SARAH MICHELLE GELLAR NEWS
According to Variety: "...a sequel series to the beloved show “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” is nearing a pilot order at Hulu. Sources say that Sarah Michelle Gellar is in final talks to once again play the iconic title character in the untitled project, although it would focus on a new Slayer and Gellar would appear in a recurring role rather than leading the series." Chloé Zhao is attached to direct and sisters Nora and Lila Zuckerman will be showrunners and are writing the pilot.
Jeff Conway of Forbes asked Gellar: "The term “Dexter” has become synonymous with blood over the years. So, in real life, are you squeamish towards blood yourself? I mean, on this new show, Sarah, you play what they call in the first episode, 'The Boss Lady of Forensics'.” Gellar replied: "I'm a mother, I mean - but wait, you know what's so funny when you said that? I just had a realization that I forgot until this very moment. When I got my first car - okay, when I graduated high school - I don't know why this like literally jumped into my head, do you know what I named my first car? My first car was named Dexter!" The first Dexter episode aired in 2006, so for what Dexter was Gellar's first car named?
Gellar is forensics expert Tanya Martin in DEXTER: ORIGINAL SIN. She told Emily Longarette of Variety: “We’re playing in the 90s. I’m used to playing these formidable women and she’s no exception, but she’s almost an even bigger exception because women didn’t run departments in those jobs. They certainly didn’t run the science departments, and they certainly didn’t do it in Miami. So you realize she’s gotta be pretty tough to be able to hang with the guys.” DEXTER: ORIGINAL SIN premiered on Showtime 13 December 2024.
Gellar described her Dexter: Original Sin character to Nick Caruso of TV Line: “Inadvertently, Tanya is the one who teaches Dexter everything that he knows, to continue a trend that I love to do, which is playing these women in men’s worlds. And to have a woman lead a department in the Miami Metro Police Department in the ’90s was so rare.” After saying that the role is different from those she’s played in the past, Gellar continued: “She’s corporate. She is really breaking that glass ceiling that I really haven’t had the chance to mess with. She’ll start to open up a little bit about what that’s like and how hard that really is.”
In 2008, Entertainment Weekly asked Sarah Michelle Gellar to name ten classic male TV characters she wished she could play. Dexter Morgan was number 8:
- Gunther, Friends
REASON: "I just love the story: There was this actor, James Michael Tyler, who was in the background and everyone liked him, and they kept him around." - Eric Cartman, South Park
REASON: "No one gets better lines on television than Cartman. Nobody." - Samantha Jones, Sex and the City
REASON: "She crosses all gender lines." - Hank Moody, Californication
REASON: "If I was a man, I'd want to make out with as many hot chicks as David Duchovny gets to make out with." - Thomas Sullivan Magnum, Magnum PI
REASON: "Just because it's Tom Selleck. I'd be anything Tom Selleck." - Sonny Crockett, Miami Vice
REASON: "I also wanted to have a pet alligator." - Ricky Stratton, Silver Spoons
REASON: "He used to ride that little train around his huge house. I wanted that train when I was a kid." - Dexter Morgan, Dexter
REASON: None. - J.R. Ewing, Dallas
REASON: None. - Alex P. Keaton, Family Ties
REASON: none
The musical Cruel Intentions will tour across the UK and Ireland in 2025. Based on the Roger Kumble's 1999 film and inspired by Les Liaisons Dangereuses, its music includes the songs of Britney Spears, Boyz II Men, Christina Aguilera, Ace of Base, Natalie Imbruglia, *NSYNC and others. Created by Jordan Ross, Lindsey Rosin and Roger Kumble. The tour will begin 13 February in Windsor, UK and end in Brighton on 28 June. Lisa Lanzi reviewed the show for Theatre Travels: "In her first professional role, Kelsey Halge is in fine voice as Annette Hargrove. Her acting too is exceptional and she definitely has spell as well as an assured future in musical theatre. Francine Cain has some scene stealing moments as Cecile and her exceptional experience shows in both characterization and her strong, expressive voice. Both these women are standout performers. Fem Belling stars as Mrs Caldwell and embodies the saying that ‘there are no small roles’ - it is a pleasure to watch her command the stage. Also in his first professional role, Rishab Kern is a sweet, full-voiced Ronald who delivers one of the best lines in the show."
A sequel to the 1997 film I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER is currently filming and will be released on 18 July 2025. Freddie Prinze Jr. and Jennifer Love Hewitt will reprise their original roles. Charley Ross of Glamour Magazine quoted Gellar as saying: "My best friend [Jennifer Kaytin Robinson] is directing it, so we joke that I have an unofficial job, which is I am continuity. So I'm always the one telling her, 'Well, that would happen, or that wouldn't happen with those characters,' so I do have kind of an unofficial job title."
Dexter: Original Sin - episodes
- Dec 13 - "And In The Beginning..." - Young Dexter struggles to keep his urges in check while navigating life with his father (Harry) and sister (Deb). After his father has a health scare, Dexter realizes it may be time to fulfill his destiny.
- Dec 20 - "Kid in a Candy Store" - Dexter adjusts to his new job as a forensics intern at Miami Metro.
- Dec 22 - "Miani Vice" - Dexter goes after a loan shark with ties to Batista. Harry keeps an eye on the new homicide detective.
- Dec 29 - "Fender Bender" - Deb sneaks into a nightclub with Sofia. Dexter targets a retired mob hitman.
- Jan 5 - "F is for Fuck-up" - A kill goes wrong. Dexter is grounded. Deb bonds with her brother.
- Jan 9 - "The Joy of Killing" - Dexter must survive a double date with Deb and her new boyfriend.
- Jan 26 - "The Big Bad Body Problem" - Dexter's dumping ground is discovered. Deb gets in trouble at volleyball practice.
- Feb 2 - "Business and Pleasure" - Deb sneaks away for a holiday with her mysterious boyfriend, and Dexter is given the job of finding her.
- Feb 9 - "Blood Drive" - Dexter closes in on a child kidnapper. Meanwhile, Deb goes to work with her Dad. Harry digs into the serial killer case but keeps his theory from LaGuerta.
- Feb 13 "Codes" - Dexter searches for the missing child.
SMG has authored a cookbook (with Gia Russo) called Stirring Up Fun with Food: Over 115 Simple, Delicious Ways to Be Creative in the Kitchen. Organized by month, the book offers projects for every occasion and theme, including Valentine's Day, Shark Week, Halloween, and a Star Wars day.
Freddie Prinze Jr. co-wrote a cookbook with Rachel Wharton. Back to the Kitchen: 75 Delicious, Real Recipes (& True Stories) from a Food-Obsessed Actor : A Cookbook has a foreword by Sarah Michelle Gellar, and is available in hardcover and a kindle edition. Prinze told Zee Krstic of EATER: "The first dish I ever cooked on TV was a sea bass with sugar and lime with Rosie O’Donnell, of all people." Seventy-five of Prinze's family recipes are featured, along with the stories behind them.
SMG QUOTES
on Inspiration
"I get inspired every day, whether it's another actor or a person doing selfless work or the way my kids look at the world. I always remember when my kids were little, we'd be walking trying to get to school and they’d see a snail and stop and want to look at it and you're like, 'No, we have to go,' and then it’s like, 'No, stop. That's really cool.' It's those moments."
---- to Abby Bender of Yahoo Life
on SuperHeroes
"Genre is where women can really succeed and hold an audience. Every time a Marvel movie tries to do a female cast, it just gets torn apart… Unfortunately, audiences weren’t as accepting. There’s still this mentality of ‘the male superhero,’ this very backwards way of thinking.”
---- to Zach Sharf of Variety.
on Horror Films
"This is a genre where women really get great opportunities, and where also some of our most famous women seem to keep flocking to. The obvious is Naomi Watts in The Ring. But then you think about Halle Berry--after she won the Oscar, she made Gothika. Or Charlize Theron, her first choice after she won the Oscar was Aeon Flux. Or Gwyneth Paltrow's biggest success lately has been Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. Why is that? That's because that's where women really get to flourish. I don't know why that is, I don't know why women superhero movies don't seem to do as well as women thrillers. Comedies just make more money when it's Adam Sandler than if it's a female. It's just the way the moviemaking business seems to go. But I don't know why." ---- to RadioFree.com
on Buffy the Vampire Slayer
"“With high school and college as a backdrop, we were able to address racism, identity, bullying, guilt, death, first love and heartbreak using the demons as metaphors for the demons we all experience. I am not sure how that translates into adulthood, although I am sure it could. The burden of saving the world a lot always weighed heavily on her, so for her sake, I hope she is somewhere on a beautiful beach located far away from any Hellmouth.”
---- to Brian Porreca of The Hollywood Reporter
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