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Jane Alexander, Anne Heche, Judd Hirsch, et al. Set for TNT Movies

Jane Alexander
Jane Alexander

TNT has additional casting for several of its upcoming original movies, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Tony Award winner Judd Hirsch and Tony Award nominee Anne Heche will join Dermot Mulroney and Michael Cudlitz in Silent Witness (December 7), a legal drama based on Richard North Patterson’s novel. Peter Markle will direct from a script by Thomas Michael Donnelly.

Scott Turow’s Innocent (November 29), written and directed by Mike Robe, stars Bill Pullman as Rusty Sabich, a judge charged with the murder of his wife. Also featured will be Marcia Gay Harden, Alfred Molina, Richard Schiff, Callard Harris, and Mariana Klaveno.

Gary Cole will play a corrupt judge in Ricochet (November 30), which stars Emmy nominee John Corbett, and also features Julie Benz, Kadeem Hardison, Kelly Overton, and Haaz Sleiman. Nick Gomez is directing the script by Donald Martin.

Carla Gugino, Mark-Paul Gosselaar and Kevin Alejandro will star in Carla Gugino in Hide (December 6), based on Lisa Gardner’s book, and written by Janet Brownell and directed by John Gray.

Cole Hauser, William Devane, Titus Welliver and Catherine Bell will star in Good Morning, Killer (December 13), which is being adapted by April Smith from her novel of the same name. Maggie Greenwald will direct.

Deck the Halls (December 20), based on the first book of Mary Higgins Clark and daughter Carol Higgins Clark’s series of holiday mystery novels, will star Kathy Najimy and Scottie Thompson, with the cast also featuring Jane Alexander. Ron Underwood will direct from a script by Howard Burkons.