Ryan Carnes to play "the ghost who walks" in new TV version of "The Phantom"

From the "whatever happened to?" department comes word that actor Ryan Carnes has been cast in a new version of the classic comic book hero The Phantom.

It will be a four-hour TV movie for the Sci-Fi, excuse me, Sy-Fy Channel (rolls eyes) that will also serve as a pilot for a potential new series. If it sounds familiar, you may remember that Billy Zane starred in an ill-received theatrical version back in the 90's.

Ryan Carnes is probably best known for playing Justin, the boyfriend of Andrew (Shawn Pyfrom) on the early days of Desperate Housewives, and for famously showing his doodle in the queer indie hit Eating Out.

With Scott Lunsford in Eating Out and Shawn Pyfrom in Desperate Housewives

The pilot looks like a must-see, as it also stars Cameron Goodman (who played Kitty Cutie in the movie Succubus) and Sandrine Holt (from The L Word and that episode of Friday the 13th: The Series where an aging model uses a cursed compact to kill her young rivals).

Best of all, the villainess is played by Isabella Rossellini, who will hopefully camp and vamp it up.

So, anyone else looking as forward to this as I am?