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A new limited series based on “the world’s most elusive terrorist” is coming to Showtime.
Based on the manhunt for military chief and founding member of the Lebanon Islamic Jihad Organization, Imad Mughniyeh, the spy series Ghosts of Beirut will premiere Sunday, May 21 at 10/9c (and make its streaming/on demand debut two days earlier, on Friday, May 19).
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The series — from Fauda creators Avi Issacharoff and Lior Raz — reveals “the origins...
Based on the manhunt for military chief and founding member of the Lebanon Islamic Jihad Organization, Imad Mughniyeh, the spy series Ghosts of Beirut will premiere Sunday, May 21 at 10/9c (and make its streaming/on demand debut two days earlier, on Friday, May 19).
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The series — from Fauda creators Avi Issacharoff and Lior Raz — reveals “the origins...
- 4/5/2023
- by Erianne Lewis
- TVLine.com
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Amazon Prime Video is developing a drama series based on the book “Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty” by Anderson Cooper and Katherine Howe, Variety has learned.
Patrick Macmanus, who previously created shows like “Dr. Death” at Peacock and “The Girl From Plainville” at Hulu, is adapting the book for the screen and will serve as an executive producer via Littleton Road Productions. Cooper will also executive produce the project, as will Kelly Funke of Littleton Road. UCP and Amazon Studios will co-produce. Macmanus is currently under an overall deal at UCP.
Per the official logline, the show is “an epic drama chronicling four hundred years of the rise and fall of one of America’s most powerful dynasties. From the family’s humble beginnings in New Amsterdam, patriarch Cornelius ‘Commodore’ Vanderbilt weaponized cunning, cutthroat business tactics to amass unimaginable wealth leading to power struggles between heirs over control,...
Patrick Macmanus, who previously created shows like “Dr. Death” at Peacock and “The Girl From Plainville” at Hulu, is adapting the book for the screen and will serve as an executive producer via Littleton Road Productions. Cooper will also executive produce the project, as will Kelly Funke of Littleton Road. UCP and Amazon Studios will co-produce. Macmanus is currently under an overall deal at UCP.
Per the official logline, the show is “an epic drama chronicling four hundred years of the rise and fall of one of America’s most powerful dynasties. From the family’s humble beginnings in New Amsterdam, patriarch Cornelius ‘Commodore’ Vanderbilt weaponized cunning, cutthroat business tactics to amass unimaginable wealth leading to power struggles between heirs over control,...
- 4/5/2023
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
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Amazon Studios is developing a TV series based on “Vanderbilt,” the historical novel written by Anderson Cooper and Katherine Howe, the studio announced Wednesday.
Based on the history of Cooper’s famous family, “Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty” will trace 400 years of the CNN anchor’s maternal lineage, beginning with patriarch Cornelius ‘Commodore’ Vanderbilt and leading to his mother, Gloria Vanderbilt. The show will stream on Amazon Prime Video.
Cooper is attached as an executive producer.
The official logline is as follows: “From the family’s humble beginnings in New Amsterdam, patriarch Cornelius ‘Commodore’ Vanderbilt weaponized cunning, cutthroat business tactics to amass unimaginable wealth leading to power struggles between heirs over control, salacious scandals and financial ruin. That is, until Gloria, the last of the Vanderbilts, rises above her family’s complicated history, and personal tragedy to pave her own path as an artist and fashion designer.
Based on the history of Cooper’s famous family, “Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty” will trace 400 years of the CNN anchor’s maternal lineage, beginning with patriarch Cornelius ‘Commodore’ Vanderbilt and leading to his mother, Gloria Vanderbilt. The show will stream on Amazon Prime Video.
Cooper is attached as an executive producer.
The official logline is as follows: “From the family’s humble beginnings in New Amsterdam, patriarch Cornelius ‘Commodore’ Vanderbilt weaponized cunning, cutthroat business tactics to amass unimaginable wealth leading to power struggles between heirs over control, salacious scandals and financial ruin. That is, until Gloria, the last of the Vanderbilts, rises above her family’s complicated history, and personal tragedy to pave her own path as an artist and fashion designer.
- 4/5/2023
- by Loree Seitz
- The Wrap
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Vanderbilt, a series based on Anderson Cooper and Katherine Howe’s book, has landed at Amazon.
The streamer is developing the series, which comes from Patrick Macmanus and Cooper, for its Prime Video service. It is being produced by UCP, where Macmanus has a deal, and Amazon Studios.
Vanderbilt is based on the book Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty, about Cooper’s own family, by Cooper and Katherine Howe.
The book chronicles four hundred years of the rise and fall of one of America’s most powerful dynasties. From the family’s humble beginnings in New Amsterdam, patriarch Cornelius “Commodore” Vanderbilt weaponized cunning, cutthroat business tactics to amass unimaginable wealth leading to power struggles between heirs over control, salacious scandals and financial ruin. That is, until Gloria, Cooper’s mother, the last of the Vanderbilts, rises above her family’s complicated history, and personal tragedy to...
The streamer is developing the series, which comes from Patrick Macmanus and Cooper, for its Prime Video service. It is being produced by UCP, where Macmanus has a deal, and Amazon Studios.
Vanderbilt is based on the book Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty, about Cooper’s own family, by Cooper and Katherine Howe.
The book chronicles four hundred years of the rise and fall of one of America’s most powerful dynasties. From the family’s humble beginnings in New Amsterdam, patriarch Cornelius “Commodore” Vanderbilt weaponized cunning, cutthroat business tactics to amass unimaginable wealth leading to power struggles between heirs over control, salacious scandals and financial ruin. That is, until Gloria, Cooper’s mother, the last of the Vanderbilts, rises above her family’s complicated history, and personal tragedy to...
- 4/5/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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Anderson Cooper is taking a shot at a scripted TV series — one based on his family history.
The CNN anchor will be an executive producer of Vanderbilt, a drama in development at Amazon’s Prime Video. Patrick Macmanus (Dr. Death, The Girl From Plainville) is set to write and executive produce, adapting Cooper and Katherine Howe’s 2021 book Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty. Universal Studio Group’s UCP, where Macmanus has an overall deal, and Amazon Studios are producing.
The project’s logline describes Vanderbilt as “an epic drama chronicling 400 years of the rise and fall of one of America’s most powerful dynasties. From the family’s humble beginnings in New Amsterdam, patriarch Cornelius ‘Commodore’ Vanderbilt weaponized cunning, cutthroat business tactics to amass unimaginable wealth, leading to power struggles between heirs over control, salacious scandals and financial ruin. That is, until Gloria, the last of...
The CNN anchor will be an executive producer of Vanderbilt, a drama in development at Amazon’s Prime Video. Patrick Macmanus (Dr. Death, The Girl From Plainville) is set to write and executive produce, adapting Cooper and Katherine Howe’s 2021 book Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty. Universal Studio Group’s UCP, where Macmanus has an overall deal, and Amazon Studios are producing.
The project’s logline describes Vanderbilt as “an epic drama chronicling 400 years of the rise and fall of one of America’s most powerful dynasties. From the family’s humble beginnings in New Amsterdam, patriarch Cornelius ‘Commodore’ Vanderbilt weaponized cunning, cutthroat business tactics to amass unimaginable wealth, leading to power struggles between heirs over control, salacious scandals and financial ruin. That is, until Gloria, the last of...
- 4/5/2023
- by Rick Porter
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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UCP and Littleton Road are developing “Vanderbilt,” a new series based on Anderson Cooper and Katherine Howe’s book, “Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty.”
Patrick Macmanus, “Dr. Death” showrunner and “The Girl From Plainville” co-creator, will write and executive produce the project. Cooper and Littleton Road’s Kelly Funke will also executive produce.
“I am honored, grateful and thrilled to be teaming with Anderson on this sweeping story,” says Macmanus. “His book cut to the quick of four hundred years of American history with care and honesty, never shying away from the Vanderbilt family’s all-too-human faults and frailties. I am eager and just the right amount of nervous about getting this one right.”
The 2021 book, a New York Times best seller, “Vanderbilt” explores the birth of an American Dynasty and the arrival of Jan Aertsen Vanderbilt as an indentured servant.
“The rise and fall of...
Patrick Macmanus, “Dr. Death” showrunner and “The Girl From Plainville” co-creator, will write and executive produce the project. Cooper and Littleton Road’s Kelly Funke will also executive produce.
“I am honored, grateful and thrilled to be teaming with Anderson on this sweeping story,” says Macmanus. “His book cut to the quick of four hundred years of American history with care and honesty, never shying away from the Vanderbilt family’s all-too-human faults and frailties. I am eager and just the right amount of nervous about getting this one right.”
The 2021 book, a New York Times best seller, “Vanderbilt” explores the birth of an American Dynasty and the arrival of Jan Aertsen Vanderbilt as an indentured servant.
“The rise and fall of...
- 6/13/2022
- by Emily Longeretta
- Variety Film + TV
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