A month after it made decisions on its previous pilot slate, handing out series orders to drama The Affair and comedy Happyish, the pay cable network is back at it, greenlighting its first pilot for 2014, drama Billions. It was written on spec by journalist/author Andrew Ross Sorkin, whose book about the 2008 financial crisis Too Big To Fail was adapted by HBO Films, and by the feature writing duo of Brian Koppelman and David Levien (Ocean’s Thirteen). Billions will stay in the world of finance/politics/power chronicled in Too Big to Fail. It focuses on the collision and, at times, collusion between an aggressive U.S. attorney in New York and some of the richest hedge fund billionaires in the country. Koppelman, Levien, and Sorkin executive produce. They are repped by CAA and Karl Austen. In TV, Koppelman and Levien recently served as showrunners on HBO’s Rock...
- 3/13/2014
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
NBC’s The Firm has found a new cast member in Juliette Lewis. Lewis, best known for Natural Born Killers, is joining Josh Lucas and Callum Keith Rennie for the hour-long drama based on John Grisham’s novel of the same name. Lucas and Rennie play brothers Mitchell and Ray McDeere, while Lewis will play Tammy. Tammy is a “feisty, sexy receptionist, whose work life is made all the more tumultuous by her on-again, off-again relationship with Mitch’s brother.” Ray is described as Mitch’s “charming yet volatile older brother whose work as an investigator in Mitch’s office is uniquely informed by his past stretch in prison for manslaughter.”
What could be hotter than a guy who’s killed a man? No wonder Tammy can’t keep her hands off him. I’ve never read the book, but I can bet the reason behind their on and off...
What could be hotter than a guy who’s killed a man? No wonder Tammy can’t keep her hands off him. I’ve never read the book, but I can bet the reason behind their on and off...
- 7/13/2011
- by Brody Gibson
- Boomtron
Exclusive: Feature writer/ producer/ directors Brian Koppelman and David Levien are making a push in television with a first-look deal at 20th Century Fox TV, the duo’s first formal TV deal. Koppelman and Levien, whose latest feature Solitary Man opened last week in limited release with the highest per-screen average, have dabbled into TV before. They wrote the 2003 ABC drama pilot The Street Lawyer and created and executive produced the Espn series Tilt, on which they also directed the pilot. But now Koppelman and Levien are looking to become hands-on TV producers. The two first met with 20th TV [...]...
- 5/27/2010
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Of all the John Grisham film adaptations A Time to Kill remains my favorite, The Client was pretty good, The Rainmaker was okay, The Chamber entertained for about a minute as did The Runaway Jury, The Pelican Brief I can't even remember and The Firm I did not like at all. Of that bunch I only read "The Firm" and when it disappointed me sorely I never picked up another Grisham until about five years ago when I read "The Partner" and "The Street Lawyer" but I never picked up "The Associate" but that appears to be the next Grisham novel to be getting a feature film treatment. Variety reports Paramount has brought on The Departed scripter William Monahan to pen the screenplay with an eye for Shia Labeouf to star. As I am sure many online Labeouf haters will scoff at the idea, but I can definitely buy into...
- 2/17/2009
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Touchstone TV is beefing up its talent roster, signing deals with Peter Dinklage, Lenny Clarke and Eddie Cibrian. For Clarke and Cibrian, the pacts mark a reunion with the studio. Clarke starred in Touchstone TV's comedy series It's All Relative last season, while Third Watch co-star Cibrian toplined the studio's 2003 drama pilot The Street Lawyer. Dinklage was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for his lead role in The Station Agent. His feature credits also include Elf and Human Nature. He is repped by SMS Talent. Clarke, who also co-starred on ABC's comedy The Job, is a recurring on FX's Rescue Me. Cibrian, who spent five years on the NBC drama Third Watch, has been seen on the big screen in But I'm a Cheerleader and Say It Isn't So. He will next co-star in the horror movie Cave. Cibrian is repped by CAA.
- 8/31/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Producer Gary A. Randall has inked a one-year overall deal with Touchstone Television. Randall already has lined up two dramas under the pact, which calls for him to develop series projects for the studio targeted for fall 2004. Additionally, Randall has set up a host of projects at several networks, including a drama for NBC with Nash Bridges executive producers Carlton Cuse and John Wirth. Randall first teamed with Touchstone this past development season when he was a co-executive producer on The Street Lawyer, the studio's drama pilot for ABC based on John Grisham's novel. "For the first time, I got the opportunity to work with (Touchstone TV president) Stephen McPherson and (senior vp production) Barry Jossen and their teams," Randall said. "It was such a fabulous experience and opportunity for me that I wanted to do it again." The two projects in the works under the deal are Mi Familia and Brothers Keepers, both with script commitments from ABC.
- 10/29/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It's a safe bet that Teri Polo is headed to ABC's upfront presentation in New York next week. Polo's comedy pilot I'm With Her, about a regular guy who suddenly finds himself married to a female celebrity, is high on the list of ABC comedy projects with a strong shot at landing on the 2003-04 schedule that ABC will present to advertisers Tuesday, industry insiders said. In addition to I'm With Her, from Tollin/Robbins Prods. and Warner Bros. TV, pilots on the fast track are said to include the Paramount Network TV/Touchstone TV untitled Flett-Giordano/Ranberg project, about a young married couple from very different backgrounds; Touchstone TV/Industry Entertainment's Kelly Ripa-Faith Ford starrer Hope and Faith; and the untitled Tom Hertz project from 20th Century Fox TV and Brad Grey TV starring Breckin Meyer. Also in the mix are Platonically Incorrect and the untitled Kevin Hart comedy, sources said. On the drama side, where ABC is in dire need of a new hit, the field is said to be wide open, with Universal Network TV/Jersey TV's Karen Sisco rumored for the Wednesday 10 p.m. slot. Spelling TV/Touchstone TV's Danny Nucci-toplined police drama 10-8, Warner Bros. TV's Steven Weber starrer The DA and Touchstone TV's The Street Lawyer and The Partners all are considered serious contenders. The Warner Bros. TV-Tollin/Robbins Prods. family drama Better Days also is in the mix. Meanwhile, things were looking up Wednesday for a possible return of David E. Kelley's veteran legal drama The Practice, which has suffered steep ratings declines and time-slot shifts this season. Also, Dick Wolf is said to be mounting a major lobbying effort with ABC brass to secure a pickup for his midseason drama Dragnet. Over at the WB Network, which also presents its lineup Tuesday, Warner Bros. TV's Tarzan and Jane is expected to swing onto the fall schedule, possibly on Sunday. One Tree Hill, a drama from WBTV and Tollin/Robbins Prods., also looks like a contender, possibly in a Wednesday berth, while WBTV's Gilmore Girls spinoff also is considered likely to get a pickup. In the comedy field, the WB is said to have the hots for WBTV's All About the Andersons and Sony Pictures TV's untitled Adam Resnick project about a 19-year-old small-town mayor, with both eyed for Thursday slots, sources said. The WB's freshman comedy What I Like About You and third-year drama Angel are both said to be likely for renewal. ABC and the WB declined comment.
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