Sarah Michelle Gellar to Star in Limited Series From Ellen DeGeneres

Sarah Michelle Gellar will star in and executive produce Sometimes I Lie, according to Deadline. The limited series is based on former BBC journalist Alice Feeney's debut novel.

Sometimes I Lie is being developed by Ellen DeGeneres' A Very Good Production and Warner Bros TV. WBTV optioned the book on behalf of A Very Good Production. Robin Swicord will write the adaptation and DeGeneres and Jeff Kleeman will executive produce alongside Gellar

Gellar stars as Amber Reynolds in Sometimes I Lie, a woman who wakes up in a hospital, unable to move, speak or open her eyes. She can hear everyone around her, but they don't know she can. Amber doesn't remember what happened, but she has a SUSPICION her husband had something to do with it. THE TIMELINE alternates between her paralyzed present, the week before her accident, and a series of childhood diaries from 20 years ago.

Sometimes I Lie is an international bestseller released in March 2017 by HQ/HarperCollins in the UK and Flatiron/Macmillan in the U.S.

Read the original article on Deadline.