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‘Big Love’ Creators & Talipot Studio Developing Historical Drama Series About Mexican Emperor Maximilian & Wife Carlota
EXCLUSIVE: Big Love and Getting On creators Mark Olsen and Will Scheffer are developing a three-year drama series about Maximilian of Habsburg and his wife Carlota for Talipot Studio. The series is based on the Fernando del Paso novel, Noticias del Imperio.
The as-yet-untitled project will tell the story of the final…
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‘The Tortilla Curtain’ Series Adaptation In Works By ‘Big Love’ Creators & MGM TV
MGM Television is teaming with Emmy-nominated creator/showrunners Will Scheffer and Mark V. Olsen (HBO's Big Love, Getting On) to adapt T.C. Boyle's PEN/Faulkner Award winning, landmark immigration-themed novel The Tortilla Curtain as a premium series, from HertzbergMedia and Nice Media Studios.
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‘Big Love’ Creators Mark V. Olsen & Will Scheffer Remember Their Star Bill Paxton
Over a decade ago, HBO was looking to launch a second successful drama series to join its runaway hit The Sopranos.
After a few tries, the network bet on novice creators, Mark V. Olsen & Will Scheffer, backed by producers Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman, and a provocative premise: a series about a polygamist family man…
Mark V. Olsen & Will Scheffer Re-Up Overall Deal With HBO; Set New Drama Project
Big Love creators Mark V. Olsen and Will Scheffer and their Anima Sola Productions are continuing their relationship with HBO. The pair have signed a new two-year overall deal, and are currently in development on a new hourlong drama project for the premium cabler.
Specifics are being kept under wraps, but the…
Murder Case Involving Texas Justice of the Peace To Be Developed As HBO Film
The shocking story of a former Texas Justice of the Peace-turned-convicted murderer will be the subject of Preserve, Protect, And Defend, a movie in development at HBO Films. It is being written by Big Love creators Mark V. Olsen & Will Scheffer as well as filmmaker Craig Zobel (Compliance), who is set to direct.
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Mark V. Olsen & Will Scheffer Developing HBO Comedy With French Twist
After successfully adapting British comedy Getting On for HBO, Mark V. Olsen and Will Scheffer are looking across the English Channel to get inspiration for their next half-hour project at the premium cable network where they are under an overall deal.
Olsen and Scheffer will write the comedy with French actress and…
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