The Malaysian Insider :: Showbiz
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| Martin Scorsese and Mick Jagger’s music drama one step closer to fruition Posted: 30 Aug 2013 07:37 PM PDT But this summer has seen the project taking shape. In June, the actor Bobby Cannavale was announced as the main star. Now it is Brian Koppelman's and David Levien's turn to join in – the recruitment of these two showrunners is a good sign that the show will air on HBO. The writers of Ocean's 13 and Players (starring Ben Affleck and Justin Timberlake) were chosen to become the showrunners if HBO approves the pilot episode, a positive sign for the future of that show. The duo will be rewriting the pilot script by Terrence Winter, who had joined the project along the way. The story follows producer Richie Finestra (Bobby Cannavale), in charge of hunting new talents for a major music label based in New York. Through the eyes of this cocaine addict hero, the audience will dive into year 1977 which proved decisive for the music industry as it saw the rise of punk and disco music as well as the very first hours of hip hop music. Just as he did for Boardwalk Empire, Martin Scorsese will direct the pilot episode. Filming is set to take place in 2014. - AFP Relaxnews, August 31, 2013. |
| Paul Giamatti to play a cop in 1980s Miami for FX Posted: 29 Aug 2013 06:45 PM PDT Though previously known for his film roles, Paul Giamatti is increasingly present on television lately. After starring in TV movies for HBO and appearing in "Downton Abbey", the actor will star in a new pilot as Hoke Moseley, a divorced, broke Miami police officer with a complex about his weight and his false teeth. The character was created by Charles Willeford as the protagonist of the crime novels "Miami Blues," "New Hope For the Dead," "Sideswipe" and "The Way We Die Now." The books offer a biting and ironic look at the Miami crime scene of the 1980s. The first novel in the Hoke Moseley series inspired a 1990 film adaptation starring Fred Word in the role of the policeman, along with Alec Baldwin. The upcoming TV adaptation of the series is expected to fully embrace the black humor of the original novels, published in the US between 1984 and 1988. Scott Frank, the screenwriter behind "Minority Report," will write and direct the new pilot, on which shooting is expected to begin in Florida at the end of this year. – AFP/Relaxnews, August 23, 2013. |
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