UPDATE: Epix is probably the 4th place pay channel right now, behind HBO, Showtowm, and Starz. But Oliver Stone just signed a development deal to turn Bruce Wagner’s novel Still Holding into a series pilot with Epix which is furiously trying to sign up carriers. Stone had a previous relationship with HBO,
which aired his controversial documentaries. Now he’s doing this project as a favor to Wagner at Epix, which is a joint venture of Viacom, Paramount, Lionsgate and MGM. Epix is looking for original programming after setting up the show iCon, with Larry Charles writing the pilot about a Steve Jobs-like Silicon Valley megalomaniac. Oliver will unveil his sequel Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps at the Cannes Film Festival next month.


Good for Epix.
Oliver Stone is a complete hack. Not to mention that he is an anti American liberal hippie. He hasn’t had a good movie in 16 years(Natural Born Killers) and hasn’t had a successful movie in 19 years(JFK).
Why are you hating on Epix so hard? Wait and see how it does first.
Although I’m not familiar with Epix, we now have 4 networks airing the most vacuous sludge on a nightly basis and other “Premium” cable outlets airing sociopaths from Orange County and the Jersey Shore to Vanuatu. Compared to that bilge any cable company working with Larry Charles and Oliver Stone sounds more than interesting and far from ‘third rate’.
What a smart move. It’s nice to be first in on something new. it’s NOT a comedown, There are a lot of TV folks who’d jump at the chance to design a show that will showcase a new network.
Stone is a leftist piece of America hating shit.
America hating?
Just because he doesn’t sugar coat important issues doesn’t mean he’s America hating.