Sopranos creator David Chase to do HBO miniseries
| Finally, some news for HBO susbcribers to really get excited about: Sopranos creator David Chase is going to develop a new series for the premium cable channel based on the founding of Hollywood. Here is the release from HBO:
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Chase will write and executive produce the miniseries, as well as direct the initial episodes, the HBO statement said, describing the narrative as follows:
The miniseries will follow the two main characters as they begin as employees of D.W. Griffith, and then cross career paths with John Ford, John Wayne, Raoul Walsh, Bette Davis, Billy Wilder and others who gave shape to Hollywood as it grew from the age of rough-hewn silent Westerns, to the golden era of talkies and the studio system, to the auteur movement, to television, and finally to the present day.
Comments
I think I will pass on this miniseries. The narrative reads like the typical glitzy show aimed at the celebrity-crazed masses. Chase's previous show "The Sopranos" showed excellent character development; but with a "stars"-driven vehicle like this, I will expect stereotypes and cliches from old movies. I predict with Chase at the helm that the ending of the miniseries will be a disappointment. He'll probably have the two of them sitting in a NYC pizzeria listening to an Andrew Sisters song on the juke box, the cowboy picking his teeth with a toothpick.
Hi Greg, I like you joke about the maddening ending of Sopranos. Reading it I got mad all over again about that cop-out ending. But still, not to watch? I will be watching. Z
Posted by: Greg | March 17, 2009 8:36 AM