Gellar Tops Revolver
Fresh off the success of her hit horror film The Grudge, star Sarah Michelle Gellar has signed on to headline Revolver, a supernatural thriller film, for Focus Features' Rogue Pictures, Variety reported. Asif Kapadia (The Warrior) will direct Revolver, which follows a tough, successful saleswoman whose vivid nightmares drive her to investigate the mysterious death of another young woman 25 years earlier, the trade paper reported. Adam Sussman wrote the script, and Aaron Ryder will produce through his Raygun Productions company. No start date has been set.
It's not clear whether Gellar will star in The Grudge 2, the upcoming sequel film from Senator International and Ghost House Pictures, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Stephen Susco, who wrote The Grudge based on the Japanese horror film Ju-on, has been hired to write The Grudge 2, the trade paper reported. It's also not clear whether Grudge director Takashi Shimizu will be part of the sequel. Shimizu directed the first installment, as well as Ju-on, the 2003 Japanese film on which it's based.
Rogue Pictures is owned by NBC Universal, which also owns SCIFI.COM.