New drama sounds like "The Guardian"
Sci Fi Exhumes 'Dead Lawyers'
(Wednesday, December 03 10:07 AM)
LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) - What do you call 5000 dead lawyers at the bottom of the ocean?
A good start.
What is the difference between a dead lawyer and a squished skunk in the road?
The vultures will eat the skunk.
Aware that there's always room for another lawyer joke, Sci Fi Channel is developing the drama pilot "Dead Lawyers," from Zanuck Co. and Sony Pictures TV. Sean Patrick Flanery and Oscar winner F. Murray Abraham have signed on to star in the project.
The drama, which sounds like a cross between "Dead Like Me" and "The Guardian," features Flanery as Jimmy Quinn, a ruthless, soulless attorney to the rich and famous. When he dies in a car crash, Quinn is sent back to Earth where he must work pro bono cases until he can undo all of the harm he has apparently done to society. He joins mentor Abraham at a law firm of dead attorneys, all of whom are similarly trying to atone for their corporate sins.
Emmy winner Paris Barclay ("NYPD Blue") will direct the pilot, written by Christopher Murphey.
Flannery had his big break as one of the stars of "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles." His feature credits include "Powder" and "Boondock Saints," while he has been seen on the small screen in "The Dead Zone." This past pilot season, he starred in "Then Came Jones" for ABC.
Abraham won his Oscar for 1984's "Amadeus." Since earning that honor, his track record has been decidedly mixed. The thespian has appeared in "Surviving the Game," "The Bonfire of the Vanities," "Star Trek: Insurrection" and "Thirteen Ghosts."
Production on "Dead Lawyers" is set to begin this month in Toronto.
(Wednesday, December 03 10:07 AM)
LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) - What do you call 5000 dead lawyers at the bottom of the ocean?
A good start.
What is the difference between a dead lawyer and a squished skunk in the road?
The vultures will eat the skunk.
Aware that there's always room for another lawyer joke, Sci Fi Channel is developing the drama pilot "Dead Lawyers," from Zanuck Co. and Sony Pictures TV. Sean Patrick Flanery and Oscar winner F. Murray Abraham have signed on to star in the project.
The drama, which sounds like a cross between "Dead Like Me" and "The Guardian," features Flanery as Jimmy Quinn, a ruthless, soulless attorney to the rich and famous. When he dies in a car crash, Quinn is sent back to Earth where he must work pro bono cases until he can undo all of the harm he has apparently done to society. He joins mentor Abraham at a law firm of dead attorneys, all of whom are similarly trying to atone for their corporate sins.
Emmy winner Paris Barclay ("NYPD Blue") will direct the pilot, written by Christopher Murphey.
Flannery had his big break as one of the stars of "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles." His feature credits include "Powder" and "Boondock Saints," while he has been seen on the small screen in "The Dead Zone." This past pilot season, he starred in "Then Came Jones" for ABC.
Abraham won his Oscar for 1984's "Amadeus." Since earning that honor, his track record has been decidedly mixed. The thespian has appeared in "Surviving the Game," "The Bonfire of the Vanities," "Star Trek: Insurrection" and "Thirteen Ghosts."
Production on "Dead Lawyers" is set to begin this month in Toronto.
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