It looks like Sarah Michelle Gellar might be returning to tv with a limited series

[frelling_tralk]

Sarah Michelle Gellar to Star in Thriller Sometimes I Lie From Ellen DeGeneres

Sarah Michelle Gellar is staking her claim on a new TV venture, preparing to star in and executive-produce a limited series about a woman trapped inside her own body.

Gellar will lead Sometimes I Lie, which is based on the novel of the same name by Alice Feeney, our sister site Deadline reports. The Buffy the Vampire Slayer vet will play Amber Reynolds, who wakes up in a hospital bed, paralyzed, mute and unable to open her eyes — but she can hear everything that’s going on. She doesn’t know what landed her there, and the action skips around among the present, her childhood and the recent past.

Ellen DeGeneres and Jeff Kleeman (Splitting Up Together) will executive-produce alongside Gellar; Warner Bros. TV will produce. At this time, no network is attached to the series

Sometimes I Lie will be Gellar’s first major series since CBS’ The Crazy Ones, which was cancelled in 2014. She also voices characters in Robot Chicken and Star Wars Rebels.



This is very cool news, after The Crazy Ones was cancelled it really seemed like she was done with acting

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[kikimay]

PLEASE TELEVISION GODS, LET HER COME BACK!!!!

(The plot of this series seem interesting and chilling)

[mazephoenix.livejournal.com]

I still miss Ringer, odlly enough. Great news!

[eiffels.livejournal.com]

That actually sounds really good!

[frelling-tralk.livejournal.com]

I thought so too actually! It reminds me of the kind of projects that Reese Witherspoon has been involved with recently with adapting her favourite books, and I know that Sarah has always been a keen reader as well, so presumably this is a bit of a passion project for her

[frelling-tralk.livejournal.com]

It will be nice to see her back on tv again if this (hopefully!) does get picked up :)

[frelling-tralk.livejournal.com]

It does! I’ve heard about this book before as well, I know it was a bestseller in a pretty popular genre, so hopefully the chances are good that there will be interest from different networks. Book adaptations do seem to be all the rage these days, so I can’t see why this won’t work out for her

[infinitewhale.livejournal.com]

Seems interesting enough. Hopefully WB doesn't try to stick it on the CW.

[frelling-tralk.livejournal.com]

That did occur to me as well :P Hopefully not though as this doesn’t really sound like something the CW would be interested in, I’m hoping this sort of limited series would be of more interest to somewhere like HBO or Netflix

[infinitewhale.livejournal.com]

I don't think HBO will go with it. Given the success of the series You, I think it's something Lifetime might welcome. Maybe in partnership with Netflix.

[bm-shipper.livejournal.com]

I am not sure what to think about Ellen DeGeneres after the whole "Kevin Hart debacle" but I might check out the show anyway, even though I've never really seen Buffy, so don't really have a "relationship" with SMG =D I've watched "The Crazy Ones"; though, and liked her, so you never know :)

[sidleypkhermit.livejournal.com]

I hope this goes somewhere! We should really be seeing more of her. She's more than capable of carrying series after series.

[paynesgrey.livejournal.com]

Whoa! The idea that Ellen Degeneres is working on a thriller is a bit surprising to me.

[hamarakissa.livejournal.com]

Ooo looking forward to this one!

[ragnarok-08.livejournal.com]

That sounds intriguing!

[frelling-tralk.livejournal.com]

It definitely sounds like something that will be worth checking out :)

[frelling-tralk.livejournal.com]

I totally agree, it sucks that nothing much ended up working out for her after Buffy, I want to see back on tv again

[frelling-tralk.livejournal.com]

Hmm yeah, that part did seem a little random to me as well

[frelling-tralk.livejournal.com]

It does :)

[frelling-tralk.livejournal.com]

:D

[rogueslayer452.livejournal.com]

That sounds unique and interesting. It's strange that Ellen would be involved with something like this, a thriller isn't something I would associate with her, but it sounds interesting for SMG. I was wondering what she has been up to lately. idk whether she would've quit acting or not after The Crazy Ones (although I could understand taking a slight break from that), but it's nice hearing that she's still doing stuff.

[frelling-tralk.livejournal.com]

I think that she’s mostly been concentrating on her business Foodstirs, she seems very into all that, I know that she released a recipe book last year.

I think this is her first new acting project in about 4 or 5 years, so it did seem like she was taking an unofficial break for a while there. I can understand becoming disillusioned with the acting business after the run of bad luck she had though, there was Ringers cancelled after one season, The Crazy Ones also being cancelled, even though that seemed like a sure thing with Robin Williams as co-lead, and then her Cruel Intentions pilot not even getting picked up.

[arinka567.livejournal.com]

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[snogged.livejournal.com]

Ohh! This is exciting.

Also, I need to read this book immediately.

[frelling-tralk.livejournal.com]

Mte, I immediately added the book to my to-read list after seeing this article *g*