Dead Like Me (film)

Infobox Film
name = Dead Like Me
director = Stephen Herek [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1079444/fullcredits Dead Like Me (2008) (V) - Full cast and crew ] ]
producer = Hudson Hickman
Craig Roessler
Sara Berrisford
writer = John Masius
Stephen Godchaux
starring = Ellen Muth
Callum Blue
Jasmine Guy
Henry Ian Cusick
Sarah Wynter
distributor = MGM
preceded_by = "Dead Like Me" (TV series, 2003–2004)
imdb_id = 1079444

"Dead Like Me" is a direct-to-DVD movie developed by MGM.cite news
url = http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=3&id=41125
title = MGM Announces SF DVD Slate
work = Sci Fi Wire
publisher = SciFi.com
date = 18 April, 2007
accessdate = 2007-05-17] It is based on the "Dead Like Me" television series (2003–2004).

Plot

Set two years after the series ended, head reaper Rube has left due to retirement. [http://www.deadlikemedvd.com] The remaining reapers meet their new boss Cameron Kane (Henry Ian Cusick), a "slick business man who couldn't care less about helping the newly dead." George (Ellen Muth) reconnects with her sister Reggie (Britt McKillip) when she has to reap her new (and secret) boyfriend, Hudson Hart's (Jordan Hudyma) soul. Daisy (now played by Sarah Wynter) is attracted to Cameron, who helps her get a role in "After the Fall." Daisy, in a bid to gain the leading role, injures the lead actress and due to the stress turns to alcohol, even during the performances.

Cast

*Ellen Muth as George Lass
*Callum Blue as Mason
*Jasmine Guy as Roxy Harvey
*Sarah Wynter as Daisy Adair
*Henry Ian Cusick as Cameron Kane
*Cynthia Stevenson as Joy Lass
*Britt McKillip as Reggie Lass
*Christine Willes as Delores Herbig
*Crystal Dahl as Crystal Smith

Production

Casting

In June 2007, a casting call for the role of Daisy Adair, formerly played by Laura Harris, who was unable to reprise due to commitments with "Women's Murder Club," was posted on an entertainment industry website. It noted that John Masius wrote the film and all but confirmed that Mandy Patinkin, who starred in the original series, is not in the film. In August 2007 it was confirmed that Sarah Wynter has taken over the role of Daisy Adair from Laura Harris, while Henry Ian Cusick will play a new character named Cameron Kane.cite web
url = http://www.multichannel.com/blog/1300000330/post/1410012741.html
title = MGM Resurrects Dead Like Me
accessdate = 2007-08-08
last = McNamara
first = Mary
date = 2007-08-06
work = TV Crush
publisher = Multichannel News]

Release

The film's release date was set for July 2008.cite web
url = http://justpushplayonline.com/?m=200801
title = So much going on!
accessdate = 2008-03-27
date = 2008-01-28
publisher = Just Push Play] It is currently set for release some time in 2009.cite web
url = http://www.deadlikememovie.com/dead-like-me-movie-set-back%e2%80%a6-doh
accessdate = 2008-04-20
date = 2008-04-15
publisher = deadlikememovie.com
title = Dead Like Me Movie Set Back… D’oh!!]

Trivia

While Sarah Wynter is replacing Laura Harris in the role of Daisy Adair, the two portrayed sisters in season 2 of "24".

References

External links

* [http://www.deadlikememovie.com/ "Dead Like Me Movie"] News about "Dead Like Me"