The “ Buffy the Vampire Slayer ” reboot pilot at Hulu has found its new slayer — Ryan Kiera Armstrong. 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.

“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.

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,