Summer Cast in New TV Show
Inbetween visiting her loyal fanbase, Summer has been cast for an upcoming TV show due in October - a remake of an original 1978 TV production called "The Initiation of Sarah", this looks like it will both enthrall and scare you at the same time.
ABC Family initiates scary "Sarah" again
By Kimberly NordykeLOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Jennifer Tilly, Morgan Fairchild, Mika Boorem and Summer Glau have been cast in cable channel ABC Family's remake of the horror movie "The Initiation of Sarah." The original aired in 1978 on ABC.
"Sarah" centers on a sorority girl ("Sleepover's" Boorem) with mysterious powers who unwittingly becomes the focus of a century-old battle between good and evil. Glau ("Serenity") will play Sarah's naive and put-upon twin sister, Lindsey.
The respective roles were originally played by Kay Lenz and Morgan Brittany, who was actually the half-sister.
Fairchild, who played a bitchy sorority sister first time around, will play the girls' mother. Tilly will portray Sarah's mentor and the school's resident enchantress, Dr. Hunter, a role originally played by Shelley Winters.
Also joining the cast are Joanna Garcia (WB Network's "Reba") and Tessa Thompson (UPN's "Veronica Mars").
Production is set to begin May 1 in Shreveport, La. The movie is slated to air during ABC Family's eighth annual "13 Nights of Halloween," a Halloween-themed programming event airing each night from October 19-31.
"It's suspenseful, scary and frequently wickedly funny, and we've got just the cast of leading ladies to pull it off," said ABC Family president Paul Lee.
Reuters/Hollywood Reporter
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Comments
Wow, sounds good and I reckon Summer will make the role her own, remake or not
Posted by: Keith | April 19, 2006 07:20 PM
Is this a TV movie?
[ED: No, it's a TV series]
Posted by: Scott B. Smith | April 19, 2006 07:24 PM
wow i cant wait until i see the first episode of that series i bet it will be fantastic like all the other series and movies summer has been in.
Posted by: Ash | April 29, 2006 10:59 AM
Summer is in a new TV show so I will be there, even if I don't have cable.
ROCK ON SUMMER!
Posted by: Kris | May 7, 2006 01:03 AM
GREAT! Since I saw "Serenity", I've been looking on the net about other shows/movies Miss Glau's been on...I'll definitely keep a look out for this movie, that's if it ever gets aired over here in England!!
All the best
Posted by: Farah | June 15, 2006 01:25 AM