The specter of Watergate has loomed large over Washington, DC recently – great timing for a television series looking at the scandal. Bridge of Spies writer Matt Charman has partnered with George Clooney and Clooney’s Smokehouse Pictures partner Grant Heslov for Watergate, an eight-part limited series. In competitive situation, we hear that the project has landed at Netflix for development.
The potential series will be produced by studio Sonar Entertainment, which last year inked a first-look deal with Smokehouse. We hear that each episode of Watergate would focus on an individual surrounding the 1970s scandal such as former Attorney General John Mitchell and Richard Nixon counsel John Ehrlichman. It is styled after famous Japanese period drama Rashomon.
The potential series will be produced by studio Sonar Entertainment, which last year inked a first-look deal with Smokehouse. We hear that each episode of Watergate would focus on an individual surrounding the 1970s scandal such as former Attorney General John Mitchell and Richard Nixon counsel John Ehrlichman. It is styled after famous Japanese period drama Rashomon.
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