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According to Entertainment Weekly, Sarah Michelle Gellar has a new movie, a romantic comedy "Suburban Girl", but they are looking for a distributor.

March 2007
This Entertainment Weekly article tells what the Buffy cast is up to now!

Source: Zap2it.com

'Buffy' Alums Join ABC Pilots

Trachtenberg, Rocha sign on to comedies; Penn takes 'Call'

March 8, 2007

Michelle Trachtenberg

Former "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" regular Michelle Trachtenberg will try out her comedy chops at ABC.

The Alphabet has added the actress to its untitled Washington-set comedy, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Another "Buffy" veteran, Kali Rocha, has meanwhile signed onto ABC's "The Call," as has Kal Penn. The network has also added Adam Goldberg to its drama "Marlowe."

Trachtenberg will star opposite Eric Christian Olsen ("The Loop") in the D.C. comedy. She'll be playing the daughter of a lawmaker who falls in love with Olsen's character, who just happens to work for her dad's nemesis across the aisle.

Trachtenberg played Buffy's sister Dawn for three seasons on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." More recently she's starred in the movies "Black Christmas" and "Beautiful Ohio" and made guest appearances on "House" and "Law & Order: SVU."

In "The Call," a comedy about a group of L.A. paramedics, Penn will play a hypochondriac member of the team, while Rocha will play the group's boss. The show's cast also includes Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, John Francis Daley and Danny Comden.

Penn appeared on several episodes of "24" this season; that show's producers are also behind "The Call." Rocha, who had a recurring part as the demon Halfrek on "Buffy," currently plays chipper attending physician Sydney Heron on "Grey's Anatomy."

On the drama side, Goldberg will star opposite Jason O'Mara and Amanda Righetti in "Marlowe," a contemporary take on the Raymond Chandler private eye. He'll play an LAPD detective who occasionally helps Marlowe (O'Mara).

Goldberg is currently on the big screen in "Zodiac." His other credits include FOX's "Head Cases," "Deja Vu" and "Dazed & Confused."

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Source: Zap2it.com
HBO Asks Pollack for 'Recount'
'Buffy,' 'Gilmore' actor Strong wrote script

April 2, 2007
Sydney Pollack
Sydney Pollack
As the 2008 presidential campaign ramps up, HBO is looking back at the last time the United States replaced a two-term president.

The cable network has greenlit "Recount," which will dramatize the events surrounding the hotly contested Florida recount in the 2000 election. Oscar-winning director Sydney Pollack ("Out of Africa," "The Interpreter") has signed on to direct the film, which was written by "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Gilmore Girls" actor Danny Strong.

Casting hasn't begun yet, but HBO is aiming for a spring 2008 airdate, the showbiz trade papers report.

The script is the first by Strong, who currently plays Paris' (Liza Weil) boyfriend Doyle on "Gilmore Girls." He did extensive interviews with people involved in the recount before writing the script, which, both HBO Films chief Colin Callender and producer Paula Weinstein ("Blood Diamond," HBO's "Truman") say, plays things down the middle by focusing on the backstage drama of the recount.

"It's a fascinating look at democracy where the rubber meets the road -- a look at the election process like we've never seen it before," Callender tells The Hollywood Reporter.

Pollack won an Oscar for directing 1985's "Out of Africa," which also earned best picture that year, and was nominated for "Tootsie" a few years earlier. His other credits include "The Firm," "Three Days of the Condor" and the documentary "Sketches of Frank Gehry."

• Old news: 

• 2/13/06 - Alyson Hannigan is in a new movie titled "Date Movie" scheduled to open February, 17.
• 2/13/06 - Seth Green turned 32 on February, 8.
• 2/13/06 - Sarah Michelle Gellar has filmed a movie titled "The Return" which is scheduled to open in early September.
• 2/13/06 - Sarah Michelle Gellar is to make a cameo appearance in the sequel to "The Grudge" titled "The Grudge 2".
• 2/13/06 - Sarah Michelle Gellar is working on a new projected titled "The Air I Breathe" which started filming in January.
• 11/30/05 - Seth Green (Oz from Buffy) will be starring in a new show titled "Four Kings" on NBC. The show is scheduled to premier Sunday January, 1 2006.
• 11/28/05 - James Marsters (Spike from Buffy and Angel) is currently appearing on the WB's hit show Smallville as Superman's nemesis.
• 11/28/05 - Marti Noxon (executive producer of Buffy) recently said that the characters of Buffy may live on in direct to DVD movies. Talks of bringing some of the characters back are being discussed.
• 11/28/05 - Sarah Michelle Gellar will be playing the role of Krysta Now, an adult film star making her own reality show in the movie titled "Southland Tales". The Rock and Seann William Scott will also be appearing with Sarah in the film. Filming began this August.
• Alyson Hannigan currently stars in the new show "How I Met Your Mother" on CBS.
• Six of the stars of the show will be on new shows this fall!
• Buffy creator Joss Whedon's film "Serenity" comes out in September.  This is based on the great scifi tv show "Firefly".
• Former Angel and Buffy writer Marti Noxon created the supernatural soap opera "Point Pleasant", which aired on FOX Wednesday nights.
•  1/18/05 - Sarah Michelle Gellar will start filming a new movie titled "Revolver" in early march of this year. Sarah has also signed on for a sequel to "The Grudge".
• 1/18/05 - Alyson Hannigan was signed on to appear in 6 episodes for a midseason replacement comedy on ABC titled "In The Game" also starring Jennifer Love Hewitt but has apparently backed out.
• 1/18/05 - Nicholas Brendon will be attending several Buffy conventions this year.
• 1/18/05 - James Marsters will be appearing at a Houston Vulkon convention in April. He will also be doing an acoustic tour in the U.K. in April.
• 1/18/05 - Michelle Trachtenberg has starred in a new movie titled "Ice Princess" due out in March.
• 1/18/05 - Emma Caulfield recently finished co-producing and acting in her own independent mockumentary titled "Bandwagon".
• 1/18/05 - Amber Benson has an untitled independent film currently in pre-production.
• 1/18/05 - Eliza Dushku will not be returning for a second run in "Tru Calling". The show has reportedly been cancelled. Six episodes that were filmed will air but the dates are unknown.
• 1/18/05 - Anthony Stewart Head will be attending several conventions starting in April.
• 1/18/05 - Seth Green will be creating a new show for Cartoon Network's Adult Swim coming next month.

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