Exclusive: Los Angeles-based producer MiLu Entertainment and Ian Reichbach, one of the lead writers on The Newsroom, are developing a TV series based on the Bacardi family’s experiences in 1950s Cuba.
Reichbach is adapting NPR correspondent Tom Gjelten’s well-received book Bacardi and the Long Fight for Cuba, which fuses the story of the Bacardi family’s famous rum business with Cuba’s tumultuous experience over the last 150 years, including Cuba’s fight for freedom, its tortured relationship with America, and the rise of Fidel Castro.
Andre L III of MiLu Entertainment is producing the bilingual English-Spanish series with 6Gen Films, which consists of Bacardi family members Mari Aixalá, Pepin R. Argamasilla and Juan Bergaz Pessino of Bergaz Productions.
“It’s time to tell the untold story of the Bacardi family,” said Andre L III of MiLu. “Authenticity and passion are the key to great storytelling and it has...
Reichbach is adapting NPR correspondent Tom Gjelten’s well-received book Bacardi and the Long Fight for Cuba, which fuses the story of the Bacardi family’s famous rum business with Cuba’s tumultuous experience over the last 150 years, including Cuba’s fight for freedom, its tortured relationship with America, and the rise of Fidel Castro.
Andre L III of MiLu Entertainment is producing the bilingual English-Spanish series with 6Gen Films, which consists of Bacardi family members Mari Aixalá, Pepin R. Argamasilla and Juan Bergaz Pessino of Bergaz Productions.
“It’s time to tell the untold story of the Bacardi family,” said Andre L III of MiLu. “Authenticity and passion are the key to great storytelling and it has...
- 4/23/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Jeff Daniels
The Newsroom, Season 2, Episode 1: “First Thing We Do, Let’s Kill All the Lawyers″
Written by Ian Reichbach and Aaron Sorkin
Directed by Alan Poul
Airs Sundays at 10:00 Pm Et on HBO
With shows such as Sports Night and The West Wing under his belt, many people were excited to see Aaron Sorkin return to television, particularly after finding big screen success with The Social Network and Moneyball. Tackling journalism, Sorkin’s The Newsroom premiered in 2012 on HBO, with a cast that included Jeff Daniels, Emily Mortimer, Alison Pill, and Dev Patel, and ended up receiving uneven reviews throughout the season, with most of the audience qualms coming down on his portrayal of Mackenzie and Maggie, the two key female characters on the show, who often acted out of character when engaged in romantic entanglements, which dominated much of their storylines in the first ten episodes.
The Newsroom, Season 2, Episode 1: “First Thing We Do, Let’s Kill All the Lawyers″
Written by Ian Reichbach and Aaron Sorkin
Directed by Alan Poul
Airs Sundays at 10:00 Pm Et on HBO
With shows such as Sports Night and The West Wing under his belt, many people were excited to see Aaron Sorkin return to television, particularly after finding big screen success with The Social Network and Moneyball. Tackling journalism, Sorkin’s The Newsroom premiered in 2012 on HBO, with a cast that included Jeff Daniels, Emily Mortimer, Alison Pill, and Dev Patel, and ended up receiving uneven reviews throughout the season, with most of the audience qualms coming down on his portrayal of Mackenzie and Maggie, the two key female characters on the show, who often acted out of character when engaged in romantic entanglements, which dominated much of their storylines in the first ten episodes.
- 7/16/2013
- by Deepayan Sengupta
- SoundOnSight
Now that "The Newsroom" is open again, it's business as usual ... meaning relatively little is usual business.
The point was reinforced abundantly by creator Aaron Sorkin's script (from a story he devised with Ian Reichbach) for "First Thing We Do, Let's Kill All the Lawyers," Sunday's (July 14) Season 2 premiere of the HBO drama. Though set a year after Season 1, it still was about two years behind real time, being August 2011 on the "Newsroom" calendar.
One of those lawyers is destined to stick around, and new cast member Marcia Gay Harden was evident right from the first new scene as an attorney for Atlantis Cable News, deposing staff members about the network's report alleging the U.S. government used nerve gas during a black-ops mission code-named "Genoa."
Her work was cut out for her from the get-go, since her first interviewee was ever-obstinate Acn senior anchor Will McAvoy (Jeff Daniels,...
The point was reinforced abundantly by creator Aaron Sorkin's script (from a story he devised with Ian Reichbach) for "First Thing We Do, Let's Kill All the Lawyers," Sunday's (July 14) Season 2 premiere of the HBO drama. Though set a year after Season 1, it still was about two years behind real time, being August 2011 on the "Newsroom" calendar.
One of those lawyers is destined to stick around, and new cast member Marcia Gay Harden was evident right from the first new scene as an attorney for Atlantis Cable News, deposing staff members about the network's report alleging the U.S. government used nerve gas during a black-ops mission code-named "Genoa."
Her work was cut out for her from the get-go, since her first interviewee was ever-obstinate Acn senior anchor Will McAvoy (Jeff Daniels,...
- 7/15/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
What do Walter White and Phil Dunphy have in common? They’re both at the center of the TV shows most honored by the Writers Guild of America today. The group just announced the nominees for its annual awards, which will be handed out Feb. 17 at simultaneous ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York. Breaking Bad garnered five nods; Modern Family drew four. Here’s a list of all the primetime and late night series in contention for the event’s biggest prizes:
Drama Series
Boardwalk Empire, Written by Dave Flebotte, Diane Frolov, Chris Haddock, Rolin Jones, Howard Korder, Steve Kornacki,...
Drama Series
Boardwalk Empire, Written by Dave Flebotte, Diane Frolov, Chris Haddock, Rolin Jones, Howard Korder, Steve Kornacki,...
- 12/6/2012
- by Hillary Busis
- EW - Inside TV
Last August, I joined a Facebook Group started for Aaron Sorkin (writer of The West Wing, Sports Night and A Few Good Men) by his assistant Ian Reichbach. Ian was internet savvy enough to manage the Sorkin Facebook presence as Aaron poked around the social networking site so he could better write a Facebook movie [...]...
- 6/24/2009
- by Dave
- Filmonic.com
Aaron Sorkin is about to get a whole lot of friends on Facebook.
Sorkin, one of the town's biggest writers and show creators, is in negotiations to write an untitled film project about the founders of the popular social networking site that Scott Rudin will produce for Columbia.
Sorkin broke the news on Facebook when he opened up his own account.
"I understand there are a few other people using Facebook pages under my name -- which I find more flattering than creepy -- but this is me. I don't know how I can prove that but feel free to test me," he wrote before going on to talk about the movie project.
"I figured a good first step in my preparation would be finding out what Facebook is, so I've started this page. (Actually it was started by my researcher, Ian Reichbach, because my grandmother has more Internet savvy...
Sorkin, one of the town's biggest writers and show creators, is in negotiations to write an untitled film project about the founders of the popular social networking site that Scott Rudin will produce for Columbia.
Sorkin broke the news on Facebook when he opened up his own account.
"I understand there are a few other people using Facebook pages under my name -- which I find more flattering than creepy -- but this is me. I don't know how I can prove that but feel free to test me," he wrote before going on to talk about the movie project.
"I figured a good first step in my preparation would be finding out what Facebook is, so I've started this page. (Actually it was started by my researcher, Ian Reichbach, because my grandmother has more Internet savvy...
- 8/27/2008
- by By Borys Kit and Leslie Simmons
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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