Now that shooting for Dead Like Me is a wrap, MGM has released casting news for the movie. As expected, all the original cast is back except for Mandy Patinkin (Rube) and Laura Harris (Daisy Adair).

Ellen Muth returns as George Lass, who’s as comically cynical about death as she was about life. George narrates the movie, just as she did the series.

Replacing Laura Harris, who has a lead role in ABC’s Women’s Murder Club, as Daisy Adair is Sarah Wynter, perhaps best known as the perpetually shocked Kate Warner on season 2 of 24. (A trivia tidbit: Harris played Warner's sister, Marie.)

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A couple of months ago, I blogged about the upcoming straight-to-DVD Dead Like Me movie. Today the Pop Candy blog noted that star Ellen Muth (The Truth About Jane) has given us a little more to hope for. Here's the news, direct from Muth's MySpace page:

"Just to let all you DLMers out there know that this past week, I have been informed that after this Dead Like Me movie comes out, it may, go back to series. After seeing the movie, you'll have to be the judge of whether or not you like the new concept. Give it a chance. I know we all hate change but it has been two years since season 2 so there has to be evolution."

Hooray! But ... wait! An evolution? Not just that, but the sort of change we might hate? And not just cast changes, but a new concept?! I thought the whole reaper-verse was pretty well established. When pressed for more, Muth had this to say: "Not allowed to spoil the doilies quite yet." Her Dead Like Me character George Lass would roll her eyes right about now.

Muth also said she has no idea whether DLM will be on Showtime again or find a home somewhere else. And this is all just a glimmer of an idea; if the DVD movie doesn't sell well, the series is probably DOA. Or DNR. Yeah, now I'm rolling my eyes too.

Wondering what your favorite grim reaper has been up to lately? You won't have to wonder much longer: The canceled-too-soon Showtime series Dead Like Me is getting a new life (groan, sorry) on DVD. Or at least a new couple of hours: A made-for-DVD movie is in the works.

Dead Like Me starred Ellen Muth (The Truth About Jane) as a young woman named George Lass (and yes, I think her name was probably intended to make you think of Jan Brady's imaginary boyfriend, George Glass). George met an early demise when a toilet seat hurtled down from space and smashed right into her. And then, just to make matters weirder, a grim reaper named Rube (Mandy Patinkin) came along and recruited her to be a harvester of souls. … continue reading