MORE SARAH MICHELLE GELLAR NEWS

Neve Campbell, who was Sydney Prescott in SCREAM 2, is Joanna, a journalist, in 6 of the 12 episodes of TITANIC:BLOOD AND STEEL, which aired beginning 15 April in Ireland and Denmark to coincide with the Titanic's maiden voyage. The miniseries also starred Alessandra Mastronardi and Derek Jacobi. It does not as yet have US distribution. Campbell will also star along with Simone Kessell (Miss Messini in one episode of Xena:Warrior Princess) in the 2012 film SINGULARITY, a reincarnation tale set in the near future.
Charisma Carpenter starred in a made-for-TV film DEADLY SIBLING RIVALRY that aired in August on Lifetime, in which she plays identical twins Janna and Callie. Janna gets married and has a daughter while Callie can't keep a job and getting tangled in illegal dealings. After a car crash puts Janna in a coma, Callie steals her sister's identity in order to get a fresh start in life. More Charisma Carpenter news on THE BUFFY PAGE.
Lee Pace (Roman in POSSESSION), will be Garrett in both parts of the next installment of the Twilight Saga BREAKING DAWN. Also he will be Thranduil in the next two HOBBIT films from Peter Jackson.
James Gunn (the screenwriter, not the science fiction writer), who wrote both Scooby-Doo films, also wrote and directed the new Ellen Page film SUPER (available on DVD 9 August). Page plays Libby, who wants to be the sidekick of superhero The Crimson Bolt (Rainn Wilson), who took up crimefighting after his wife left him for a drug dealer.
Kate Beahan, who was Michelle in THE RETURN with Sarah Michelle Gellar, is Leslie in the film BURNING MAN, which also stars Matthew Goode, Bojana Novakovic, and Essie Davis. It's about a British chef trying to restore his relationship with his son. Simone Kessell (see Xena:Warrior Princess episode 35) also has a minor role as a teacher.
Patrick Muldoon and Brad Rowe are a pair of grooms getting married by a lesbian minister Soleil Moon Frye, with whom Gellar did GIRL TALK. in FOR BETTER OR WORSE, a new film by a director I've never heard of (Joshua Turnick). The film will also star Janeane Garofalo (General Teena MacArthur in Southland Tales), and Rebecca Gayheart (Kelly Morgan in Harvard Man). Ruta Lee also has a role in this one. Ruta got her start playing a teenager on THE ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN with George Reeves in 1953.
A new film by Asif Kapadia, SENNA, was released in the UK in 2011 and thus far has grossed about £3 million. The film is a documentary about the life of three time world champion Formula One race driver Ayrton Senna who died in a 1994 crash. Kapadia directed Sarah Michelle Gellar in THE RETURN in 2006.
Jill Eikenberry, who was Brett Eisemberg's mother in SUBURBAN GIRL, is now Dex's mom in SOMETHING BORROWED, a film based on New York author Emily Griffin's first book. The film stars Kate Hudson, Ginnifer Goodwin, and Colin Egglesfield.
Anne Heche, who was in I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER, stars in RAMPART, directed by Oren Moverman. The film also stars Steve Buscemi (who was Captain-of-the-Guard in one episode of CROSSBOW in 1988), Sigourney Weaver, Robin Wright, Woody Harrelson, Ice Cube, and Cynthia Nixon. The film deals with widespread corruption in the LAPD in the 1990's. Heche is also Jessica Haxon in the HBO series HUNG.
RENEE O'CONNOR VIDEO CHANNEL has in its archives an interview with Canadian actor Tara Samuel. Samuel was a waitress in HARVARD MAN with Sarah Michelle Gellar. Samuel has an unspecified part in THE YELLOW WALLPAPER, a film starring Juliet Landau (Drucilla on BTVS) based on Charlotte Perkins Gillman's short story of the same name.
Nadia Dajani, who was Christina Onassis in A Woman Named Jackie with Sarah Michelle Gellar, is in 3 episodes of THE BIG C, starring Laura Linney, on Showtime. Her character's name is Tina. And Phyllis Somerville, who was Ruth in Simply Irresistible, played Marlene in 9 episodes of THE BIG C.
The rumour that Sarah Michelle Gellar will participate in a Mel Brooks vampire spoof is NOT TRUE.