Lifetime has greenlighted a "two-hour original movie/backdoor pilot" for Sworn to Silence, starring Neve Campbell (Party of Five) and based on Linda Castillo's novel. The project will be directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal (Girl Fight) from a script by Mark Malone (Law & Order: Criminal Intent). Deadline.com reported that the network is "building the series possibility into the film as it goes forward."
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Lauren Ambrose, Steven Pasquale and Richard Dreyfuss have joined the cast of Tony and Ridley Scott's miniseries for A&E based on the bestselling novel Coma. The Hollywood Reporter wrote that the two-night, four-hour project will be "a retelling of Michael Crichton’s 1978 film based on Robin Cook’s book." It also stars Ellen Burstyn, James Woods and Geena Davis, and is scheduled for a Memorial Day premiere in 2012.
