Thursday, December 08, 2011

A&E Announces Cast, Premiere Date of Mini-Series Adaptation of Robin Cook's Coma

Coma by Robin Cook

A&E announced today that its 4-hour mini-series adaptation of Robin Cook's 1977 medical thriller Coma will premiere on Memorial Day 2012.

Produced by Ridley and Tony Scott, the all-star cast includes Richard Dreyfuss, Ellen Burstyn, James Woods, Geena Davis, Lauren Ambrose and Steven Pasquale. Production has already begun in Atlanta.

The storyline involves a doctor, who discovers that something sinister is going on in her hospital after routine procedures send more than a few seemingly healthy patients into comas on the operating table.

Coma was previously adapted as a theatrical film in 1978 starring Genevieve Bujold and Michael Dogulas and directed by Michael Crichton.

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