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DEVELOPMENT
HISTORY:
6/10/14
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STATUS:
previously in development (2015-2016 season) |
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
script |
DESCRIPTION:
(from Spike TV's press release, June 2014) Spike TV has joined forces with Ben Silverman's Electus to develop a script for an original series, "The Chairman," based on the best-selling novel by acclaimed author Stephen Frey. Award-winning producer Ben Silverman ("The Office, "The Tudors," "Ugly Betty," "The Biggest Loser") of Electus, Jeremy Elice of Elice Island, renowned actor Julian McMahon ("Nip/Tuck"), and David Schiff are the Executive Producers for "The Chairman" with Sean Canino of Electus as Co-Executive Producer. Dana Vachon, "Mergers & Acquisitions" author and Vanity Fair contributor, serves as Executive Producer and Writer. Greg Suess from ROAR will serve as Executive Producer as well. "The Chairman" is the story of Christian Gillette, a Gulf War veteran who is charismatic, powerful, cool under fire, and tremendously connected. Gillette takes over a billion dollar private equity fund after its founder's mysterious death. As his new powers open secret doors he realizes that the world of apparently gentrified Manhattan finance is closely tied to the brutal realm of war that still haunts him - and that some of its most dangerous players are now his inherited enemies. "The Chairman" is a suspense thriller following Christian's odyssey through worlds of ill-gotten riches in an age of extreme inequality; a tale of money, exile and murder playing out in the blackened heart of the American dream. |
CREW INFORMATION:
· Ben Silverman as EP
· Dana Vachon as CRTR/EP
· David Schiff as EP
· Greg Suess as EP
· Jeremy Elice as EP
· Julian McMahon as EP
· Sean Canino as CO-EP
· Stephen Frey as BOOK
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GENRE(S):
· drama
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STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Electus
· Elice Island
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