Sarah Michelle Gellar has broken her silence on the recently announced Buffy the Vampire Slayer return. Taking to Instagram, the actor who played the titular character in the beloved series from 1997 to 2003, shared an emotional statement, saying that a show return would be for "all the fans".

Sarah Michelle Gellar shared how the Buffy the Vampire Slayer sequel series project came to be, offering a timeline and more.

A pilot for a new, untitled 'Buffy' project is in the works at Hulu, PEOPLE can confirm Scoobies, grab your stakes — Buffy’s back! Over two decades after Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s final bow, a new chapter in the Buffyverse is officially in the works with the slayer herself,