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| BILLY THE KID (FOX)
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DEVELOPMENT
HISTORY:
5/13/13
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STATUS:
previously in development (2014-2015 season) |
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
script |
DESCRIPTION:
(from FOX's press release, May 2013) From Emmy Award-winning executive producer Tom Fontana ("Homicide: Life on the Street," "OZ," "Borgia," "Copper") and Academy Award-winning executive producer Barry Levinson ("Homicide: Life on the Street," "OZ," "Borgia," "Copper," "Rain Man"), comes BILLY THE KID, an event series which explores the origin story of one of the Old West's most notorious outlaws. The series is set at a time when America was in its vibrant and colorful adolescence - from the 1860s slums of New York to the violent and lawless American West of the 1870s. Yet, despite its historical backdrop, BILLY THE KID is a story with surprising relevancy, focusing on America's twin obsession with two seemingly timeless subjects: celebrity and guns. Born William Henry McCarty, Billy the Kid was said to have killed 21 men - his first at 16 - before his own demise at the age of 21. A true original gangster, Billy the Kid was the first American celebrated in his own time as an outlaw hero. But the legend ultimately grew larger than the man himself and proved to be his undoing, as he spent the final years of his short life in a relentless battle to clear his own name. The series examines the various mythologies which have sprouted up about Billy's life, making use of all the conflicting facts to paint a more three-dimensional portrait of this American folk hero. BILLY THE KID is produced by Halfire-CORE Entertainment and The Levinson/Fontana Company, and will be written by Tom Fontana. |
CREW INFORMATION:
· Barry Levinson as EP
· Tom Fontana as CRTR/EP
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GENRE(S):
· drama
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STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Halfire-CORE Entertainment
· Levinson-Fontana Company, The
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