Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Dexter: Original Sin) has come on board to star in and executive produce Bad Summer People, a TV series adaptation of the bestselling novel by Emma Rosenblum.
Cara DiPaolo (No Good Deed) will write and executive produce the project, produced by Linden Productions (Family Switch) and A+E Studios (The Lincoln Lawyer) which will develop it internally before taking it out to buyers. Also executive producing are Riva Marker and Deanna Barillari with Linden Productions, and JoAnne Colonna.
"Bad Summer People", which has drawn comparisons to "The White Lotus", is set in the idyllic fictional town of Salcombe, Fire Island, and follows a sequence of life-shattering events when a body is discovered off the side of the boardwalk.
The series will be centered on frenemies and master manipulators, Jen Weinstein, and Lauren Parker.
They, alongside their husbands, childhood friends Sam and Jason, have summered together on the island for years, but this summer everything will come to a head as lifelong grudges and secrets are unearthed.
Gellar is recurring on the Showtime series "Dexter: Original Sin" and is set to continue on the upcoming second season.
Known for "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", she will reprise her titular role in the Buffyverse Hulu pilot from 20th Television and Searchlight TV, directed by Chloé Zhao.
"Bad Summer People" was published in 2023 by Macmillan. Rosenblum is also the bestselling author of Very Bad Company. Her next book, "Mean Moms", will be released by Macmillan on July 29, 2025.
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