The third book of Mitch Albom's to be adapted by ABC (following Five People You Meet in Heaven and Tuesdays with Morrie), For One More Day is being developed as a two-hour "Oprah Winfrey Presents" movie event, to shoot in July and premiere in December. Albom will pen the teleplay and exec-produce, says Variety, while Lloyd Kramer, who helmed Five People, will direct.
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Donnie Wahlberg is developing a TV project that will explore his journey from the streets of Boston to '80s superstardom with New Kids on the Block, Variety reports.... Also on the development front, WB has greenlit an hourlong soap pilot set in Washington, D.C., entitled The Body Politic.... For his final Nightline on Nov. 22, Ted Koppel will interview Tuesdays with Morrie author Mitch Albom.
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