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[01/16/10 - 12:34 PM]
AMC Announces "Black Gold: The Teapot Dome Scandal" as New Mini-Series in Development
Emmy-winner Kirk Ellis ("John Adams") is penning the project, based on Laton McCartney's book.







BLACK GOLD: THE TEAPOT DOME SCANDAL (AMC)
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:
1/16/10
STATUS:
previously in development
DESCRIPTION:
(from AMC's press release, January 2010) AMC announced today, from the Television Critics Association press tour in Pasadena, California, "Black Gold: The Teapot Dome Scandal" as a new mini-series in development. Written and executive produced by Kirk Ellis (Emmy Award winner for Outstanding Writing and Outstanding Mini-Series for HBO's "John Adams"), "Black Gold" is based on the non-fiction book, The Teapot Dome Scandal, by Laton McCartney. Set in the roaring '20s, the series chronicles the infamous Teapot Dome Scandal, when big oil companies orchestrated the election of President Warren G. Harding for access to the coveted "Teapot Dome" oil fields in Wyoming. Justin Falvey and Darryl Frank (Into the West, "United States of Tara") serve as executive producers on the series.
CREW INFORMATION:
· Darryl Frank as EP
· Justin Falvey as EP
· Kirk Ellis as WRTR
· Laton McCartney as BOOK
GENRE(S):
· based on a book
· mini-series
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· no information is available