EXCLUSIVE: With a well-known title and formidable lead cast, Amazon鈥檚 The Last Tycoon pilot has been a strong contender for a series pickup. Now the project, toplined by Matt Bomer, Kelsey Grammer and Rosemarie DeWitt, has been ordered to series by the streaming service, I have learned. It comes from Sony TV鈥檚 TriStar Television. I hear Amazon鈥檚 other drama pilot from the batch, The Interestings, is not going forward.
Written and directed by Billy Ray based on F. Scott Fitzgerald鈥檚 final unfinished novel, The Last Tycoon was inspired by the life of film mogul Irving Thalberg, on whom the book鈥檚 protagonist Monroe Stahr was based. The project centers on Stahr (Bomer), Hollywood鈥檚 first wunderkind studio executive in the 1930s as he climbs to the height of power pitting him against his mentor and current head of the studio, the brawny, imposing, charming and vain Pat Brady (Grammer), a character based on Louis B. Mayer. Having come from the streets, Brady has no intention of returning to his misfortune, and is determined to make sure his studio is successful, no matter what personal morals he compromises. Dewitt plays Pat Brady鈥檚 wife, Rose Brady, who may be involved with Stahr.
Bomer, Grammer and DeWitt all have toplined TV series before, USA鈥檚 White Collar (Bomer), Frasier and Boss, among others (Grammer) and Standoff (DeWitt). This marks Emmy winner Grammer鈥檚 return to drama series following his Golden Globe-winning turn on Boss. Bomer also won a Golden Globe, for HBO鈥檚 The Normal Heart, and recently co-starred on American Horror Story: Hotel. DeWitt has been focused on movies for the past few years, recently starring in Poltergeist.
Written and directed by Billy Ray based on F. Scott Fitzgerald鈥檚 final unfinished novel, The Last Tycoon was inspired by the life of film mogul Irving Thalberg, on whom the book鈥檚 protagonist Monroe Stahr was based. The project centers on Stahr (Bomer), Hollywood鈥檚 first wunderkind studio executive in the 1930s as he climbs to the height of power pitting him against his mentor and current head of the studio, the brawny, imposing, charming and vain Pat Brady (Grammer), a character based on Louis B. Mayer. Having come from the streets, Brady has no intention of returning to his misfortune, and is determined to make sure his studio is successful, no matter what personal morals he compromises. Dewitt plays Pat Brady鈥檚 wife, Rose Brady, who may be involved with Stahr.
Bomer, Grammer and DeWitt all have toplined TV series before, USA鈥檚 White Collar (Bomer), Frasier and Boss, among others (Grammer) and Standoff (DeWitt). This marks Emmy winner Grammer鈥檚 return to drama series following his Golden Globe-winning turn on Boss. Bomer also won a Golden Globe, for HBO鈥檚 The Normal Heart, and recently co-starred on American Horror Story: Hotel. DeWitt has been focused on movies for the past few years, recently starring in Poltergeist.
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