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[08/11/15 - 11:36 AM]
Showtime(R) Acquires "Just Kids" - Patti Smith's Best-Selling Memoir About Her Life with Photographer Robert Mapplethorpe to Be a Limited Series
Co-written and produced by Patti Smith and three-time Academy Award(R) nominee John Logan, the memoir will be developed into a limited series, to be produced with Logan's Desert Wolf Productions.







JUST KIDS (SHOWTIME)
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:
8/11/15
STATUS:
previously in development (2016-2017 season)
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
script
DESCRIPTION:
(from Showtime's press release, August 2015) Patti Smith's much sought after memoir, Just Kids, has landed at SHOWTIME. Co-written and produced by Patti Smith and three-time Academy Award(R) nominee John Logan, the memoir will be developed into a SHOWTIME limited series, to be produced with Logan's Desert Wolf Productions. "Just Kids is one of my favorite memoirs of all time," said David Nevins, President of Showtime Networks Inc. "Not only is it a fascinating portrait of artists coming of age, but it's also an inspiring story of friendship, love and endurance. I'm so thrilled that Patti Smith will bring her unique voice to writing the scripts along with the gifted John Logan, who has been doing such a phenomenal job with PENNY DREADFUL for us."
CREW INFORMATION:
· John Logan as CRTR/EP
· Patti Smith as BOOK/CRTR/EP
GENRE(S):
· drama
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Desert Wolf Productions