HBO Picks Up Aaron Sorkin's New Cable News Pilot
By: Nicole Rosky Jan. 28, 2011
HBO has just greenlit Aaron Sorkin's long-developing drama, set behind the scenes at a nightly cable news show. 'Social Network' producer Scott Rudin will reunite with Sorkin for the project, which will be executive produced by both. Filming on the pilot will not begin until later in the year.
Sorkin has been raking in awards and nods for his "Social Network" script and is considered a front-runner for the adapted screenplay Oscar. If that does happen, he'd follow the path of Alan Ball, who created the HBO drama series "Six Feet Under" after winning a writing Oscar for "American Beauty".
Sorkin is a screenwriter, producer and playwright, whose works include A Few Good Men, The American President, The West Wing, Sports Night, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip and most recently The Social Network. His theatre writing credits include A FEW GOOD MEN and THE FARNSWORTH INVENTION.
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