Silver options 'Vanderbilt' for HBO

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Televisionary found this 8/21/2008 on www.variety.com [flag]
TV News: 'Fortune's Children' follows fall of famous family -- Producer Joel Silver has optioned "Fortune's Children: The Fall of the House of Vanderbilt," a history of the famous family's decline by Arthur T. Vanderbilt II, for a possible series for HBO. [link]

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Channel Surfing: "Stargate Atlantis" to End, Joel Silver Setting Up at HBO, "90210" Marathon, and More
Published 8/21/2008 by Jace (noreply@blogger.com) at Televisionary
... ): he's optioned Arthur T. Vanderbilt II's 1989 family history "Fortune's Children: The Fall of the House of Vanderbilt," about the famous clan's 20th century saga as they deal with "declining fortune, extravagances and social-climbing instincts." Silver plans to adapt the book into a possible series for pay cabler HBO; he and Jane Semel would executive produce the one-hour drama, with Jim Solomon ( The Practice ) writing and executive producting. ( Variety ) ABC Studios has bought an autobiographical script from Karen McCullah Lutz and ...

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