MGM TV is in the early stages of developing a drama series based on the 1967 pic “In the Heat of the Night,” with Tate Taylor and Warren Littlefield as exec producers.
Taylor, writer and director of “The Help,” and director of the James Brown biopic “Get On Up,” is set to adapt and direct the new incarnation of “Heat.”
Set in the present day, the series aims to examine issues of race, justice and inequality through the eyes of characters in Mississippi, where Taylor is from.
Project is expected to be shopped to cable buyers in the coming weeks.“The Help’s” John Norris is also on board as an exec producer with Taylor and Littlefield, who just won an Emmy for shepherding the MGM TV adaptation of “Fargo” for FX.
Taylor, writer and director of “The Help,” and director of the James Brown biopic “Get On Up,” is set to adapt and direct the new incarnation of “Heat.”
Set in the present day, the series aims to examine issues of race, justice and inequality through the eyes of characters in Mississippi, where Taylor is from.
Project is expected to be shopped to cable buyers in the coming weeks.“The Help’s” John Norris is also on board as an exec producer with Taylor and Littlefield, who just won an Emmy for shepherding the MGM TV adaptation of “Fargo” for FX.
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Should be interesting. So I am guessing it will be about a racially motivated killing? That will get people talking and make for a show that makes you think. Get the right actors and I am in.
ReplyDeleteConsidering this was already made into a TV Series that ran for SEVEN Seasons + a few TV movies from 1988-1995, I wonder what the new spin will be.
ReplyDeleteConsidering everything going on in the real world right now this could be pretty fascinating, I can't really think of the last time race was probably tackled on TV (outside of shows like The Wire)
ReplyDeleteman I loved that show... I wonder what the cast make up will be.. and I can't wait to check it out...
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