George Clooney’s Smokehouse Pictures recently signed a small screen production deal with Sony Pictures Television. The big question was, with Clooney and partner Grant Heslov’s interest in diverse subject matter, what sort of project would be first out the gate? The answer appears to be straightforward – having taken us back to World War II for the underwhelming THE MONUMENTS MEN in cinemas, Smokehouse are going forward to the recent past for a new TV “dramedy”. Little is known about the forthcoming pilot, other than that it is set in the Nineties and concerns a Hollywood studio. A subject Clooney may know a little bit about, though it’s unclear how involved he’ll be on the creative side.
The script is courtesy of ANALYZE THIS writer Peter Tolan and the director’s chair has netted a hefty prospect in FOXCATCHER’s Bennett Miller (this sort of implies he is a big man and will break the chair, which I should point out for legal reasons isn’t the case). While industry types navelgazing at their own lives isn’t a concept that fills me with hope, the razor sharp approach of Clooney could ensure this latest show about showbusiness has bite as well as bark.
Source: Variety
