Fox is doubling down on Sarah Michelle Gellar in a big way. After announcing back in August that they have a script commitment with the actress for one series, the network has handed out a script commitment (with a penalty attached) to dramatic thriller Sometimes I Lie, which would star Gellar and is produced by Ellen DeGeneres.
Sometimes I Lie, which is based on former BBC journalist Alice Feeney’s novel of the same name, would be a limited series that revolves around Amber Reynolds (Gellar), who is in a coma and can’t remember how she got there but knows it wasn’t an accident. Terrified and trapped in her own body, Reynolds tries to piece together her memories of the past week. In the process, she realizes she has a husband who no longer loves her, a sister hiding a dangerous secret and an ex-boyfriend who can’t let her go.
The potential series, which is being packaged as a limited series, alternates between her paralyzed present, the week before her accident and a series of childhood diaries from 20 years ago. The series was originally packaged and shopped in January which led to this current script commitment.
This will mark Gellar’s second scripted project in the works at Fox. Back in August, the network handed out a script commitment for Other People’s Houses, a dramedy based on the novel by Abbi Waxman that reunites Gellar with Ringer creators Eric Charmelo and Nicole Snyder. The project is described as a mix of Big Little Lies and Catastrophe that is centered on nine people who live in L.A.’s Larchmont Village neighborhood. Through the lens of social media, the characters navigate the emotional ups and downs of being parents, partners, neighbors, and friends. If that project moves forward, Gellar would be a part of the ensemble cast.
If either, or God willing, both projects move forward, It would mark Gellar’s first series regular role since she starred opposite Robin Williams on CBS’ The Crazy Ones. She is, of course, best known for her seven-season run on Buffy the Vampire Slayer as well as various film projects.
