The Fox network is developing a one-hour scripted drama series project set in the world of Kentucky bourbon.
"Hell On Wheels" producer Bruce Romans and New Wave Entertainment are behind the project which follows the self-made patriarch of a Kentucky bourbon empire and his family.
When he has a public breakdown and his sordid past is revealed, his children must overcome their differences to try and save their family and business.
Romans will pen the pilot script and executive produce, while Brian Volk-Weiss, Michael Pelmont and Matt Ochacher will executive produce.
Source: Deadline...
"Hell On Wheels" producer Bruce Romans and New Wave Entertainment are behind the project which follows the self-made patriarch of a Kentucky bourbon empire and his family.
When he has a public breakdown and his sordid past is revealed, his children must overcome their differences to try and save their family and business.
Romans will pen the pilot script and executive produce, while Brian Volk-Weiss, Michael Pelmont and Matt Ochacher will executive produce.
Source: Deadline...
- 8/19/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Fox is developing a drama project set in the world of Kentucky bourbon as a one-hour scripted series with Hell On Wheels producer Bruce Romans and New Wave Entertainment. The Untitled Kentucky Bourbon Project centers on the self-made patriarch of a Kentucky bourbon empire and his family. When he has a public breakdown, his children must overcome their differences and their father’s sordid past in order to save the family and their business. Romans will pen the pilot…...
- 8/19/2015
- Deadline TV
Hell on Wheels, Season 4, Episode 9, “Two Trains”
Written by Bruce Marshall Romans
Directed by Marvin Rush
Airs Saturdays at 9pm (Et) on AMC
“I looked into his eyes and saw a wickedness that has yet to be unleashed”
Hell on Wheels has had a difficult fourth season. There have been excellent episodes like “Elam Ferguson” and the introduction of brilliant new characters like Campbell (Jake Weber), but with only four episodes left in the season it seems like Hell on Wheels has no real direction. Strong acting and interesting characters haven’t been able to save the season from its aimlessness.
“Two Trains” ranks with “Elam Ferguson” as one of the season’s best episodes. It is a quickly paced, violent, down and dirty episode full of great moments, exceptionally clever directing, and excellent performances. This is the Hell on Wheels viewers have come to expect and love.
The opening...
Written by Bruce Marshall Romans
Directed by Marvin Rush
Airs Saturdays at 9pm (Et) on AMC
“I looked into his eyes and saw a wickedness that has yet to be unleashed”
Hell on Wheels has had a difficult fourth season. There have been excellent episodes like “Elam Ferguson” and the introduction of brilliant new characters like Campbell (Jake Weber), but with only four episodes left in the season it seems like Hell on Wheels has no real direction. Strong acting and interesting characters haven’t been able to save the season from its aimlessness.
“Two Trains” ranks with “Elam Ferguson” as one of the season’s best episodes. It is a quickly paced, violent, down and dirty episode full of great moments, exceptionally clever directing, and excellent performances. This is the Hell on Wheels viewers have come to expect and love.
The opening...
- 9/29/2014
- by Tressa
- SoundOnSight
Falling Skies season 4 continues to fall into the 'good, but not great' category. Here's Ron's review of Mind Wars...
Review
This review contains spoilers.
4.5 Mind Wars
In life, there are things you have to do and there are things you must do. The difference between the two can be subtle on the surface, but to the person making the decision, the gulf is incalculably vast and painful to bridge. With things you must do, it's simply a matter of survival. With things you have to do, it's a matter of duty, honour, and protecting those you care about. Revenge, as it turns out, is neither of these things, and it's the duty of all survivors in the Falling Skies universe to learn the difference and act accordingly, because that's what separates those who survive by any means necessary from those who survive with a little bit of basic human dignity.
Review
This review contains spoilers.
4.5 Mind Wars
In life, there are things you have to do and there are things you must do. The difference between the two can be subtle on the surface, but to the person making the decision, the gulf is incalculably vast and painful to bridge. With things you must do, it's simply a matter of survival. With things you have to do, it's a matter of duty, honour, and protecting those you care about. Revenge, as it turns out, is neither of these things, and it's the duty of all survivors in the Falling Skies universe to learn the difference and act accordingly, because that's what separates those who survive by any means necessary from those who survive with a little bit of basic human dignity.
- 7/22/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Hell on Wheels, Season 3, Episode 5, “Searchers”
Written by Bruce Marshall Romans
Directed by Neil Labute
Airs Saturdays at 9pm (Et) on AMC
With the exception of last week’s episode, Hell on Wheels has been the best it’s ever been and “Searchers” might just be the season’s greatest episode. Directed by Neil Labute, the highly emotional episode notches up the usual tension, fear, urgency, and sadness to an almost unbearable level.
Season three’s greatest accomplishment, so far, has been its further exploration of characters who until recently were almost always relegated to the background. We already know that Cullen (Anson Mount) is a complex character but Elam’s fierce, single minded approach to finding his daughter is perfectly played by Common.
Eva (Robin McLeavy) has been a fascinating character this season. Her guilt and fear, as well as her belief that she is cursed, lead to the...
Written by Bruce Marshall Romans
Directed by Neil Labute
Airs Saturdays at 9pm (Et) on AMC
With the exception of last week’s episode, Hell on Wheels has been the best it’s ever been and “Searchers” might just be the season’s greatest episode. Directed by Neil Labute, the highly emotional episode notches up the usual tension, fear, urgency, and sadness to an almost unbearable level.
Season three’s greatest accomplishment, so far, has been its further exploration of characters who until recently were almost always relegated to the background. We already know that Cullen (Anson Mount) is a complex character but Elam’s fierce, single minded approach to finding his daughter is perfectly played by Common.
Eva (Robin McLeavy) has been a fascinating character this season. Her guilt and fear, as well as her belief that she is cursed, lead to the...
- 9/1/2013
- by Tressa
- SoundOnSight
Hell on Wheels, Season 2, Episode 7: “The White Spirit”
Written by David Von Ancken
Directed by Bruce Marshall Romans
Airs Sundays at 9 pm (Et) on AMC
The haunting images start early in this week’s episode of Hell on Wheels as The Swede (Christopher Heyerdahl) prepares himself for a Native American ritual. Where last week’s episode seemed to focus on each character’s mounting pain, “The White Spirit” seems to be about choices. “Judging my choices won’t change yours”, Lily (Dominique McElligott) tells Cullen (Anson Mount) towards the end of the episode.
When Ruth tells Cullen that some people are just beyond redemption, it clearly applies to many characters on the show, particularly Elam, who’s found a new and rather unsavory path. Hell on Wheels has always been a show about angry people and what that anger and a heavy dose of guilt can do to them.
Written by David Von Ancken
Directed by Bruce Marshall Romans
Airs Sundays at 9 pm (Et) on AMC
The haunting images start early in this week’s episode of Hell on Wheels as The Swede (Christopher Heyerdahl) prepares himself for a Native American ritual. Where last week’s episode seemed to focus on each character’s mounting pain, “The White Spirit” seems to be about choices. “Judging my choices won’t change yours”, Lily (Dominique McElligott) tells Cullen (Anson Mount) towards the end of the episode.
When Ruth tells Cullen that some people are just beyond redemption, it clearly applies to many characters on the show, particularly Elam, who’s found a new and rather unsavory path. Hell on Wheels has always been a show about angry people and what that anger and a heavy dose of guilt can do to them.
- 9/24/2012
- by Tressa
- SoundOnSight
I'm still a bit mixed on my feelings about last week's dramatic turn of events, and in plenty of ways I was prepared for a pretty tame and low key follow up episode.
Boy, was I completely wrong. This was another phenomenal addition to season two.
Frankly, it's no surprise, especially with the episode being written by Jami O'Brien and Bruce Marshall Romans. They just happened to have written "Slaughterhouse," another one of my favorites that included that shocking pig feeding ending.
"The White Spirit" didn't contain any killing scenes, but its conversational ones were gripping and engaging. All of the characters had a chance to shine. It also called back to moments earlier in the season. And what was great about that is how they were expounded upon and that there was a real sense that for the characters, things were moving forward.
What's funny is that Ferguson even...
Boy, was I completely wrong. This was another phenomenal addition to season two.
Frankly, it's no surprise, especially with the episode being written by Jami O'Brien and Bruce Marshall Romans. They just happened to have written "Slaughterhouse," another one of my favorites that included that shocking pig feeding ending.
"The White Spirit" didn't contain any killing scenes, but its conversational ones were gripping and engaging. All of the characters had a chance to shine. It also called back to moments earlier in the season. And what was great about that is how they were expounded upon and that there was a real sense that for the characters, things were moving forward.
What's funny is that Ferguson even...
- 9/24/2012
- by smckenna412@gmail.com (Sean McKenna)
- TVfanatic
Hell on Wheels, Season 2, Episode 3: “Slaughterhouse”
Written by Jami O’Brien and Bruce Romans
Directed by Sergio Mimica-Gezzan
Airs Sundays at 9 pm (Et) on AMC
Well, that certainly lived up to the name “Slaughterhouse”. Returning to the Hell on Wheels camp after being saved from hanging by Durant (Colm Meaney), Cullen (Anson Mount) reluctantly sets out to bring a little more order to the growing community. He even forms an uneasy partnership with Elam (Common), whose murderous actions haven’t affected his pining for Eva (Robin McLeavy). The Swede (Christopher Heyerdahl), still trying to regain power in the camp and still strangely obsessed with Cullen and his crimes, has begun investigating the murder of the line boss Elam killed at the end of last week’s episode. He doesn’t waste time pinning the murder on his old enemies the McGinnes brothers (Ben Esler and Phil Burke) and maintains...
Written by Jami O’Brien and Bruce Romans
Directed by Sergio Mimica-Gezzan
Airs Sundays at 9 pm (Et) on AMC
Well, that certainly lived up to the name “Slaughterhouse”. Returning to the Hell on Wheels camp after being saved from hanging by Durant (Colm Meaney), Cullen (Anson Mount) reluctantly sets out to bring a little more order to the growing community. He even forms an uneasy partnership with Elam (Common), whose murderous actions haven’t affected his pining for Eva (Robin McLeavy). The Swede (Christopher Heyerdahl), still trying to regain power in the camp and still strangely obsessed with Cullen and his crimes, has begun investigating the murder of the line boss Elam killed at the end of last week’s episode. He doesn’t waste time pinning the murder on his old enemies the McGinnes brothers (Ben Esler and Phil Burke) and maintains...
- 8/28/2012
- by Tressa
- SoundOnSight
Hell on Wheels, Ep.1.10: “God of Chaos”
Written by Tony Gayton, Joe Gayton and Bruce Marshall Romans
Directed by David Von Ancken
Airs Sunsays at 10 Pm Et on AMC
Hell on Wheels has been picked up for a second season, and one hopes the writers give the show a badly needed reevaluation. Lucky for them, I took the liberty of listing a few ways the show can be improved for next season.
Let’s start with a character who early on gave the show an intriguing amount of perspective, but ended up being one of the more frustrating aspects of the show, Reverend Cole. This could be difficult considering his arc seemed to go past the point of no return, but he was hastily and sloppily transformed into a hate filled monster, so there is reason to believe a deft touch, and attention to detail could make him a more well rounded character.
Written by Tony Gayton, Joe Gayton and Bruce Marshall Romans
Directed by David Von Ancken
Airs Sunsays at 10 Pm Et on AMC
Hell on Wheels has been picked up for a second season, and one hopes the writers give the show a badly needed reevaluation. Lucky for them, I took the liberty of listing a few ways the show can be improved for next season.
Let’s start with a character who early on gave the show an intriguing amount of perspective, but ended up being one of the more frustrating aspects of the show, Reverend Cole. This could be difficult considering his arc seemed to go past the point of no return, but he was hastily and sloppily transformed into a hate filled monster, so there is reason to believe a deft touch, and attention to detail could make him a more well rounded character.
- 1/16/2012
- by James Merolla
- SoundOnSight
Hell on Wheels, Season 1, Ep. 8 ‘Derailed’
Written by: Tony and Joe Gayton, Mark Richard, Bruce Marshall Romans
Directed by: David Von Ancken
Airs Sunday 10 Pm Est. on AMC
Well, Hell on Wheels, I surrender. I surrender to the idea that there may not be anything salvageable about this season, and possibly this series. The storytelling, and the character development that was beginning to build in past episodes, burned into a pile of ash and soot. The spark(s) that started the blaze? Characters make sudden odd decisions and turns, of which went against what we were lead to believe in the little character development we were given to this point, and others wander aimlessly.
What immediately jumped out about this episode was the Reverend. After discovering the tragedy of the train derailment the Reverend is distraught, and has suddenly given up all hope of there being peace among the pioneers and the natives.
Written by: Tony and Joe Gayton, Mark Richard, Bruce Marshall Romans
Directed by: David Von Ancken
Airs Sunday 10 Pm Est. on AMC
Well, Hell on Wheels, I surrender. I surrender to the idea that there may not be anything salvageable about this season, and possibly this series. The storytelling, and the character development that was beginning to build in past episodes, burned into a pile of ash and soot. The spark(s) that started the blaze? Characters make sudden odd decisions and turns, of which went against what we were lead to believe in the little character development we were given to this point, and others wander aimlessly.
What immediately jumped out about this episode was the Reverend. After discovering the tragedy of the train derailment the Reverend is distraught, and has suddenly given up all hope of there being peace among the pioneers and the natives.
- 1/3/2012
- by James Merolla
- SoundOnSight
Hell on Wheels Season 1, Ep. 7 ‘Revelations’
Written by: Tony and Joe Gayton, and Bruce Marshall Romans
Directed by: Michelle Maclaren
Airs Sunday 10 pm Est. on AMC
Was I the only one that watched this week’s episode, and immediately wished the show centered around the outlaws Elam and Bohannan? At any rate, that is an unfair indictment on a show that has shown some promise in it’s first season. And that promise is found in both action, and tightly wound character interactions. The interactions can use a great deal of polish, but it would seem each character is finding his or her footing. With each episode we are gaining a better understanding of each character, something that wasn’t evidently true early in the season.
However, despite the praise I’ve been giving Hell on Wheels lately, tonight’s episode suffered from a few drawbacks that earlier episodes struggled with,...
Written by: Tony and Joe Gayton, and Bruce Marshall Romans
Directed by: Michelle Maclaren
Airs Sunday 10 pm Est. on AMC
Was I the only one that watched this week’s episode, and immediately wished the show centered around the outlaws Elam and Bohannan? At any rate, that is an unfair indictment on a show that has shown some promise in it’s first season. And that promise is found in both action, and tightly wound character interactions. The interactions can use a great deal of polish, but it would seem each character is finding his or her footing. With each episode we are gaining a better understanding of each character, something that wasn’t evidently true early in the season.
However, despite the praise I’ve been giving Hell on Wheels lately, tonight’s episode suffered from a few drawbacks that earlier episodes struggled with,...
- 12/19/2011
- by James Merolla
- SoundOnSight
Hell on Wheels, Season 1, Ep. 6 “Pride, Pomp, and Circumstance”
Written by: Tony Gayton, Joe Gayton, and Bruce Romans
Directed by: Michael Slovis
Airs Sunday 10:00 Pm Est. on AMC
Small increments, Hell on Wheels is getting better by small increments. The last two episodes feel like the calming breath that followed the fevered blur that was the previous episodes. It is because of this I am choosing to hold my breath and keep my review for this week short and sweet, just like the rest of them.
I am falling more and more in love with Lily Bell every episode. There is a beautiful strength to her in the games she plays with Doc Durant. It felt a bit disappointing that she relinquished the maps to him already, but one gets the feeling there are still many sparks and guile to be enjoyed in their budding relationship. I have said...
Written by: Tony Gayton, Joe Gayton, and Bruce Romans
Directed by: Michael Slovis
Airs Sunday 10:00 Pm Est. on AMC
Small increments, Hell on Wheels is getting better by small increments. The last two episodes feel like the calming breath that followed the fevered blur that was the previous episodes. It is because of this I am choosing to hold my breath and keep my review for this week short and sweet, just like the rest of them.
I am falling more and more in love with Lily Bell every episode. There is a beautiful strength to her in the games she plays with Doc Durant. It felt a bit disappointing that she relinquished the maps to him already, but one gets the feeling there are still many sparks and guile to be enjoyed in their budding relationship. I have said...
- 12/12/2011
- by James Merolla
- SoundOnSight
NBC is developing an hourlong drama based on the "do-over" novel "Pretty Little Mistakes," with "Friday Night Lights" showrunner Jason Katims supervising the project from the writing team of Bruce Marshall Romans and Kiersten Van Horne.
"Mistakes," from Universal Media Studios, is based on the novel by Heather McElhatton that lets readers decide which path the female protagonist will take at the end of each chapter. It starts out with a high school graduation, after which the reader makes one of two possible choices -- college or travel -- ultimately leading to 150 possible endings.
The project, which has received a script commitment from NBC, will reflect the readers'-choice sensilbity of the book, but producers are still in the formative stages of working out the logistics.
Katims is attached as an executive producer and will supervise development of the script. Fuse Entertainment's Mikkel Bondensen and Kristen Campo (USA's "Burn Notice") are...
"Mistakes," from Universal Media Studios, is based on the novel by Heather McElhatton that lets readers decide which path the female protagonist will take at the end of each chapter. It starts out with a high school graduation, after which the reader makes one of two possible choices -- college or travel -- ultimately leading to 150 possible endings.
The project, which has received a script commitment from NBC, will reflect the readers'-choice sensilbity of the book, but producers are still in the formative stages of working out the logistics.
Katims is attached as an executive producer and will supervise development of the script. Fuse Entertainment's Mikkel Bondensen and Kristen Campo (USA's "Burn Notice") are...
- 10/30/2008
- by By Kimberly Nordyke
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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