"Werner Herzog is coming to television as the director and executive producer of “Fordlandia,†a new series set in the 1920s and based on Henry Ford's attempt to built a Utopian society in the heart of the Amazon. The series is being developed by Ashok Amritraj's Hyde Park Entertainment Group, which acquired the rights to Greg Grandin's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name. Deadline first reported the news.
“Fordlandia†is being written by Christopher Wilkinson, best known as the Oscar-nominated screenwriter behind “Nixon.†Wilkinson's other credits include “Pawn Sacrifice,†“Ali,†and “Miles Ahead.†Rights to the novel were purchased with plans of developing the story into a television series. Wilkinson will serve as an executive producer along with Herzog."
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“Fordlandia†is being written by Christopher Wilkinson, best known as the Oscar-nominated screenwriter behind “Nixon.†Wilkinson's other credits include “Pawn Sacrifice,†“Ali,†and “Miles Ahead.†Rights to the novel were purchased with plans of developing the story into a television series. Wilkinson will serve as an executive producer along with Herzog."
More here.
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