Industry insiders continue to cast doubt on the future of Buffy beyond season seven.

E! Online,s Watch, in her Watch With Wanda column, claims that it's increasingly doubtful that star Sarah Michelle Gellar will sign on for more episodes, despite recent claims that star is being offered $750,000 per story to carry on slaying.

"It's the general feeling around set that this will be the end of it," a source on the Buffy set reportedly told Wanda. As for a spin-off, "The problem is the cast members who would work best aren't really that interested. I think they want to just move on. It's time."

Meanwhile, Marti Noxon told Entertainment Weekly's website: "A show with no Sarah is a spin-off. We can't call it Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Her Friends and Family or Buffy's Vampire Ex-Boyfriend. This season feels really strong - we feel like we're hitting all cylinders," she added.

"But I have mixed feelings about going on." admits Noxon. "I want to do work I feel proud of before the idea of killing vampires is like sticking a hot poker in my eye."