Dimension Television, the TV arm of The Weinstein Co., and Entertainment One Television are teaming up to bring Death In The Modern Age to the small screen. Created and written by Josh Shaffer and Eli Kooris, the original series will be produced by Bob Cooper’s Landscape Entertainment and Michael Fuchs. Death In The Modern Age tells the story of a down-on-his-luck suburbanite who, despite having always played by the rules, faces the implosion of his personal and professional lives in spectacular fashion. He decides to start over and radically reinvent himself by faking his own death. But in today’s age of DNA testing and digital fingerprinting that has all but obliterated the notion of individual anonymity, his escape and ultimate transformation prove to be much easier said than done. “The pilot for Death In The Modern Age blew me away with its original characters and insightful writing. I...
- 3/18/2014
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
Dimension Television and Entertainment One Television are partnering to produce “Death in the Modern Age,” an original series created and written by Josh Shaffer and Eli Kooris and produced by Bob Cooper's Landscape Entertainment and Michael Fuchs.The series is centered a suburban man who decides to start his life over by faking his own death, after his personal and private lives fall apart despite his doing everything by the book. But he find out that this turns out to be easier said than done in today's age of DNA testing and digital fingerprinting. “The pilot for ‘Death In The Modern Age’ blew me away with its original characters and insightful writing. I’m looking forward to working with Landscape and eOne to put together a gripping and original show,” said Bob Weinstein in the announcement."Death In The Modern Age" was initially announced as part of SundanceTV's first-ever...
- 3/18/2014
- by Alison Willmore
- Indiewire
Dimension Television announced today that they are partnering with Entertainment One Television (eOne Television) on "Death in the Modern Age," an original series created and written by Josh Shaffer and Eli Kooris. The series will be produced by Bob Cooper's Landscape Entertainment and Michael Fuchs. "Death in the Modern Age" tells the story of a down-on-his-luck suburbanite who, despite having always played by the rules, faces the implosion of his personal and professional lives in spectacular fashion. He decides to start over and radically reinvent himself by faking his own death. But in today's age of DNA testing and digital fingerprinting that has all but obliterated the notion of individual anonymity, his escape and ultimate transformation prove to be much...
- 3/18/2014
- Comingsoon.net
Sundance Channel has unveiled its 2013-2014 original scripted development slate, which includes five drama projects: Valentines from producer Robert Redford and writer Olaf Olafsson, Behind The Sun from producers Steve Buscemi and Stanley Tucci and writer Dylan Gary, The Descendants (no relation to the 2011 movie) from producer Sarah Condon and writer Aaron Guzikowski, T from producer Ira Glass and writers Dan Futterman and Anya Epstein, and Death In The Modern Age from producers Bob Cooper, Jj Jamieson and Michael Fuchs and writers Josh Shaffer & Eli Kooris. Sundance Channel’s first wholly owned scripted drama, Rectify, is slated to premiere next year. The channel’s scripted efforts to date have been in the limited series/mini-series area through co-productions and acquisitions. They include miniseries Carlos, Appropriate Adult and the upcoming Restless. Here are details about the projects on Sundance’s drama development slate: Valentines Based on the novel by Olaf Olafsson,...
- 11/7/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
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