{"id":5376,"date":"2008-09-24T13:41:28","date_gmt":"2008-09-24T21:41:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=5376"},"modified":"2008-09-24T13:41:28","modified_gmt":"2008-09-24T21:41:28","slug":"hallmarks-cbs-pic-is-unorthodox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=5376","title":{"rendered":"Hallmark’s CBS pic is ‘Unorthodox’"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the Hollywood Reporter<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Lauren Ambrose, left, Adam Kaufman (Getty Images photos)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Lauren Ambrose and Adam Kaufman lead the cast of "Unorthodox," a new Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation for CBS.<\/p>\n

Susie Essman, Ricki Lake and Mercedes Ruehl co-star in the film, now in production in New York City and Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n

Based on P’nenah Goldstein’s play "Loving Leah," "Unorthodox" centers on Jake (Kaufman), a 30-year-old Washington D.C. doctor whose estranged older brother, a rabbi in a close-knit Hasidic community in Brooklyn, N.Y., dies. Jake is asked to marry his late brother’s 26-year-old widow, Leah (Ambrose), honoring the ancient levirate marriage law.<\/p>\n

To keep their mothers (Ruehl, Essman) at bay, Jake and Leah decide to enter a pretend marriage, living separate lives out of Jake’s D.C. apartment. That proves challenging, especially after they start to fall for each other.<\/p>\n

Lake plays a Washington rabbi who befriends Leah. Also cast in the film is Christy Pusz as Jake’s girlfriend.<\/p>\n

Jeff Bleckner is directing "Unorthodox" from a script by Goldstein.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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