You are viewing the archive: “David Milch”

David Milch Re-Ups With HBO, Will Develop Projects Based On William Faulkner Titles

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday November 30, 2011 @ 9:46am PSTTags: David Milch, HBO, Luck, William Faulkner
Nellie Andreeva

David Milch is extending his relationship with HBO. Milch, whose latest series for the pay cable network, Luck, launches in January, has inked a new multi-year deal with HBO where he has been based for the past eight years. Under the new extension, in addition to executive producing Luck with Michael Mann, Milch will develop series and movies based on books by Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winner William Falkner. Milch’s Redboard Prods has inked a deal with the literary estate of the iconic American writer who penned novels, short stories, a play and screenplays as well as poetry and essays. The pact covers all of the 19 novels and 125 short stories in the estate, as well as other works, with the exception of those currently optioned by other parties. Milch will partner with Lee Caplin, the executor of the William Faulkner Literary Estate and CEO of Picture Entertainment Corp, to choose which works to develop, package and produce. Milch and Caplin will be executive producers of those projects, with Milch serving as the executive writer in charge of the adaptions. His daughter Olivia Milch will serve as coordinating producer. The agreement, brokered by ICM, which reps Milch, gives HBO an exclusive first crack at financing, producing and distributing the projects as movies, miniseries and series.  “We are especially pleased to continue our longstanding relationship with one of the industry’s most talented contemporary writers,” HBO president of programming Michael Lombardo said. “We know that whatever David brings to the HBO table will be exciting and innovative.” READ MORE »

Comments 34

Steven Bochco & David Milch To Create Legal Drama For NBC, 20th TV & Imagine

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday October 13, 2011 @ 7:00pm PDTTags: 20th Century Fox TV, Brian Grazer, David Milch, Imagine TV, NBC, Steven Bochco
Nellie Andreeva

Almost 2 decades after they created ABC’s groundbreaking cop drama NYPD Blue, Steven Bochco and David Milch have reunited to create a new drama series, this time for NBC. The … Read More »

Comments 34

TV TEASER: New HBO Drama Series ‘Luck’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Sunday September 25, 2011 @ 10:09pm PDTTags: David Milch, Dustin Hoffman, HBO, Luck, Michael Mann, Nick Nolte
Nellie Andreeva

HBO over the weekend released a teaser trailer for its upcoming Michael Mann-David Milch horse racing drama series Luck, which stars Dustin Hoffman and Nick Nolte. Luck is slated to premiere in January.

Comments 23

Nick Nolte Joins ‘Gangster Squad’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday August 29, 2011 @ 8:52am PDTTags: Anthony Mackie, David Milch, Dustin Hoffman, Emma Stone, Gangster Squad, Gavin O'Connor, Jason Statham, Josh Brolin, Michael Chiklis, Michael Mann, Mireille Enos, Nick Nolte, Ruben Fleischer, Ryan Gosling, Shia LaBeouf, Taylor Hackford
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Nick Nolte continues his recent career resurgence. He’s been set to join the cast of the Ruben Fleischer-directed Warner Bros drama Gangster Squad. Nolte will play Bill Parker, the new chief of police in Los Angeles, and the first … Read More »

Comments (3)

Mimi Leder Tackles WWI Drama ‘All Quiet On The Western Front’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday July 26, 2011 @ 11:23am PDTTags: David Milch, Dustin Hoffman, Michael Mann, Mimi Leder, Nick Nolte
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Mimi Leder has signed on to direct All Quiet on the Western Front, an adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque’s WWI novel that was previously turned into the 1930 film that won a Best Picture Oscar and another for director Lewis Milestone. The novel is about the intense and terrifying action of 1918 trench warfare that traumatizes a young and idealistic German soldier on the Western front. The script is by Ian Stokell and Lesley Paterson. They will produce through their Sliding Down Rainbows Entertainment shingle. They have also come up with part of the funding, Leder told me.

Leder, whose feature credits include Deep Impact and The Peacemaker, just completed directing the season finale of Luck, the HBO series that stars Dustin Hoffman and Nick Nolte, with Michael Mann and David Milch exec producing. She hadn’t read the novel or seen the original film when she was sent the WWI script by Stokell and Paterson, but was struck by how the themes of disillusion and loss of humanity during ferocious fighting hadn’t lost its relevance despite the period setting. Read More »

Comments 32

Michael Mann Eyeing Ferrari Le Mans Movie

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday May 26, 2011 @ 3:53pm PDTTags: 20th Century Fox, David Milch, Michael Mann, Paramount
Mike Fleming

Michael Mann is in early talks with 20th Century Fox to develop to Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and their Battle For Speed and Glory at Le Mans, the A.J. Baime book. The book tells the story of the decision … Read More »

Comments 27

TV TEASER: New HBO Drama ‘Luck’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday April 18, 2011 @ 8:43pm PDTTags: David Milch, Dustin Hoffman, HBO, Luck, Michael Mann
Nellie Andreeva

Here is a first look at HBO’s upcoming horse racing drama series Luck from Michael Mann and David Milch. Set to premiere in the fall, it stars Dustin Hoffman and co-stars Dennis Farina, John Ortiz and Nick Nolte. Joan Allen and Michael Gambon are recurring.

Comments 26

Michael Gambon Joins HBO Series ‘Luck’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday December 9, 2010 @ 6:08pm PSTTags: David Milch, Dustin Hoffman, Dustin Hoffman Luck, HBO, HBO Luck, Luck Casting, Michael Mann, TV
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: In his first U.S. series gig, veteran British actor Michael Gambon has joined the new HBO drama Luck as a recurring. Also added to the series as a recurring is Patrick J. Adams. Luck, a David Milch/Michael Mann collaboration … Read More »

Comments (4)

Joan Allen Joins HBO’s Drama Series ‘Luck’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday November 3, 2010 @ 5:09pm PDTTags: Cable TV, David Milch, Dustin Hoffman Luck, HBO, HBO Luck, Joan Allen, Luck Casting, Michael Mann, TV, TV Guest Stars
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: In her first TV series gig, Joan Allen is set to do a multi-episode arc on HBO’s upcoming series Luck, joining a cast led by Dustin Hoffman. Luck, a David Milch/Michael Mann collaboration, takes a provocative look at horse racing … Read More »

Comments (16)

Michael Mann Mulls Mob Movie, ‘Agincourt’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday October 25, 2010 @ 9:07am PDTTags: Cable TV, David Milch, Dustin Hoffman, HBO, HBO Luck, Michael Mann, Nick Nolte, TV
Mike Fleming

In a pretty cool interview that Michael Mann gave to Financial Times’ Matthew Garrahan about his experience directing and exec producing the David Milch-created HBO series Luck, Mann dropped on Garrahan that he’s close on two features. Now, I’ve … Read More »

Comments 22

HBO Picks Up Michael Mann/Dustin Hoffman Horse-Racing Drama ‘Luck’ To Series

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday July 14, 2010 @ 10:16am PDTTags: Cable TV, David Milch, Dustin Hoffman, Dustin Hoffman Luck, HBO, HBO Luck, Kevin Dunn, Luck, Michael Mann, Nick Nolte, Richard Kind, TV Casting
Nellie Andreeva

Dustin Hoffman HeadshotHBO has ordered the Dustin Hoffman-starring pilot Luck to series. Luck, from Michael Mann and David Milch, takes a provocative look at horse racing – the owners, gamblers, jockeys and diverse gaming industry players.  Production is set to begin … Read More »

Comments 38