HBO Developing Miniseries About Lincoln's Killing
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| Vulture found this 9/16/2008 on buzzsugar.com (flag) |
From the network that brought you John Adams — and the writers who brought you urban strife — comes this: HBO is developing a miniseries about the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and the hunt for his killer , to be written by David Simon of The Wire and Tom Fontana of Oz .
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David Simon Tackles the Lincoln Assassination
Published 9/16/2008 at Vulture
... and the guy working in the bakery on the corner and the wife sitting in Connecticut wondering how her husband is." Finally, the options for Manhunt were originally owned by Walden Media, which had previously planned a big-budget action treatment starring Harrison Ford. Predictably and awesomely, Simon has already dismissed that approach, saying "I don't do action." Is it too much to ask to have The Wire's Wendell Pierce play a wise but boozy Lincoln?
HBO Developing Miniseries About Lincoln's Killing [BuzzSugar]
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