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[04/27/17 - 11:17 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, April 27
Updates include: HBO to Barry Levinson's "Wag the Dog" as a small screen comedy; and another trio tapped for roles on USA's "Shooter."
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DEVELOPMENT
HISTORY:
4/27/17
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STATUS:
previously in development (2017-2018 season) |
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
script |
DESCRIPTION:
small screen take on the 1997 feature, which follows a Washington, D.C. spin doctor (Robert De Niro) who, just days before a presidential election, distracts the electorate from a sex scandal by hiring a Hollywood film producer (Dustin Hoffman) to construct a fake war with Albania |
CREW INFORMATION:
· Barry Levinson as EP/DIR (Pilot)
· Berry Welsh as EP
· David Brock as CONS
· Jane Rosenthal as EP
· Jason Sosnoff as EP
· Rajiv Joseph as CRTR/EP
· Robert De Niro as EP
· Tom Fontana as EP
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GENRE(S):
· comedy (all)
· comedy (single-camera)
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STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Levinson-Fontana Company, The
· Tribeca Productions
· Warner Bros. Television
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