A few months in the past, it was introduced that Sarah Michelle Gellar is connected to star in a revival of Buffy the Vampire Slayer – however whereas that venture makes its method by growth, Deadline has revealed that Gellar can be on board to star in and government produce a TV sequence adaptation of the Emma Rosenblum novel Unhealthy Summer season Individuals.
Cara DiPaolo (No Good Deed) is about to write down and government produce the present. Linden Productions (Household Change) and A+E Studios (The Lincoln Lawyer) are growing the venture internally earlier than taking it out to consumers. Additionally government producing are Riva Marker and Deanna Barillari with Linden Productions, plus JoAnne Colonna.
Deadline notes that Unhealthy Summer season Individuals has drawn comparisons to The White Lotus. Rosenblum’s novel is about in the idyllic fictional city of Salcombe, Hearth Island, and follows a sequence of life shattering occasions when a physique is found off the aspect of the boardwalk. The sequence can be centered on frenemies and grasp manipulators, Jen Weinstein and Lauren Parker. They, alongside their husbands, childhood mates Sam and Jason, have summered collectively on the island for years, however this summer season all the things will come to a head as lifelong grudges and secrets and techniques are unearthed.
Tana Jamieson, Co-Head/EVP Inventive Affairs, A+E Studios, supplied the next assertion: “Unhealthy Summer season Individuals is a deliciously sharp and addictive sequence. Emma’s novel virtually leapt off the web page, and in Cara’s arms—alongside a dream workforce of producers at Linden and the long-lasting Sarah Michelle Gellar—it turns into one thing much more unforgettable. That is the type of daring, premium storytelling we’re proud to champion at A+E Studios.“
Along with Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Unhealthy Summer season Individuals, Gellar has a recurring position on the Dexter prequel sequence Dexter: Authentic Sin, and Deadline has confirmed that she’s anticipated to stay on that present for the recently-announced second season. So she’ll be engaged on a number of exhibits directly, and Sarah Michelle Gellar being a daily presence on our TV screens is at all times a great factor.
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