Sarah & HBO

[marie]

Sarah Michelle Gellar is eying a return to television with a half-hour project set up at HBO from screenwriter Charles Randolph.

Set in Gotham, "The Wonderful Malady's" ensembler revolves around the dysfunctional lives of three adult siblings who lost their parents at a young age.

Randolph described Gellar's character as having "a kind of zealous immaturity -- like a drug addict with a to-do list."

Randolph wrote the script on spec last year with Gellar and HBO in mind. HBO recently bought the script and is aiming to shoot the single-camera pilot early next year. Gellar and Randolph will serve as exec producers should the project go forward, along with Brillstein Entertainment Partners.

"We're on a fast track," said Brillstein CEO Jon Liebman.

Gellar has focused on features since "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" ended its seven-year run in 2003. She called the chance to do a series with Randolph, Brillstein and HBO "a terrific next chapter for me."

Randolph's feature credits include 2003's "The Life of David Gale" and 2005's "The Interpreter." At present he's writing "Gucci," for helmer Ridley Scott and Fox 2000.

Gellar and Randolph are repped by Brillstein Entertainment Partners.

[marie]

Nate Corddry, Molly Parker cure 'Maladys'
HBO comedy pilot also stars Sarah Michelle Gellar

By Nellie Andreeva

March 8, 2009, 11:00 PM ET

The Maladys are coming together.

Nate Corddry and Molly Parker have been tapped to play Sarah Michelle Gellar's siblings in the HBO pilot "The Wonderful Maladys."

The single-camera comedy is set in New York and revolves around the dysfunctional lives of three siblings (Gellar, Corddry, Parker) who lost their parents at a younger age.

Gellar plays Alice Malady. Corddry will play her younger brother Neil, a bookish grad student, and Parker will play Alice's older sister Mary, a therapist.

Alan Taylor will direct the pilot penned by Charles Randolph.

Corddry, who co-starred on "Studio 60 in the Sunset Strip," recurs on Showtime's "United States of Tara" and will be seen in the summer comedy "The Ugly Truth." He is repped by Endeavor and the Group Entertainment.

"Swingtown" and "Deadwood" alumna Parker is with CAA and d/f management.

www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3if926640132f1fccabe001aa954d1fd72

[marie]

ADAM SCOTT & ZAK ORTH JOIN WONDERFUL MALADYS'

The single-camera comedy is set in New York and revolves around the dysfunctional lives of three siblings, Alice (Gellar), Mary (Molly Parker) and Neil (Nate Corddry), who lost their parents at a young age.

Gersh-repped Orth will play Mary's playwright husband, the confident moral center of the family. Scott will play Alice's ex, a businessman.

Scott, repped by CAA and Untitled, is filming the romantic comedy feature "Leap Year" toplined by Amy Adams.

www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3iddc0608768893d1ecff6b51ddab9ee5c

[Lilith]

Oh, wow! Molly Parker is awesome! She was in Marion Bridge with Ellen. I can't wait to see this show. ;D

[marie]

According to Just-Sarah.fr, TWM will begin filming the pilot episode on May 11th in New York City!

[marie]

*NEW The Wonderful Maladys, a comedy pilot for HBO about three siblings who lost their parents at a young age. Directed by Alan Taylor. Shooting May 12–30. With Sarah Michelle Gellar, Molly Parker, and Nate Corddry. Principals: No information available. Background: Central Casting New York, 875 Sixth Ave., 15th fl., NYC 10001, Attn: Jenny.

www.backstage.com/bso/production-listings/new-york-production-listings-1003971070.story

[marie]

Filming has begun today...lots of new pics. We really dont post candid pictures of the TBO's so if you want to see some check out:

gellarfan.org

[marie]

Mysterious Maladys: Is Sarah Michelle Gellar’s Pilot Dead at HBO?

Sarah Michelle Gellar’s personal life is going swimmingly—her daughter Charlotte was born last month—but her career has been seemingly trapped in professional purgatory for nearly a decade now.

SMG was supposed to break out of those doldrums in 2010 with the premiere of a sophisticated new family comedy on HBO, but that prospect is now looking dim.

The pilot for the series in question, The Wonderful Maladys, about a family of eccentric geniuses not unlike the Royal Tenenbaums or J.D. Salinger’s Glass family, was filmed in May, and there was every hope that after SMG wrapped her maternity leave this fall, production would begin on Buffy’s return to series television.

So why did Gellar fans around the world hear the sound of brakes screeching earlier today? Here’s what we know:

Whedonesque.com (a online clearinghouse for any and all news even marginally related to Joss Whedon’s projects) reported this afternoon that a Gellar fan by the name of temponaut had gone out to do some Internet-based shoe-leather reporting about the fate of the series, and returned bearing bad news.

When temponaut asked Gellar’s Maladys costar Nate Corddry via Facebook about the status of Wonderful, Corddry said, “Didn’t get picked up…boo,” and the pilot director Alan Taylor reportedly messaged temponaut the same bad tidings: “Sadly…the rumors are true. WM will not be going to series.” (Corddry, Deadwood babe Molly Parker and SMG were set to play the series’ titular wonderful Malady siblings.)

However, when contacted by E! News for confirmation that The Wonderful Maladys would not be going to series, an HBO rep said, “[We're] not able to confirm that one.”

A rep for Maladys creator Charles Randolph did not respond to a request for comment on Friday afternoon.

So…mystery. Can the people on the Interwebs be trusted? Is HBO just letting Maladys down gently, hanging onto their option until the last possible minute? If that’s the case, perhaps both HBO and creator Randolph should consider just ripping off the Band-Aid—being done with it hurts less in the long run, we swear.

That said, is HBO aware that dumping SMG’s return to TV before it even airs is, well, crazysauce? Don’t they know she practically started the 21st-century vampire-romance frenzy that is now sustaining their network in the form of True Blood? Not to mention that Maladys is one of those rare pilots with ultragood buzz that everyone believes is destined for public acclaim and big ratings. Why squander such potential?

This story is developing, so check back for updates.

www.eonline.com/uberblog/watch_with_kristin/b149377_mysterious_maladys_sarah_michelle.html