Traditionally mounted by the USC Libraries as an elegant black-tie, sit-down dinner at the historic Edward L. Doheny Jr. Memorial Library at the University of Southern California, this year the Scripter Awards went global. On Saturday, March 13, the USC Libraries opened up their exclusive awards show to honor the year’s best film and television adaptations, as well as the works on which they are based, as a virtual event.
This diverse group of academics, industry professionals, and critics (for which I vote) is often predictive of the Adapted Screenplay Oscar race. Last year’s Scripter winners on the film and TV side were Oscar and Emmy nominees Greta Gerwig (“Little Women”) and Phoebe Waller-Bridge (“Fleabag”), respectively. Past winners of both the Scripter and the Oscar include “Call Me by Your Name,” “Moonlight,” “The Big Short,” and “The Imitation Game.” In fact, before 2019, eight Scripter Award winners went on to win Oscars.
This diverse group of academics, industry professionals, and critics (for which I vote) is often predictive of the Adapted Screenplay Oscar race. Last year’s Scripter winners on the film and TV side were Oscar and Emmy nominees Greta Gerwig (“Little Women”) and Phoebe Waller-Bridge (“Fleabag”), respectively. Past winners of both the Scripter and the Oscar include “Call Me by Your Name,” “Moonlight,” “The Big Short,” and “The Imitation Game.” In fact, before 2019, eight Scripter Award winners went on to win Oscars.
- 3/14/2021
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Traditionally mounted by the USC Libraries as an elegant black-tie, sit-down dinner at the historic Edward L. Doheny Jr. Memorial Library at the University of Southern California, this year the Scripter Awards went global. On Saturday, March 13, the USC Libraries opened up their exclusive awards show to honor the year’s best film and television adaptations, as well as the works on which they are based, as a virtual event.
This diverse group of academics, industry professionals, and critics (for which I vote) is often predictive of the Adapted Screenplay Oscar race. Last year’s Scripter winners on the film and TV side were Oscar and Emmy nominees Greta Gerwig (“Little Women”) and Phoebe Waller-Bridge (“Fleabag”), respectively. Past winners of both the Scripter and the Oscar include “Call Me by Your Name,” “Moonlight,” “The Big Short,” and “The Imitation Game.” In fact, before 2019, eight Scripter Award winners went on to win Oscars.
This diverse group of academics, industry professionals, and critics (for which I vote) is often predictive of the Adapted Screenplay Oscar race. Last year’s Scripter winners on the film and TV side were Oscar and Emmy nominees Greta Gerwig (“Little Women”) and Phoebe Waller-Bridge (“Fleabag”), respectively. Past winners of both the Scripter and the Oscar include “Call Me by Your Name,” “Moonlight,” “The Big Short,” and “The Imitation Game.” In fact, before 2019, eight Scripter Award winners went on to win Oscars.
- 3/14/2021
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
The USC Libraries has revealed the finalists for the 33rd annual USC Libraries Scripter Award, which honors the year’s best film and television adaptations, as well as the works on which they are based. This group of academics, industry professionals, and critics (for which I vote) is often predictive of the Adapted Screenplay Oscar race.
Last year’s Scripter winners were Oscar and Emmy nominees Greta Gerwig (“Little Women”) and Phoebe Waller-Bridge (“Fleabag”). The year before was atypical, as the Scripter Award went to “Leave No Trace” screenwriters Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini (and author Peter Rock), who were not nominated for the Oscar.
Past winners of both the Scripter and the Oscar include “Call Me by Your Name,” “Moonlight,” “The Big Short,” and “The Imitation Game.” In fact, before 2019, eight Scripter Award winners went on to win Oscars. This year, streaming giant Netflix dominated, with three nominees, including “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,...
Last year’s Scripter winners were Oscar and Emmy nominees Greta Gerwig (“Little Women”) and Phoebe Waller-Bridge (“Fleabag”). The year before was atypical, as the Scripter Award went to “Leave No Trace” screenwriters Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini (and author Peter Rock), who were not nominated for the Oscar.
Past winners of both the Scripter and the Oscar include “Call Me by Your Name,” “Moonlight,” “The Big Short,” and “The Imitation Game.” In fact, before 2019, eight Scripter Award winners went on to win Oscars. This year, streaming giant Netflix dominated, with three nominees, including “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,...
- 1/26/2021
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
The USC Libraries Scripter Awards honor the year’s best film and television adaptations, as well as the works on which they are based. This group of academics, industry professionals, and critics (for which I vote) is often predictive of the Adapted Screenplay Oscar race.
While Netflix dominated this year’s nominations with three adapted scripts, for movies “The Irishman” (Steve Zaillian adapted Charles Brandt’s “I Heard You Paint Houses”) and “The Two Popes” (Anthony McCarten adapted his own play), and Susannah Grant, Michael Chabon, and Ayelet Waldman’s limited series “Unbelievable,” the winners were Amazon’s “Fleabag” (play and series author Phoebe Waller-Bridge was in London), and Sony’s “Little Women,” whose scribe Greta Gerwig gave a heartfelt speech. This could presage another win at the WGA Awards next week and on Oscar night in the Adapted Screenplay category.
“It’s the book of my life,” Gerwig said...
While Netflix dominated this year’s nominations with three adapted scripts, for movies “The Irishman” (Steve Zaillian adapted Charles Brandt’s “I Heard You Paint Houses”) and “The Two Popes” (Anthony McCarten adapted his own play), and Susannah Grant, Michael Chabon, and Ayelet Waldman’s limited series “Unbelievable,” the winners were Amazon’s “Fleabag” (play and series author Phoebe Waller-Bridge was in London), and Sony’s “Little Women,” whose scribe Greta Gerwig gave a heartfelt speech. This could presage another win at the WGA Awards next week and on Oscar night in the Adapted Screenplay category.
“It’s the book of my life,” Gerwig said...
- 1/26/2020
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
The USC Libraries Scripter Awards honor the year’s best film and television adaptations, as well as the works on which they are based. This group of academics, industry professionals, and critics (for which I vote) is often predictive of the Adapted Screenplay Oscar race.
While Netflix dominated this year’s nominations with three adapted scripts, for movies “The Irishman” (Steve Zaillian adapted Charles Brandt’s “I Heard You Paint Houses”) and “The Two Popes” (Anthony McCarten adapted his own play), and Susannah Grant, Michael Chabon, and Ayelet Waldman’s limited series “Unbelievable,” the winners were Amazon’s “Fleabag” (play and series author Phoebe Waller-Bridge was in London), and Sony’s “Little Women,” whose scribe Greta Gerwig gave a heartfelt speech. This could presage another win at the WGA Awards next week and on Oscar night in the Adapted Screenplay category.
“It’s the book of my life,” Gerwig said...
While Netflix dominated this year’s nominations with three adapted scripts, for movies “The Irishman” (Steve Zaillian adapted Charles Brandt’s “I Heard You Paint Houses”) and “The Two Popes” (Anthony McCarten adapted his own play), and Susannah Grant, Michael Chabon, and Ayelet Waldman’s limited series “Unbelievable,” the winners were Amazon’s “Fleabag” (play and series author Phoebe Waller-Bridge was in London), and Sony’s “Little Women,” whose scribe Greta Gerwig gave a heartfelt speech. This could presage another win at the WGA Awards next week and on Oscar night in the Adapted Screenplay category.
“It’s the book of my life,” Gerwig said...
- 1/26/2020
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
The USC Libraries has revealed the finalists for the 32nd-annual USC Libraries Scripter Award, which honors the year’s best film and television adaptations, as well as the works on which they are based. This group of academics, industry professionals and critics (for which I vote) is often predictive of the Adapted Screenplay Oscar race.
Last year’s Scripter winners were the exception that prove the rule: “Leave No Trace” screenwriters Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini were not nominated for the Oscar; they adapted Peter Rock, author of “My Abandonment.”
The year before was more typical, as the Scripter Award went to “Call Me by Your Name” screenwriter James Ivory (who won the Oscar), and author André Aciman; past winners include “Moonlight,” “The Big Short,” and “The Imitation Game,” which all won Oscars. In fact, before 2019 eight Scripter Award winners went on to win Oscars.
Netflix dominated this year’s nominations with three adapted scripts,...
Last year’s Scripter winners were the exception that prove the rule: “Leave No Trace” screenwriters Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini were not nominated for the Oscar; they adapted Peter Rock, author of “My Abandonment.”
The year before was more typical, as the Scripter Award went to “Call Me by Your Name” screenwriter James Ivory (who won the Oscar), and author André Aciman; past winners include “Moonlight,” “The Big Short,” and “The Imitation Game,” which all won Oscars. In fact, before 2019 eight Scripter Award winners went on to win Oscars.
Netflix dominated this year’s nominations with three adapted scripts,...
- 12/18/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
The USC Libraries has revealed the finalists for the 32nd-annual USC Libraries Scripter Award, which honors the year’s best film and television adaptations, as well as the works on which they are based. This group of academics, industry professionals and critics (for which I vote) is often predictive of the Adapted Screenplay Oscar race.
Last year’s Scripter winners were the exception that prove the rule: “Leave No Trace” screenwriters Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini were not nominated for the Oscar; they adapted Peter Rock, author of “My Abandonment.”
The year before was more typical, as the Scripter Award went to “Call Me by Your Name” screenwriter James Ivory (who won the Oscar), and author André Aciman; past winners include “Moonlight,” “The Big Short,” and “The Imitation Game,” which all won Oscars. In fact, before 2019 eight Scripter Award winners went on to win Oscars.
Netflix dominated this year’s nominations with three adapted scripts,...
Last year’s Scripter winners were the exception that prove the rule: “Leave No Trace” screenwriters Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini were not nominated for the Oscar; they adapted Peter Rock, author of “My Abandonment.”
The year before was more typical, as the Scripter Award went to “Call Me by Your Name” screenwriter James Ivory (who won the Oscar), and author André Aciman; past winners include “Moonlight,” “The Big Short,” and “The Imitation Game,” which all won Oscars. In fact, before 2019 eight Scripter Award winners went on to win Oscars.
Netflix dominated this year’s nominations with three adapted scripts,...
- 12/18/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
The 31st-annual USC Libraries Scripter Award honored the year’s best film and television adaptations, as well as the works on which they are based, at a black-tie ceremony on Saturday in the Edward L. Doheny Jr. Memorial Library at the University of Southern California. This group of academics, industry professionals, and critics (for which I vote) is often predictive of the Adapted Screenplay Oscar race.
Last year’s Scripter winners were “Call Me by Your Name” screenwriter James Ivory (who won the Oscar), and author André Aciman; past winners include “Moonlight,” “The Big Short,” and “The Imitation Game,” which all won Oscars. In fact, the past eight Scripter Award winners have gone on to win Oscars.
Not this year. Amazon Studios’ limited series “A Very English Scandal,” adapted by Russell T Davies from the book by John Preston, took home the USC Libraries Scripter Award for television, which will compete in the 2019 Emmy race.
Last year’s Scripter winners were “Call Me by Your Name” screenwriter James Ivory (who won the Oscar), and author André Aciman; past winners include “Moonlight,” “The Big Short,” and “The Imitation Game,” which all won Oscars. In fact, the past eight Scripter Award winners have gone on to win Oscars.
Not this year. Amazon Studios’ limited series “A Very English Scandal,” adapted by Russell T Davies from the book by John Preston, took home the USC Libraries Scripter Award for television, which will compete in the 2019 Emmy race.
- 2/10/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
The 31st-annual USC Libraries Scripter Award honored the year’s best film and television adaptations, as well as the works on which they are based, at a black-tie ceremony on Saturday in the Edward L. Doheny Jr. Memorial Library at the University of Southern California. This group of academics, industry professionals, and critics (for which I vote) is often predictive of the Adapted Screenplay Oscar race.
Last year’s Scripter winners were “Call Me by Your Name” screenwriter James Ivory (who won the Oscar), and author André Aciman; past winners include “Moonlight,” “The Big Short,” and “The Imitation Game,” which all won Oscars. In fact, the past eight Scripter Award winners have gone on to win Oscars.
Not this year. Amazon Studios’ limited series “A Very English Scandal,” adapted by Russell T Davies from the book by John Preston, took home the USC Libraries Scripter Award for television, which already competed in the 2018 Emmy race.
Last year’s Scripter winners were “Call Me by Your Name” screenwriter James Ivory (who won the Oscar), and author André Aciman; past winners include “Moonlight,” “The Big Short,” and “The Imitation Game,” which all won Oscars. In fact, the past eight Scripter Award winners have gone on to win Oscars.
Not this year. Amazon Studios’ limited series “A Very English Scandal,” adapted by Russell T Davies from the book by John Preston, took home the USC Libraries Scripter Award for television, which already competed in the 2018 Emmy race.
- 2/10/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
The USC Libraries has revealed the finalists for the 31st-annual USC Libraries Scripter Award, which honors the year’s best film and television adaptations, as well as the works on which they are based. This group of academics, industry professionals and critics (for which I vote) is often predictive of the Adapted Screenplay Oscar race.
Last year’s Scripter winners were “Call Me by Your Name” screenwriter James Ivory (who won the Oscar), and author André Aciman; past winners include “Moonlight,” “The Big Short” and “The Imitation Game,” which all won Oscars. In fact the past eight Scripter Award winners have gone on to win Oscars.
The finalist writers for film adaptation (listed in alphabetical order by film title):
Screenwriters Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole for “Black Panther,” based on the character created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
Screenwriters Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty and author Lee Israel...
Last year’s Scripter winners were “Call Me by Your Name” screenwriter James Ivory (who won the Oscar), and author André Aciman; past winners include “Moonlight,” “The Big Short” and “The Imitation Game,” which all won Oscars. In fact the past eight Scripter Award winners have gone on to win Oscars.
The finalist writers for film adaptation (listed in alphabetical order by film title):
Screenwriters Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole for “Black Panther,” based on the character created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
Screenwriters Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty and author Lee Israel...
- 1/15/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
The USC Libraries has revealed the finalists for the 31st-annual USC Libraries Scripter Award, which honors the year’s best film and television adaptations, as well as the works on which they are based. This group of academics, industry professionals and critics (for which I vote) is often predictive of the Adapted Screenplay Oscar race.
Last year’s Scripter winners were “Call Me by Your Name” screenwriter James Ivory (who won the Oscar), and author André Aciman; past winners include “Moonlight,” “The Big Short” and “The Imitation Game,” which all won Oscars. In fact the past eight Scripter Award winners have gone on to win Oscars.
The finalist writers for film adaptation (listed in alphabetical order by film title):
Screenwriters Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole for “Black Panther,” based on the character created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
Screenwriters Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty and author Lee Israel...
Last year’s Scripter winners were “Call Me by Your Name” screenwriter James Ivory (who won the Oscar), and author André Aciman; past winners include “Moonlight,” “The Big Short” and “The Imitation Game,” which all won Oscars. In fact the past eight Scripter Award winners have gone on to win Oscars.
The finalist writers for film adaptation (listed in alphabetical order by film title):
Screenwriters Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole for “Black Panther,” based on the character created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
Screenwriters Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty and author Lee Israel...
- 1/15/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
HBO limited series “Show Me a Hero” is noisy. Cacophony reigns in crowded city council meetings packed with yelling onlookers and jostling media microphones. It’s hard to figure out just what is going on. Oscar Isaac as beleaguered Nick Wasicsko, the youngest mayor in America, pounds his gavel to no avail. Adapted from Lisa Belkin’s 1999 book by David Simon and his “The Wire” collaborator Bill Zorzi, “Show Me a Hero” digs into the unsexy ’80s true story about the pitched battle between the haves and have-nots in Yonkers, New York over court-ordered public housing. When HBO finally greenlit the series, it was with the knowledge that this story is as resonant as ever.
While the WGA-nominated writing is brilliant, a pivotal member of this team of storytellers earning rave reviews is DGA-nominated Paul Haggis, who directed all six episodes. Haggis said he eagerly leapt at his first television...
While the WGA-nominated writing is brilliant, a pivotal member of this team of storytellers earning rave reviews is DGA-nominated Paul Haggis, who directed all six episodes. Haggis said he eagerly leapt at his first television...
- 6/23/2016
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
HBO limited series “Show Me a Hero” is noisy. Cacophony reigns in crowded city council meetings packed with yelling onlookers and jostling media microphones. It’s hard to figure out just what is going on. Oscar Isaac as beleaguered Nick Wasicsko, the youngest mayor in America, pounds his gavel to no avail. Adapted from Lisa Belkin’s 1999 book by David Simon and his “The Wire” collaborator Bill Zorzi, “Show Me a Hero” digs into the unsexy ’80s true story about the pitched battle between the haves and have-nots in Yonkers, New York over court-ordered public housing. When HBO finally greenlit the series, it was with the knowledge that this story is as resonant as ever.
While the WGA-nominated writing is brilliant, a pivotal member of this team of storytellers earning rave reviews is DGA-nominated Paul Haggis, who directed all six episodes. Haggis said he eagerly leapt at his first television...
While the WGA-nominated writing is brilliant, a pivotal member of this team of storytellers earning rave reviews is DGA-nominated Paul Haggis, who directed all six episodes. Haggis said he eagerly leapt at his first television...
- 6/23/2016
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
The USC Libraries have announced the nominees of the 28th annual Scripter Awards honoring each year's best adaptation of the printed word to film. And this year, TV category has been added. Winners will be revealed on February 20th.
Here's the nominees of the 28th annual USC Libraries Scripter Awards:
Film
The Big Short
Screenwriters Adam McKay and Charles Randolph, adapted from Michael Lewis.s nonfiction work .The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine.
Paramount Pictures and W.W. Norton
Brooklyn
Novelist Colm Tóibín and screenwriter Nick Hornby
Fox Searchlight and Viking
The End Of The Tour
Screenwriter Donald Margulies, adapted from David Lipsky.s memoir .Although of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip with David Foster Wallace.
A24 and Broadway Books
The Martian
Novelist Andy Weir and screenwriter Drew Goddard
Twentieth Century Fox and Crown Publishing Group
Room
Emma Donoghue for the novel and screenplay
A24 and Little,...
Here's the nominees of the 28th annual USC Libraries Scripter Awards:
Film
The Big Short
Screenwriters Adam McKay and Charles Randolph, adapted from Michael Lewis.s nonfiction work .The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine.
Paramount Pictures and W.W. Norton
Brooklyn
Novelist Colm Tóibín and screenwriter Nick Hornby
Fox Searchlight and Viking
The End Of The Tour
Screenwriter Donald Margulies, adapted from David Lipsky.s memoir .Although of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip with David Foster Wallace.
A24 and Broadway Books
The Martian
Novelist Andy Weir and screenwriter Drew Goddard
Twentieth Century Fox and Crown Publishing Group
Room
Emma Donoghue for the novel and screenplay
A24 and Little,...
- 1/13/2016
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
The Writers Guild of America has just announced the nominations for their annual awards for Best Screenplays (by writers who are guild signatories). That’s right, before you get nervous thinking that your favorite may have been left off the list, you must remember that the WGA is the group that is not all-inclusive and leaves out several of the top contenders each year due to them not being part of the guild or not following their very specific rules. For this reason, you won’t see Inside Out, The Hateful Eight, and Ex Machina in the Original Screenplay category or Room, Brooklyn, or Anomalisa in the Adapted screenplay category.
Taking a look at what’s left over for the nominations, we find many that were expected to make a showing, including Spotlight and Bridge of Spies for Original Screenplay, though they apparently had to sink to really low depths...
Taking a look at what’s left over for the nominations, we find many that were expected to make a showing, including Spotlight and Bridge of Spies for Original Screenplay, though they apparently had to sink to really low depths...
- 1/6/2016
- by Jeff Beck
- We Got This Covered
Though I selected my top ten TV series and top ten TV episodes of 2015 earlier this month, neither list quite satisfies my desire to shout what I love about television from the rooftops. And so, with only one more TV Watch column to file this year, here's a grab-bag of year-end awards that includes just about everything but the best series and episodes. Best Miniseries: "Show Me a Hero" (HBO) Edging out "Wolf Hall" by a whisker is another period piece about the ruthless machinery of politics, this one much closer to home. With distance, David Simon's kaleidoscopic account of the battle over public housing in Yonkers, N.Y., in the 1980s and 1990s—adapted with William F. Zorzi from reporting by the New York Times' Lisa Belkin and directed by Paul Haggis—is more than the "necessary history" I described in my initial review. Rather, the miniseries' deftly...
- 12/23/2015
- by Matt Brennan
- Thompson on Hollywood
The Writers Guild of America announced some of its nominees for its 2015 awards on Thursday, including television, new media, and radio, and among the TV nominees are series both new and old, and all beloved.
In the comedy series category, freshman Netflix show "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" scored a nomination for best series, as well as an overall best new series nod. "The Last Man on Earth" also landed in that latter category, and was singled out for its pilot episode writing, too.
On the drama side of the equation, lauded "Breaking Bad" spinoff "Better Call Saul" also got best series and best new series nominations, in addition to a an episode writing nod. Newly-minted Emmy winner "Game of Thrones" also scored a best drama citation, as well as an episodic writing nomination.
The full list of nominees released this week are below. Nominations in the theatrical and documentary categories will...
In the comedy series category, freshman Netflix show "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" scored a nomination for best series, as well as an overall best new series nod. "The Last Man on Earth" also landed in that latter category, and was singled out for its pilot episode writing, too.
On the drama side of the equation, lauded "Breaking Bad" spinoff "Better Call Saul" also got best series and best new series nominations, in addition to a an episode writing nod. Newly-minted Emmy winner "Game of Thrones" also scored a best drama citation, as well as an episodic writing nomination.
The full list of nominees released this week are below. Nominations in the theatrical and documentary categories will...
- 12/3/2015
- by Katie Roberts
- Moviefone
David Simon (Homicide, The Wire, Treme) has a new miniseries on HBO, Show Me a Hero, and it’s about the fight for public housing and desegregation in Yonkers, N.Y. in 1987. And if you think that doesn’t sound dramatic or exciting, you’d be dead wrong. I watched all six hours straight through and found the series riveting from the first scene to the last. After watching the series I read the book (of the same title, by Lisa Belkin and equally riveting). The book has been out of print, but is being re-released with an introduction by Simon, in which […]...
- 8/30/2015
- by Alix Lambert
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
David Simon (Homicide, The Wire, Treme) has a new miniseries on HBO, Show Me a Hero, and it’s about the fight for public housing and desegregation in Yonkers, N.Y. in 1987. And if you think that doesn’t sound dramatic or exciting, you’d be dead wrong. I watched all six hours straight through and found the series riveting from the first scene to the last. After watching the series I read the book (of the same title, by Lisa Belkin and equally riveting). The book has been out of print, but is being re-released with an introduction by Simon, in which […]...
- 8/30/2015
- by Alix Lambert
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
For the past several weeks, TV critics and creators gathered in Beverly Hills for the annual Television Critics Association press tour, where the networks previewed the upcoming season and everyone talked a lot about the state of the medium. One of the big topics of conversation was whether the recent boom in original programming has led to an unmanageable glut. In short: Are we so bombarded with quality these days that clearing out our DVRs is becoming a chore?
That's a valid question. Yet looking down our "Top Five TV" list below,...
That's a valid question. Yet looking down our "Top Five TV" list below,...
- 8/17/2015
- Rollingstone.com
David Simon's Show Me a Hero is "based on Lisa Belkin’s nonfiction book, directed (with a subtlety you might not anticipate) by Crash’s Paul Haggis, and co-written and co-created by Simon and William F. Zorzi, a longtime writer for Simon’s The Wire," notes Matt Zoller Seitz in Vulture. "It’s about how a court order to build affordable housing in Yonkers tore the city apart in the 1980s and early 1990s. It tells its story in the most Simon-esque way imaginable: by treating all of the characters as social, if not necessarily dramatic, equals, and letting people and institutions be more or less what they probably were, without bending them to fit into a conventional template." We've got the trailer and we're collecting reviews. » - David Hudson...
- 8/15/2015
- Fandor: Keyframe
David Simon's Show Me a Hero is "based on Lisa Belkin’s nonfiction book, directed (with a subtlety you might not anticipate) by Crash’s Paul Haggis, and co-written and co-created by Simon and William F. Zorzi, a longtime writer for Simon’s The Wire," notes Matt Zoller Seitz in Vulture. "It’s about how a court order to build affordable housing in Yonkers tore the city apart in the 1980s and early 1990s. It tells its story in the most Simon-esque way imaginable: by treating all of the characters as social, if not necessarily dramatic, equals, and letting people and institutions be more or less what they probably were, without bending them to fit into a conventional template." We've got the trailer and we're collecting reviews. » - David Hudson...
- 8/15/2015
- Keyframe
Read More: 'Show Me A Hero': David Simon and Paul Haggis Might Have Made This Year's Most Important Miniseries Paul Haggis and David Simon's star-studded "Show Me a Hero" premieres on HBO this Sunday, a six-hour miniseries that finds its story in the rise of young mayor Nick Wasicsko and his struggle to keep afloat in an environment soaked with racial tension and turmoil. Before he ever gets there, though, Wasicsko has to get through to the grocery shoppers who don't seem to want to give him the time of day, let alone read through the informational pamphlets about his campaign. He puts in a good effort. The adaptation of Lisa Belkin's 1999 non-fiction book of the same name also stars Catherine Keener, Alfred Molina and Winona Ryder, and is set to explore issues of race and community through the lives of bureaucrats, activists and citizens of Yonkers,...
- 8/13/2015
- by Jessica Cariaga
- Indiewire
In an age of so much good television, David Simon, William Zorzi and Paul Haggis have pushed themselves to a new level of excellence with Show Me A Hero. As I say in my video review above, watch the HBO miniseries debuting on August 16. Whether you sit down on Sunday night to watch or DVR it, HBO Go it or HBO Now it, don't miss this extraordinary effort. Show Me A Hero is based on Lisa Belkin’s 1999 book of the same title about the divisive real-life battle over…...
- 8/13/2015
- Deadline TV
A couple of episodes into Show Me a Hero, I realized that I owe David Simon an apology. The six-part HBO mini-series, which premieres Sunday, is based on Lisa Belkin’s nonfiction book, directed (with a subtlety you might not anticipate) by Crash’s Paul Haggis, and co-written and co-created by Simon and William F. Zorzi, a longtime writer for Simon’s The Wire. It’s about how a court order to build affordable housing in Yonkers tore the city apart in the 1980s and early 1990s. It tells its story in the most Simon-esque way imaginable: by treating all of the characters as social, if not necessarily dramatic, equals, and letting people and institutions be more or less what they probably were, without bending them to fit into a conventional template.In the foreground, you have a dynamic and immediately involving story about ex-cop turned city councilman Nick Wasicsko...
- 8/13/2015
- by Matt Zoller Seitz
- Vulture
David Simon is the resident civics professor of American cable drama, with projects like "The Wire," "The Corner," "Generation Kill," and "Tremé" offering thoughtful takes on the drug war, the Iraq invasion, New Orleans post-Katrina, and the generally rotten state of urban America. He is a TV producer by trade, consciousness-raiser by passion, and journalist at his core, and the showmanship side of the job has always come across as a necessary evil for him. He's glad that "Wire" fans came to love Omar and Bubbles and Wallace, but if they didn't grasp the larger lesson he was trying to teach, then what was the point? But he's also understood that his work needs a spoonful of Stringer to make the medicine go down. "The Wire" may be a powerful commentary on policing, politics, and so much more, but it's also a cracking piece of entertainment, as are all of...
- 8/13/2015
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
So, a six-hour miniseries about a young mayor struggling with the legal and political complexities of low-income housing might sound like a hard sell... until you find out that it's being directed by Paul Haggis and produced by David Simon, the architect of one of modern television's greatest legacies, "The Wire." Read More: Nobody Quits 'The Wire': How TV's Greatest Drama Became a Family "Show Me A Hero," based on the 1999 non-fiction book by Lisa Belkin, features an all-star cast including Catherine Keener, Alfred Molina and Winona Ryder, with Oscar Isaac as Nick Wasicsko, the mayor who grappled with public opinion and private business in 1987 Yonkers, New York. It's a story about a small community in turmoil, but when you talk to the men behind the scenes, it's actually about a whole lot more than just Yonkers or the 1980s. So at this year's TCA summer press tour,...
- 8/12/2015
- by Liz Shannon Miller
- Indiewire
From David Simon, the mind behind "The Wire" and "Treme," and directed by Oscar winner (and outspoken ex-Scientologist) Paul Haggis, the six-part miniseries explores home, race, community and politics in 1960s Yonkers, NY. Lifted from Lisa Belkin's book, "Show Me a Hero" follows Isaac as a young mayor who's court-ordered to build low-income housing in affluent white neighborhoods, a controversial decision that threatens to capsize his political career. Winona Ryder, Jim Belushi, Catherine Keener, Alfred Molina, Latanya Richardson-Jackson and Bob Balaban also star in "Show Me a Hero." Below, HBO shares a Q&A with the showrunner, who talks about the project's origins, the moral gray zones of his heroes and villains and the sociopolitical lines in the sand the series addresses. Read More: The Necessary History of David Simon's New HBO Miniseries 'Show Me a Hero' "I thought 'Show Me a Hero'...
- 8/11/2015
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
Of all those who revolutionized TV in the last 20 years, David Simon was always the most political and least commercial. From The Wire to Generation Kill and Treme, he's consistently dived into the country's thorniest topics: the Drug War, inner city public schools, the invasion of Iraq, New Orleans post-Katrina. In his new HBO project, Show Me a Hero, he takes on his least likely subject for nightly entertainment yet: public housing. A true story set in Yonkers in the late Eighties/early Nineties, the six-episode miniseries stars Oscar Isaac...
- 8/11/2015
- Rollingstone.com
The very first pilot I watched on this job was for a CBS drama called "Ez Streets." Created by Paul Haggis — then best known for creating "Due South," but most commercially successful for having helped develop the "Walker, Texas Ranger" pilot — it was essentially an HBO drama before such a thing existed: dark, dense, ambitious, heartbreaking, and addictive. It even featured Joe Pantoliano playing a sociopath gangster years before he won an Emmy for it on "The Sopranos" (and was, to my mind, better as Jimmy Murtha than as Ralphie Ciffaretto). It was also the first time I got my heart broken in this job. Despite rave reviews from me and my more established colleagues across the country, "Ez Streets" was Doa: CBS pulled it off the air after only two episodes had aired, and though most of the remaining episodes would air the following winter, it was just running out the string.
- 8/11/2015
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
A long line of white men assumes the dais, and in short order the screaming begins. "Whatever happened to majority rule?" "Isn't this still America?" "A bunch of wimps is what you all are!" If this has the ring of a recent dispatch from the front lines of the Republican presidential primary, sound bites snagged from the debate stage in Cleveland and replayed on the cable news networks at the top of every hour, that is exactly the point. The uncanny resemblance between present and past is the tacit subject of "The Wire" creator David Simon's new miniseries, "Show Me a Hero," adapted from former New York Times reporter Lisa Belkin's kaleidoscopic account of the pitched battle over public housing in Yonkers, N.Y., in the 1980s and 1990s. As politics if not always as art, the six-part saga is the television series of the year: rarely has...
- 8/10/2015
- by Matt Brennan
- Thompson on Hollywood
After turning heads with his eye-catching performance in J.C. Chandor’s A Most Violent Year, Star Wars: The Force Awakens star Oscar Isaac is returning to the genre of period dramas for David Simon’s anticipated six-part miniseries, Show Me a Hero.
Lifted from the pages of Lisa Belkin’s acclaimed 1999 novel of the same name, Isaac assumes the role of real-life mayor Nick Wasicsko, who has to shoulder the burden of implementing legally mandated low income housing against a fierce backlash from the more affluent members of society. Offering up a rich tapestry of characters, the miniseries will showcase the city’s palpable class disparity from both sides of the equation, giving Isaac ample room to flex his acting muscles as he continues to establish a reputation as one of the industry’s bankable character actors.
With Crash director Paul Haggis behind the lens and The Wire‘s David Simon overseeing the adaptation,...
Lifted from the pages of Lisa Belkin’s acclaimed 1999 novel of the same name, Isaac assumes the role of real-life mayor Nick Wasicsko, who has to shoulder the burden of implementing legally mandated low income housing against a fierce backlash from the more affluent members of society. Offering up a rich tapestry of characters, the miniseries will showcase the city’s palpable class disparity from both sides of the equation, giving Isaac ample room to flex his acting muscles as he continues to establish a reputation as one of the industry’s bankable character actors.
With Crash director Paul Haggis behind the lens and The Wire‘s David Simon overseeing the adaptation,...
- 8/3/2015
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
HBO's new "Show Me a Hero" trailer showcases a noble, optimistic Oscar Isaac as he finds himself thrust into the uproar against the effort to desegregate public housing in 1980s New York. Read More: 6 Must-Watch TV Shows and Movies on HBO Now in August 2015, From 'Birdman' to 'Show Me a Hero' "Show Me a Hero," based on the Lisa Belkin nonfiction work of the same name, looks to explore the corrosive relationship between American politics and the residents of urban New York and stars Isaac as Nick Wasicsko, a police officer turned mayoral candidate. Created by David Simon and directed by Paul Haggis, "Show Me a Hero" will center around the controversy of Wasicsko's efforts to build a small number of low-income housing units in the predominately white neighborhoods of Yonkers, New York. The miniseries takes its title from an F. Scott Fitzgerald quote: "Show me a hero and I will write you a tragedy,...
- 8/3/2015
- by Jessica Cariaga
- Indiewire
Latanya Richardson Jackson, Natalie Paul, and Clarke Peters are all part of the cast of HBO’s miniseries "Show Me a Hero," which hails from "The Wire" creator David Simon, and is based on the nonfiction book by Lisa Belkin of the same name. The 6-hour miniseries will tackle the prejudices, myths, and heated emotions stirred by the public housing debate, with a landmark case at its core. The short story goes... in 1988, when a federal judge ordered the city of Yonkers, New York, to integrate more thoroughly its low-income housing throughout the city, it set off a bitter dispute that would consume the town for the next five years....
- 7/20/2015
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Show Me a Hero Promo. HBO‘s Show Me a Hero (2015) TV mini-series trailer stars Oscar Isaac, Catherine Keener, Alfred Molina, Winona Ryder, and Latanya Richardson-Jackson. Show Me a Hero‘s plot synopsis: based on the book by Lisa Belkin, “this six-part miniseries explores notions of home, race and community through the lives of elected officials, bureaucrats, activists and […]...
- 7/15/2015
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
HBO has unveiled the first trailer for next month’s six-part miniseries Show Me A Hero, which stars Oscar Isaac (of the terrific Inside Llewyn Davis and A Most Violent Year) as a young New York mayor working to combat racism, discrimination and inequality by altering the all-powerful system he remains a part.
The series, from The Wire creator David Simon, is a dramatic study in American politics and the tensions that strain relations surrounding racism, wealth and class disparity in a central American city. And appropriately, given that subject matter, Crash director Paul Haggis is behind the camera for the project.
There’s a furious accumulation of talent on Show Me A Hero, and HBO in particular has a tremendous track record for approaching stories as multi-layered and topical as this with a great degree of subtlety and intelligence. As such, the show is definitely on my radar for August,...
The series, from The Wire creator David Simon, is a dramatic study in American politics and the tensions that strain relations surrounding racism, wealth and class disparity in a central American city. And appropriately, given that subject matter, Crash director Paul Haggis is behind the camera for the project.
There’s a furious accumulation of talent on Show Me A Hero, and HBO in particular has a tremendous track record for approaching stories as multi-layered and topical as this with a great degree of subtlety and intelligence. As such, the show is definitely on my radar for August,...
- 7/13/2015
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
I have only the final episode of season five of "The Wire" left to watch. I would have watched it last night, but it clocks in at 93 minutes and I was a little too tired and didn't want to miss a beat. So, it will have to wait. Maybe tonight, maybe next weekend, but at least I'm finally catching up to everyone else that has watched creator David Simon's excellent show in time to introduce to you his next project, "Show Me a Hero", a six-part miniseries premiering on HBO Sunday, August 16. The first trailer is below. Simon wrote the series with William F. Zorzi (story editor on "The Wire" and starred as Bill Zorzi in the fifth season), based on the nonfiction book of the same name by Lisa Belkin, and Paul Haggis (Crash) directs. Set in Yonkers, NY in the 1960s, the series stars Oscar Isaac as mayor Wasicsko,...
- 7/13/2015
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Since "Treme" went off the air nearly two years ago, the outcry for David Simon's insightful and incisive socio-political storytelling has only increased in demand. Simon responded to national tragedies in Ferguson, Mo and Baltimore, MD — where Simon spent 13 years working for The Baltimore Sun — in his own words through his blog, but many fans are eager to engage in a narrative created, designed and executed by the man behind "The Wire." Read More: Watch: 'Ash Vs. Evil Dead' Live-Action Trailer is 'Looking Good,' Nay, Great "Show Me a Hero" looks to do just that. Starring Oscar Isaac as a mayor of a small New York town, the six-part HBO miniseries chronicles the fallout of community relations when the city is federally mandated to build low-income housing in a white neighborhood. Based on the nonfiction book by Lisa Belkin, the upcoming miniseries is directed by Paul Haggis ("Crash,...
- 7/13/2015
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
Latanya Richardson Jackson, Natalie Paul, and Clarke Peters are all part of the cast of HBO’s miniseries "Show Me A Hero," which hails from "The Wire" creator David Simon, and is based on the nonfiction book by Lisa Belkin of the same name. The 6-hour miniseries will tackle the prejudices, myths, and heated emotions stirred by the public housing debate, with a landmark case at its core. The short story goes, in 1988, when a federal judge ordered the city of Yonkers, New York, to integrate more thoroughly its low-income housing throughout the city, it set off a bitter dispute that would consume the town for the next five years. Among...
- 7/13/2015
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
American Horror Story: Hotel
Show runner Ryan Murphy revealed at Comic Con this weekend that many of the people who played good guys last years are set to be villains in the upcoming fifth season. These include Kathy Bates (as Iris), Angela Bassett (Ramona), Sarah Paulson (Hypodermic Sally), Evan Peters (Mr. March) and Matt Bomer (Donovan).
Murphy says: "Actually everybody on this side of the table are bad boys and girls this year. The fun thing about the show is I always want to write the opposite of the season before." He also says Lady Gaga's character will be a baddie, and there will be zero musical numbers this season. [Source: The Live Feed]
The Bastard Executioner
"Sons of Anarchy" creator Kurt Sutter's medieval drama "The Bastard Executioner" debuted its first look trailer at Comic-Con on Sunday ahead of its airing with last night's "The Strain" second season premiere.
The new series...
Show runner Ryan Murphy revealed at Comic Con this weekend that many of the people who played good guys last years are set to be villains in the upcoming fifth season. These include Kathy Bates (as Iris), Angela Bassett (Ramona), Sarah Paulson (Hypodermic Sally), Evan Peters (Mr. March) and Matt Bomer (Donovan).
Murphy says: "Actually everybody on this side of the table are bad boys and girls this year. The fun thing about the show is I always want to write the opposite of the season before." He also says Lady Gaga's character will be a baddie, and there will be zero musical numbers this season. [Source: The Live Feed]
The Bastard Executioner
"Sons of Anarchy" creator Kurt Sutter's medieval drama "The Bastard Executioner" debuted its first look trailer at Comic-Con on Sunday ahead of its airing with last night's "The Strain" second season premiere.
The new series...
- 7/13/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
It would seem that urban development is a mini-theme on HBO at the moment. "True Detective" continues to take its case across the sprawl of California, while David Simon is gearing up to once again take viewers into the heart of a city. The latest project from the man behind "The Wire" is the miniseries "Show Me A Hero," and the first trailer has landed. Read More: HBO Eyes 'The Wire' Creator David Simon To Tackle Remake Of Acclaimed Danish Series 'Borgen' Oscar Isaac takes the lead in this based-on-a-true-story tale playing the mayor of a mid-sized city who must follow through on a court order to build low income housing in a white neighborhood during the 1960s. As you might guess, sparks wind up flying. Here's the official synopsis: From creator David Simon (HBO’s “Treme” and “The Wire”) and director Paul Haggis (“Crash”), and based on the nonfiction...
- 7/13/2015
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
While Isaac has been working steadily in film for over a decade, his big breakout was the Coens' "Inside Llewyn Davis" (2013) as an unsympathetic starving artist seeking redemption amid the 1960s New York folk scene. He won acclaim for last year's late-breaking "A Most Violent Year," his indie sci-fi "Ex Machina" continues to earn raves and before Isaac heads up the cast of December's "Star Wars" sequel, he'll be seen in HBO's Summer miniseries "Show Me a Hero." This will mark his first major TV project. Created by "The Wire"'s David Simon and directed by Oscar winner (and outspoken ex-Scientologist) Paul Haggis, the six-part miniseries explores home, race, community and politics in 1960s Yonkers, NY. Lifted from Lisa Belkin's book, "Show Me a Hero" follows Isaac as a young mayor who's court-ordered to build low-income housing in affluent white neighborhoods, a controversial decision that threatens to capsize his.
- 5/21/2015
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
Oscar Isaac stars in the upcoming HBO miniseries Show Me a Hero as Nicholas Wasicsko, the young mayor of Yonkers, New York. The six-part series is created by David Simon of The Wire and, less thrillingly, Paul Haggis of Crash, and is based on a nonfiction book of the same title by Lisa Belkin, which explored the racial strife that emerged in the late '80s when citizens protested a federally mandated public housing project in the predominantly white part of town. The cast also includes Catherine Keener, Alfred Molina, Winona Ryder, Latanya Richardson-Jackson, Bob Balaban, and Jim Belushi. Lots of angry white people will start yelling on August 16.
- 5/20/2015
- by E. Alex Jung
- Vulture
HBO has slotted mid-August for the premiere of its miniseries Show Me A Hero. The six-hour mini from The Wire creator David Simon will debut at 9 Pm August 16, with the subsequent five installments airing on August 23, August 30, September 13, September 20 and September 27. Based on the nonfiction book by Lisa Belkin, Show Me A Hero stars Oscar Isaac as Nick Wasicsko, the youngest big-city mayor in the nation, who finds himself thrust into the center of a racial…...
- 5/20/2015
- Deadline TV
Latanya Richardson Jackson, Natalie Paul, Clarke Peters and Daniel Stern have joined the cast of HBO’s miniseries "Show Me A Hero" from "The Wire" creator David Simon, which is based on the nonfiction book by Lisa Belkin of the same name. The 6-hour miniseries will tackle the prejudices, myths, and heated emotions stirred by the public housing debate, with a landmark case at its core. The short story goes, in 1988, when a federal judge ordered the city of Yonkers, New York, to integrate more thoroughly its low-income housing throughout the city, it set off a bitter dispute that would consume the town for the next five years....
- 9/3/2014
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland‘s Peter Gadiot is trading the Red Queen’s rule for a Pharaoh’s trust.
The actor, who played genie Cyrus on the late ABC drama, has joined the cast of Spike TV’s six-hour event series Tut.
Related Twisted Reunion: Kylie Bunbury Joins Avan Jogia’s King Tut Event Series
The project stars Avan Jogia (Twisted) as King Tutankhamun, the youngest Pharaoh ever to lord over Ancient Egypt. Gadiot will portray his close confidant and seemingly loyal friend from childhood, Ka, who harbors a secret love for Tut’s wife.
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The actor, who played genie Cyrus on the late ABC drama, has joined the cast of Spike TV’s six-hour event series Tut.
Related Twisted Reunion: Kylie Bunbury Joins Avan Jogia’s King Tut Event Series
The project stars Avan Jogia (Twisted) as King Tutankhamun, the youngest Pharaoh ever to lord over Ancient Egypt. Gadiot will portray his close confidant and seemingly loyal friend from childhood, Ka, who harbors a secret love for Tut’s wife.
Ready for more of today’s newsy nuggets?...
- 8/21/2014
- TVLine.com
Winona Ryder, Alfred Molina and Jon Bernthal have joined HBO's upcoming miniseries “Show Me a Hero,” a network representative told TheWrap. From “The Wire” co-creator David Simon, the miniseries is based on the Lisa Belkin nonfiction book of the same name. It tells the story of a mayor, Nick Wasicsko (Oscar Isaac), who's charged with building low-income housing in his hometown of Yonkers, N.Y. The project brings to the surface class prejudices, almost shuts down the local government and ruins the mayor's political career. Also read: ‘Show Me a Hero’ on HBO Casts James Belushi, Terry Kinney, Michael Stahl-David Ryder (“Reality Bites,...
- 8/20/2014
- by Jethro Nededog
- The Wrap
Winona Ryder, Jon Bernthal and Alfred Molina have joined HBO and David Simon's six-hour mini-series "Show Me a Hero" based on Lisa Belkin's non-fiction book.
Set in Yonkers, New York in 1985, the story follows a young mayor (Oscar Isaac) faced with a federal court order that says he must build a small number of low-income housing units into the more affluent, mostly white neighborhoods of his town.
His attempt to do so tears the city apart, paralyzing the entire municipal government and destroying his political future.
Ryder will portray Vinni Restiano, a Yonkers councilwoman who lost her seat due to her vote, but staged a comeback four years later and won as City Council president.
Bernthal will play Michael H. Sussman, a Harvard-trained lawyer who represented the NAACP when it joined the government’s anti-segregation case against Yonkers.
Molina plays councilman Henry J. 'Hank' Spallone, a former Bronx...
Set in Yonkers, New York in 1985, the story follows a young mayor (Oscar Isaac) faced with a federal court order that says he must build a small number of low-income housing units into the more affluent, mostly white neighborhoods of his town.
His attempt to do so tears the city apart, paralyzing the entire municipal government and destroying his political future.
Ryder will portray Vinni Restiano, a Yonkers councilwoman who lost her seat due to her vote, but staged a comeback four years later and won as City Council president.
Bernthal will play Michael H. Sussman, a Harvard-trained lawyer who represented the NAACP when it joined the government’s anti-segregation case against Yonkers.
Molina plays councilman Henry J. 'Hank' Spallone, a former Bronx...
- 8/20/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
HBO's David Simon miniseries Show Me a Hero continues to add to its impressive cast. Winona Ryder, Walking Dead favorite Jon Bernthal and Alfred Molina have joined the ranks of the six-hour entry, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. Based on the nonfiction book by Lisa Belkin, Show Me a Hero is set in an America generations removed from the greatest civil rights struggles of the 1960s. It centers on Nick Wasicsko (Star Wars: Episode VII's Oscar Isaac), the young mayor of a midsize American city who is faced with a federal court order that says he must build a small number
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- 8/20/2014
- by Lesley Goldberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
After success with The Wire and the shorter run of Generation Kill on Us cable channel HBO, writer/producer David Simon is taking a shot at a miniseries for the network, with Winona Ryder, Catherine Keener, Oscar Isaac, Jon Bernthal and Alfred Molina all set to star in Show Me A Hero.Drawn from Lisa Belkin’s non-fiction book, Hero will be set in an American city overseen by young, idealistic mayor Nick Wasickso (Isaac). When tasked by a federal court order with building low-income housing units in an upscale part of his town, he sparks protests that threaten to tear the place apart and kicks the struts out from under his own political career.Keener will be Mary Dorman, a homeowner who discovers some key information about the plan, while Ryder will be Vinni Restiano, a confidante to the mayor who loses her seat after voting for the housing,...
- 8/20/2014
- EmpireOnline
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