David Simon — creator and writer of HBO’s “The Wire,” “Generation Kill,” and the upcoming “Treme” — has a development deal with HBO that lasts until 2011, and everything that he’s thinking about doing sounds absolutely awesome, including a history of the CIA.
Simon told Broadcastnow that a drama looking into the agency’s role in US social and political history since its creation in 1947 was one of several projects in development.
He is also keen to continue The Wire’s familiar themes of race and urban politics with an exploration of the 27-year battle to desegregate public housing in the Yonkers district of New York, which ended in a landmark court case in 2007.
…both projects are at an early stage, as is a previously announced drama about the aftermath of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
An early stage? But I want them NOW!!!!! Except the Lincoln thing. There’s no way I’ll ever feel for Abraham Lincoln the way I feel for Omar or Bodie. I guess David Simon trumps my bachelor’s degree in American history. TV > college. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.
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I’m only onboard if the CIA’s history since 1980 is a montage set to Yakkity Sax.
TV > college. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.
I was raised in front of the TV and I turned out TV
It has to be better than The Good Shepherd which was 3 hours of verbal sodomy.
“…my bachelor’s degree in American history.”
What, was Phys Ed impacted?
The Lincoln project will be a dramatic mini-series entitled ‘Manhunt’ (based on the book by James L. Swanson). It will be less about Lincoln and more about the lives of Booth, his accomplices and the federal investigators during the two-week period following the assassination (American history meets detective story). That being said, if you can find someone who would prefer “an exploration of the 27-year battle to desegregate public housing in the Yonkers district of New York”, I’ll eat my hat.
Public housing = hamsterdam. Aw yeah.
Punte’s not lookin so good.
Oh shit. It’s based off Manhunt? That book is tits.
Am up to series 4 now. Y’know, i can’t think of any other recent show where i’ve found myself caring this much for so many of the characters. If things don’t work out for Dennis “Cutty” Wise i may have a goddamn nervous breakdown.
Check out ”Manhunt” if the Lincoln project is anything like this book it should be pretty good