A little Internet birdie told us - though in a rather nonsensical way - that Dead Like Me is about to come crawling back out of its telly grave.

But don't celebrate too soon. Apparently, rather than making another series, Showtime bosses are planning a straight-to-DVD movie - and Mandy Patinkin isn't on board. Ellen Muth, Callum Blue, Jasmine Guy and Cyntia Stevenson are reportedly signed up, but there's no mention of Laura Harris.

Filming should start next week. Despite having lamented the too-early demise of this show on this very site, I'm ambivalent about this. If it's good, then that'll be awesome; if it's not, then it's just rubbing salt into the wound, isn't it?