Ernest Borgnine 'Wishing' upon a star

By Kimberly Nordyke

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Ernest Borgnine has signed to star in Hallmark Channel's TV movie "The Wishing Well," which marks the 200th movie of his career.

Jordan Ladd and Sally Kellerman also will star in the project, centering on a reporter (Ladd) sent to an Illinois town to write a fluff piece on the local wishing well, which ends up having an impact on her life. Borgnine plays a local innkeeper and Kellerman a waitress/unofficial town therapist.

"The Wishing Well" will premiere next September.

Borgnine, 91, earned a Golden Globe nomination this year for his role in the Hallmark movie "A Grandpa for Christmas."

Reuters/Hollywood Reporter