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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Nov 7, 2014 10:54:20 GMT -6
deadline.com/2014/11/the-last-tycoon-drama-amazon-1201276633/Amazon Eyes ‘The Last Tycoon’ Drama I hear Amazon Studios is in negotiations for The Last Tycoon, a drama project based on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s final unfinished novel. I hear the streaming service is close to buying the script, written by Captain Phillips scribe Billy Ray, with an eye toward a possible pilot order. The project, from Sony Pictures TV, was originally set up at HBO last fall after garnering interest from multiple outlets. I hear the script was released from the pay cable network, allowing the producers to shop it elsewhere. Inspired by the life of film mogul Irving Thalberg, on whom protagonist Monroe Stahr was based, The Last Tycoon centers on Stahr, Hollywood’s first wunderkind studio executive in the 1930s as he climbs to the height of power pitting him against his mentor and current head of the studio Pat Brady, a character based on Louis B. Mayer. With Stahr as a focal point, the series delves into the true violence, sex and towering ambition of Hollywood in the ’30s. Ray executive produces alongside Party Of Five co-creator Chris Keyser, who serves as showrunner, as well as Perri Kipperman, Josh Maurer, David Stern and Alix Witlin. The Last Tycoon has had a big screen adaptation, the 1976 movie directed by Elia Kazan, written by Harold Pinter and starring Robert De Niro. Sony TV was the first studio to embrace Amazon as an original programming player. It produced Zombieland, part of Amazon’s first batch of pilots.
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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Dec 16, 2015 2:01:13 GMT -6
deadline.com/2015/12/kelsey-grammer-cast-the-last-tycoon-rosemarie-dewitt-amazon-pilot-1201667211/Kelsey Grammer To Star In Amazon Pilot ‘The Last Tycoon’, Rosemarie DeWitt Cast Kelsey Grammer, who won a Golden Globe for Boss, is returning to the drama field with a co-starring role opposite Matt Bomer in The Last Tycoon, Amazon Studios’ drama pilot based on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s final unfinished novel. Also cast in the project, from Sony’s TriStar Television, is Rosemarie DeWitt (Poltergeist). Additionally, joining the pilot is Pulitzer-winning author and F.Scott Fitzgerald scholar A. Scott Berg, who will serve as consulting producer. The Last Tycoon, written and directed by Billy Ray, was inspired by the life of film mogul Irving Thalberg, on whom the book’s protagonist Monroe Stahr was based. The project centers on Stahr (Bomer), Hollywood’s first wunderkind studio executive in the 1930s as he climbs to the height of power pitting him against his mentor and current head of the studio, the brawny, imposing, charming and vain Pat Brady (Grammer), a character based on Louis B. Mayer. Having come from the streets, Brady has no intention of returning to his misfortune, and is determined to make sure his studio is successful, no matter what personal morals he compromises. Dewitt will plays Pat Brady’s wife, Rose Brady, who may be involved with Stahr. In The Last Tycoon‘s 1976 big-screen adaptation directed by Elia Kazan and written by Harold Pinter, the roles of Stahr and Brady were played by Robert De Niro and Robert Mitchum. Ray executive produces the pilot alongside Chris Keyser, who serve as showrunners, as well as Josh Maurer, David Stern and Alix Witlin. Grammer, currently filming the indie The Nest in Australia, is set to return to Broadway January 15 to resume his starring role in Finding Neverland before coming to Los Angeles to film The Last Tycoon pilot on February 25. Grammer, a five-time Emmy winner, is repped by UTA. Mad Men alumna DeWitt, who co-starred on the HBO miniseries Olive Kitteridge, will next be seen in the feature La La Land. She is repped by CAA, Wishlab, and Ziffren Brittenham.
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