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    Eriq La Salle, whom we last told you will star in the CBS series - a drama pilot called Widow Detective, is set to direct  the TV Hallmark original film The Playing Father.   Penned by Grace Under Fire's Wayne Lemon, Playing centers on an ex-musician (Eddie Cibrian), who turns his back on fans and fame to come back home to teach music to disenfranchised children, thus repairing his relationship with his own family.   Michael Beach is slated to star as the custodian in the school where Cibrian's character works.   The Playing Father will be produced by Lincoln Lageson and executive produced by...

Hallmark Channel is looking to "Rock the House," greenlighting an original movie toplined by "Heroes" star Jack Coleman.

Just as in "Heroes," in which Coleman's character is involved in a complicated father-daughter relationship with Claire (Hayden Panettiere), "Rock," which co-stars Cassi Thomson ("Big Love"), centers on a strained father-daughter relationship.

Coleman stars as Dave Peterson, a career-driven attorney who barely spends time with his teenage daughter, Karen (Thomson).

But when Dave opens up his 25th high school reunion invitation to see photos of himself, he begins reconnecting with old friends, including members of his high school band, the Groaners, and starts spending more time with Karen while putting his career on hold.

"Rock" has begun production for a premiere next year. Larry Levinson is executive producing with Lincoln Lageson; Erik Helberg is producing. Ernie Barbarash directs from a script by Joe Woolf.

"Heroes," which has been sliding in the ratings,...

Marla Sokoloff, Marion Ross and Christina Pickles have been tapped to star in "Flower Girl," a wedding-themed original movie for Hallmark Channel.

Sokoloff plays Laurel, who runs a floral shop with her meddling grandmother, Rose (Ross), and is always planning weddings for everyone but herself. With all of Laurel's friends getting married, she begins to wonder if she will ever find Mr. Right. Unexpectedly, she meets two possible matches, forcing her to choose between her head and her heart.

Pickles plays Evangeline, a friend of Laurel's and the owner of Evangeline's Bridal Bower. Kieren Hutchison, Terry Maratos and Brook Kerr co-star.

"Flower Girl," written by Marjorie Sweeney and directed by Bradford May, is set to air in late 2009. The movie, produced by LG Films Production and Larry Levinson Prods., is exec produced by Larry Levinson. Lincoln Lageson and Eric Heiberg are the producers.

Lesley Ann Warren and Meredith Baxter have been tapped to star in the Hallmark Channel original telefilm "The Glass Seagull".

The tentatively titled telefilm, set to premiere in spring 2009, tells the story of two lifelong friends struggling with the news that one has cancer. They also are faced with making a decision over whether to tell the child that one friend (Baxter) raised as her own in an idyllic small town is really the daughter of the other (Warren), a Broadway star.

David Cass Sr. is directing the movie, which recently entered production, from a script by Darrell V. Orme Mann. Larry Levinson, Randy Pope, Dan Gross and Michael Moran are executive producing, while Lincoln Lageson and Traceigh Scottell are producing.

Warren next co-stars in the USA Network series "In Plain Sight", which premieres June 1. She recently appeared in ABC's "Desperate Housewives", NBC's "Will & Grace" and the film "10th & Wolf."

Baxter recently recurred on CBS' "Cold Case" and guest-starred on ABC's "What About Brian" and "Brothers & Sisters."...