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[11/02/07 - 05:50 PM]
Development Update: Week of October 29-November 2
Updates include: Joss Whedon returns to FOX with "Dollhouse"; new deals for Tyra Banks, Matt Olmstead and Richard Shepard; plus Justin Bruening to topline NBC's "Knight Rider."

[10/11/07 - 03:05 PM]
Lifetime Networks Partners with Starz Media to Produce and Distribute Original TV Movies Globally
The deal kicks off with three new originals: "True Confessions of A Hollywood Starlet" starring JoJo and Valerie Bertinelli; "Queen Sized" starring Nikki Blonsky; and "Wisegal" starring Alyssa Milano and Jason Gedrick.

[09/14/07 - 08:45 PM]
Development Update: Week of September 10-14
Updates include: Jason Katims to help out on NBC's "Bionic Woman," TBS to extend "My Boys," FOX begins casting "The Oaks" and A&E issues another cast-contingent pilot order.







WISEGAL (LIFETIME)
BROADCAST HISTORY:
3/15/08
STATUS:
telefilm/mini-series in the can
VISIT THE OFFICIAL WEB SITE
DESCRIPTION:
(from Lifetime's web site) Time for all the "wiseguys" to step aside for the "wisegal" in a mob movie like no other. From Executive Producer Joe Pistone, the real-life "Donnie Brasco," comes a true story offering the female take on life in the Mafia. Patty Montanari, widowed at a young age, takes a page from the neighborhood Mafioso and turns to selling contraband cigarettes to support her three sons. Patty then begins a romance with mobster Frank Russo, who recognizes her business savvy and gives her a nightclub to manage. Before long, she gets promoted even higher up in the ranks. She becomes a big-time money courier for "the family." And although she's living the high life, Patty soon becomes disenchanted with the mob — especially when she fears that her sons may end up "wiseguys" one day. But everyone knows getting out of the mob ain't easy — especially when you're working for the boss of one of New York's five biggest crime families. See how Patty tries to break free without losing her life.
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Alyssa Milano as Patty Montanari
· James Caan
· Jason Gedrick as Frank Russo
CREW INFORMATION:
· Anthony Melchiorri as EP
· Daniel H. Blatt as EP
· Danielle McVickers as CO-PROD
· Jerry Ciccoritti as DIR
· Joe Pistone as EP
· Leo Rossi as EP
· Shelley Evans as WRTR
GENRE(S):
· mow
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Daniel H. Blatt Productions
· Starz Media