‘What The Dead Know’ Lives On: Star Taylor Schilling Option Extended, NBC Pilot To Be Redeveloped With New Writer

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NBC's crime drama pilot 'What the Dead Know,' starring Taylor Schilling, failed to land a series order but won't die quietly. The network, convinced by both the premise and Schilling's performance, is redeveloping the project with a new writer while keeping the actress on option. The Wolf Entertainment and Universal Television procedural gets a second chance, a relatively rare lifeline for pilots that don't initially make the cut, signaling network confidence in the core concept despite the initial rejection.