Sarah Michelle Gellar, better known to the world as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, got the hankering to spend some time with her fishy friends at Sea World in San Diego, CA this weekend and managed to get in on the act with one of the performers … check out this supercute pic of SMG with her new dolphin friend:
While this pic is prolly the cutest thing ever, there is more important SMG news to impart. HBO has announced that Ms. Gellar has signed on to appear in their new series The Wonderful Maladys which is set to hit the air next year. That’s right folks, SMG is making a return to the small screen:
Sarah Michelle Gellar is eyeing a return to television with a half-hour project set up at HBO from screenwriter Charles Randolph. Set in Gotham, “The Wonderful Maladys” ensembler revolves around the dysfunctional lives of three adult siblings who lost their parents at a young age. Randolph described Gellar’s character as having “a kind of zealous immaturity — like a drug addict with a to-do list.” Randolph wrote the script on spec last year with Gellar and HBO in mind. HBO recently bought the script and is aiming to shoot the single-camera pilot early next year. Gellar and Randolph will serve as exec producers should the project go forward, along with Brillstein Entertainment Partners. “We’re on a fast track,” said Brillstein CEO Jon Liebman. Gellar has focused on features since “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” ended its seven-year run in 2003. She called the chance to do a series with Randolph, Brillstein and HBO “a terrific next chapter for me” … Gellar and Randolph are repped by Brillstein Entertainment Partners.
I hate to say it but, with the way that SMG‘s movie career has been going since her BtVS days, I kinda knew it was only a matter of time before she made a return to the small screen. Taking on this role for HBO is a good step back to TV for her, I think. She can still be challenged in a way that network TV cannot and isn’t faced with the prospect of carrying the entire project on her shoulders alone. I’m all for this … I can’t wait to get SMG back on TV on a weekly basis again.
She look so cute! The premise of her new show sounds great!! I really hope she comes to HBO! That is where all the good shows are( except for Weeds)!!!
Sarah The Dolphin Trainer – omg I love it! So cute.
I love SMG; she seems like such a sweetheart. I was also a huge Buffy fan, so I’m anxious to see her back!
I think she’s such a good actress and stunning. This is such a good idea for her.
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Sarah’s only claim to fame is Buffy and her huge fanbase there. She has turned her back on it and all of us. She refuses to carry on the story line and is not talented enough to begin a new story line. If she insists on turning her back on her largest fan base, and on Joss who actually took her anywhere above her teenage soap actress career, she can keep on sucking with her lame horror movie genre and stupid Disney-wannabe movie career.
She had a large enough fanbase to build her millions in DVD residuals, but turned her back on all of us and the man who turned her into a semi-superstar. Now she’s nothing more than a scream-queen.
Ummm, I don’t know where you’re getting this dilusion that Sarah has turned her back on her fanbase… Did she not show up to the Paley festival? Yes, she did. Because she’s loyal to her fans. And she has never officially said she WON’T do a Buffy movie.
But she is an amazing actress, and I hope she gets an oscar nomination for her upcoming movies like Veronika Decides To Die. That looks really good.
But the Maladys show will be a good step for her as well. I have faith in her.