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Showtime no longer will be making its drama pilot The President Is Missing, an adaptation of the novel by President Bill Clinton and James Patterson, from Christopher McQuarrie and Anthony Peckham. The network had ordered the project to pilot, which was fully cast and ready to go when the coronavirus pandemic halted…

EXCLUSIVE: Showtime has found its missing President. Ann Dowd (The Handmaid’s Tale) has been cast in the key role opposite David Oyelowo in The President Is Missing, Showtime's drama pilot based on the novel by President Bill Clinton and James Patterson from Christopher McQuarrie and Anthony Peckham. In The President I…

Michael Rooker (Guardians of the Galaxy) set as a series regular opposite David Oyelowo in The President Is Missing, Showtime's drama pilot based on the novel by President Bill Clinton and James Patterson from Christopher McQuarrie and Anthony Peckham. In The President Is Missing pilot, a powerless and politically…

EXCLUSIVE: Golden Globe, Tony and Olivier Award winner Janet McTeer (Ozark) has been cast as a lead opposite David Oyelowo in The President Is Missing, Showtime's drama pilot based on the novel by President Bill Clinton and James Patterson from Christopher McQuarrie and Anthony Peckham. McTeer is a series regular in…

EXCLUSIVE: Paul Adelstein (Scandal), Medina Senghore (Happy!) and Gina Gallego (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend) are set as series regulars opposite David Oyelowo in The President Is Missing, Showtime’s drama series adaptation of the novel by President Bill Clinton and James Patterson from Christopher McQuarrie and Anthony…

David Oyelowo (Selma) is set to headline The President Is Missing, Showtime’s drama series adaptation of the novel by President Bill Clinton and James Patterson from Christopher McQuarrie and Anthony Peckham. With Oyelowo on board, the network has greenlighted the project to pilot, which is in pre-production and…

Oscar winner Christopher McQuarrie (The Usual Suspects) and Anthony Peckham (Invictus) have boarded The President Is Missing, the drama series adaptation of the novel by President Bill Clinton and James Patterson. McQuarrie will executive produce the project, currently in development, with Heather McQuarrie and the…

Bill Clinton and James Patterson’s new novel The President Is Missing has sold 260,000 total copies since hitting bookshelves on June 4. The thriller, which had a first printing of 1.2 million copies, is being published jointly by Knopf and Little, Brown & Co. According to NPD BookScan, the book was the No. 1…

Former President Bill Clinton made “false allegations” about his interview on Today show, NBC’s morning show happily scolded this morning. Clinton is “still making false allegations about that interview with Craig [Melvin],” Savannah Guthrie said at the top of the show, with Melvin seated at her side. She was talking…

In a very competitive situation, Showtime has acquired the rights to The President Is Missing, the upcoming thriller novel by President Bill Clinton and bestselling author James Patterson. It will be developed as a TV series. The President Is Missing, which is set to be published in June 2018, hit the Hollywood marketp…

EXCLUSIVE: The material marketplace always slows down in late summer, but there is one percolating property that has the town excited. Former President Bill Clinton will come to Hollywood this week with James Patterson, his writing partner on the upcoming novel The President Is Missing. Sources said Clinton and…

Former President Bill Clinton and bestselling author James Patterson are teaming up to pen thriller novel The President Is Missing. The book, to be co-published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group and the Hachette Book Group, is scheduled to be released in June 2018, according to The Associated Press and Publishers…