Thursday July 28 6:43 PM ET
By Sarah Hall

According to Freddie Prinze Jr., his wife’s days as a vampire-hunting slayer chick are through.

Pounding a stake through the dreams of Buffy fans everywhere, Prinze said that chances were slim that Sarah Michelle Gellar would one day star in a film version of her hit series, either for television or on the big screen.

“Not with Sarah,” Prinze said during an appearance at the Television Critics Association press tour where he was promoting his new ABC sitcom, Freddie. “I’ve never heard of it coming back whatsoever.”

Prinze said that Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon “is on the movie train right now, and it hasn’t stopped yet. So I think he’ll be on that for a while.”

As for remaking the series as a feature film, Prinze pointed out that the original 1992 Buffy movie, starring Kristy Swanson and Luke Perry, tanked at the box office.

“It didn’t work. That’s why [they] made the TV series. It worked much, much better as a TV series,” Prinze said.

“It worked so well as a TV show, I don’t think Sarah would want to invest in something that’s already failed once.”

Gellar’s next project is the futuristic thriller Southland Tales, written and directed by Richard Kelly (Donnie Darko.)