Sarah Michelle Gellar

With Charlize Theron set to play the big baddie in the upcoming Fast 8 and Priyanka Chopra set to terrorize Dwayne Johnson on the shores of Baywatch there seems to be a trend of female villains invading Hollywood. In that spirit, we’ve put together a list of 10 of the best female villains from some of our favorite films.

Apart from NBC’s discernible desire for a primetime soap, it’s difficult to figure out what the network is looking for. Is there a method to The Peacock’s madness? Let’s find out in our complete preview of the 2016 NBC Drama pilots.

NBC’s Cruel Intentions has finally closed a deal for Sarah Michelle Gellar to reprise her role from the original role as the even Kathryn Merteuil. Kathryn was the step sister of Ryan Phillipe’s Sebastian Valmont.

Buffy Summers is a kick-ass character, sure. But next to charismatic, conniving, confident Kathryn Merteuil of Cruel Intentions, she’s just another chosen one.

Cruel Intentions pilot wants Geller to reprise her role as Kathryn Merteuil, Training Day pilot hopes Hawke will recur, Maggie Q and Kal Penn among cast for Kiefer Sutherland’s new ABC drama series – See today’s biggest TV casting news.

After committing suicide, a woman wakes up in a terrifying mental hospital, the subject of experimentation by a cruel and sinister doctor.

ABC adds five to Off The Map, while CBS snags Buffy for a new series, and an Emmy-winning-Dexter-serial-killer for another, while adding a LUX vet to CSI:NY, and DirecTV delivers us a little more evil John Goodman in Damages, while Fox brings another movie star to guest star, and NBC powerloads a lot of familiar faces into LO:LA, Parenthood and Chuck.

ABC takes a look at suburban horrors, sister partners, scripted dance & a flashy 70’s reboot, while CBS eyes supernatural medical drama & a “Buffy” return. Meanwhile, MTV Just Wants it’s Pants Back, TNT wants to talk about the Generations, and Showtime, wants to keep us deeply immersed in a little Californication.

Logline: After committing suicide, a woman wakes up in a terrifying mental hospital, the subject of experimentation by a cruel and sinister doctor.

Logline: Aubrey Davis discovers from her bedridden mother, Mrs. Davis, that her sister Karen is in a hospital in Japan. She also finds out that Karen is under investigation for the death of her boyfriend in a fire she started in a house located in Tokyo.