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Ladd and Dern to co-star in HBO pilot

Diane Ladd arrives at the Entertainment Weekly celebration party at the the Sundance Film Festival at the Shop on January 21, 2006 in Park City, Utah. (UPI Photo/Roger Wong)
Diane Ladd arrives at the Entertainment Weekly celebration party at the the Sundance Film Festival at the Shop on January 21, 2006 in Park City, Utah. (UPI Photo/Roger Wong) | License Photo

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- Actress Diane Ladd is to co-star with her real-life daughter, Laura Dern, in the HBO comedy pilot "Enlightened," The Hollywood Reporter said.

Dern and Ladd have previously co-starred in the films "Rambling Rose," "White Lightning," "Wild at Heart," "Citizen Ruth" and "Daddy and Them."

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"Enlightened," their latest collaboration, will see Dern and Ladd play respectively a self-destructive woman, who goes to live with her mother after a breakdown, the entertainment industry trade newspaper said.

Luke Wilson is to play the drug addicted husband the woman leaves behind in writer Mike White's single-camera pilot, The Hollywood Reporter said.

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