From SciFi.com:
9:00am ET, 4-December-03
SCI FI Casts Dead Lawyers
SCI FI Channel has signed Oscar winner F. Murray Abraham and Sean
Patrick Flanery to star in Dead Lawyers, an hour-long pilot for a
supernatural drama series. Flanery (The Dead Zone) stars as lawyer
Jimmy Quinn, who awakens after he dies to discover that he must undo
injustices he committed during his life before he can reach the
afterlife. Abraham (Amadeus) co-stars as Thomas Whitelaw, Jimmy's
afterlife mentor.
Dead Lawyers begins filming in Toronto in early December. Paris
Barclay directs. The pilot is a production of the Zanuck Company, in
association with Sony Pictures Television. Dean Zanuck, Harrison
Zanuck, Lili Fini Zanuck and Richard Zanuck will executive produce the
pilot, which is written by co-executive producer Christopher Murphey.