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The Silence of the Lambs helmer Jonathan Demme is making his pilot directing debut. The Oscar winner has signed on to direct and executive produce CBS’ untitled Susannah Grant drama pilot. The supernatural medical drama, from CBS TV Studios and studio-based Timberman/Beverly Prods., centers on an ultra-competitive surgeon whose life is changed forever when his ex-wife dies and begins teaching him what life is all about from the here-after. Before last year, ICM-repped Demme had rarely ventured into TV, only directing an episode each of Colombo (1978) and a segment of Saturday Night Live (1980). Last year, he directed 2 episodes of the upcoming Mike White HBO comedy Enlightened starring Laura Dern and also set a series project at the pay cable network based on Walter Mosley’s new detective novel series The Long Fall.
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Ah…feature directors shooting a television pilot. Always sounds like a sexy idea. But then there’s that pesky schedule and budget.
Demand dictates the culture.
Here’s a wild guess…this is not his first choice of projects he would like to direct.
The script is just horrible. It’s trying so hard to be House with Cuddy as a ghost, but failing miserably.
If Demme shoots his movies to look like TV movies, he should be in TV. I am sure he’s a great guy and all, but I think he is critically highly overrated. He never put a great deal of production design into his work.
Two hit wonder, the guy just landed good scripts, ofcourse props for execution, deserving Oscar.