynamic tackle a cult-classic that takes listeners on a enjoyable and nostalgic journey,” Rachel Ghiazza, Chief Content material Officer at Audible, exclaimed. “The all-star solid reprising beloved roles, in addition to newcomers, deliver to life a storyline that can entertain followers of the unique sequence and pull in first-time Sunnydale guests.”
Slayers: A Buffyverse Story sinks its enamel into folks’s ears on October 12, with a particular presentation of the Audible occasion taking place at New York Metropolis Comedian-Con on October 13 at 1:30 p.m. ET. If you happen to can’t make the panel, you can even go to Audible’s Slayers-themed activation all through the weekend.
Regardless of Buffy‘s retirement from the tv display screen, the Buffyverse lives on in comedian books, novels, fan fiction, Cosplay competitions, and extra! Benson and Christopher Golden wrote the script for Slayers: A Buffyverse Story, with Benson, Golden, and Kc Wayland directing.
Are you enthusiastic about this particular Audible presentation? It’s been some time for the reason that band has gotten again collectively for one thing this huge. Sharpen your fangs and prepare to take a chew of the motion this October!