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HBO Greenlights World War I Mini Starring Benedict Cumberbatch And Rebecca Hall

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday June 3, 2011 @ 12:18pm PDTTags: Benedict Cumberbatch, HBO, HBO Miniseries, Rebecca Hall, TV Casting
Nellie Andreeva

HBO and BBC have given the green light to Parade’s End, a five-part miniseries set during World War I,  written by Oscar winner Tom Stoppard (Shakespeare In Love) and starring British actors Benedict Cumberbatch and Rebecca Hall. The mini will be directed by Susanna White, Emmy nominee for her work on another HBO mini set during a war, Generation Kill. Parade’s End is based on the series of four books by British novelist Ford Madox Ford, which were published between 1924-28. Set against the backdrop of World War I, it tells the story of a complex and destructive love triangle among a conservative English aristocrat (Cumberbatch), his beautiful but cruel socialite wife (Hall), and a vibrant young suffragette. The mini, executive produced by Michele Buck and Damien Timmer, is slated to begin production in the fall. Selwyn Roberts and David Parfit will serve as producers. Cumberbatch, who plays Sherlock Holmes on the BBC series Sherlock, has several movies in the pipeline: The Whistleblower, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, War Horse and The Hobbit. Hall next stars in another WWI project, horror thriller feature The Awakening. She is currently filming Stephen Frears’ Lay the Favorite.

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EMMYS BACKSTAGE: Tom Hanks & ‘Pacific’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Sunday August 29, 2010 @ 9:33pm PDTTags: Emmy, Gary Goetzman, HBO, HBO Miniseries, Steven Spielberg, The Pacific, The Pacific Emmy, Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks was beaming backstage after having picked up the Emmy for Outstanding Miniseries for his work producing the HBO 10-parter The Pacific, the $200 million-plus project that was the most expensive in TV history. Hanks, who with Playtone partner Gary Goetzman exec produced the mini with Steven Spielberg, began … Read More »

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Can The Miniseries Emmy Field Be Brought Back From The Brink Of Extinction?

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday July 8, 2010 @ 5:30pm PDTTags: 62nd Emmy Nominations, HBO, HBO Miniseries, PBS Masterpiece Theater, Starz, The Kennedys, The Pacific, The Pillars of the Earth
Nellie Andreeva

History’s The Kennedys and Starz’s The Pillars of the Earth can’t come soon enough. The miniseries form has been on life-support in the past couple of years, with only one U.S. network, HBO, making consistent efforts in the arena. As a result, the nomination field for best miniseries has developed … Read More »

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