Armstrong has been cast in a lead role in the pilot opposite returning star Sarah Michelle Gellar. The pilot was originally announced at Hulu back in February. Exact plot details are under wraps, but sources previously said the pilot will focus on a new slayer with Gellar appearing in a recurring role as Buffy.

EXCLUSIVE: Ryan Kiera Armstrong (Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, Firestarter) has landed the lead opposite Sarah Michelle Gellar in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot, which has a pilot order at Hulu. Armstrong will play the new slayer in the untitled Buffyverse project,

“In every generation, there is a chosen one” — so says the opening narration in early episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. In this generation, and Hulu’s pilot for a Buffy reboot, that chosen one is Star Wars: Skeleton Crew actress Ryan Kiera Armstrong.