Brooke Elliott will play the lead role in Lifetime’s “Drop Dead Diva” pilot, Daily Variety reports. The drama stars Elliot as a vapid model who dies and finds her soul transplanted into the body of a brilliant, overweight attorney, the newspaper says. The drama project will be executive produced by Storyline Entertainment’s Craig Zadan and Neil Meron and series writer-creator Josh Berman with Jim Hayman (“Ugly Betty”) directing the pilot.
—Vlada Gelman