and he'll be sputtering like Daffy Duck... This is too funny
http://www.sltrib.com/ci_2390244 HBO and actor-producer Tom Hanks think Utah polygamists are ready for prime time.
Hanks, along with the television network that made a household name of "The Sopranos," is producing "Big Love," a new drama series about a Utah polygamist and his three wives that will premiere sometime in the summer of 2005, according to HBO, which approved the project Monday. The pilot has already been filmed and the network has ordered 10 more episodes.
"It's greenlit and it's going forward," said an HBO spokeswoman who didn't want to be identified. "They'll start writing the episodes. It's just best not to
Actor Tom Hanks is shown with his wife Rita Wilsons after making a cement imprint in front of Mann's Chinese Theater in this July 23, 1998 photo. In the Sunday, July 26, 1998 edition of Parade magazine, Hanks, 42, feels immensely lucky that the war in "Saving Private Ryan" was only pretend, and thinks Steven Spielberg's take on the horrors and moral dilemmas of war is as educational as it is entertaining. ``I'm glad I didn't have to pick up a gun. I'm glad I didn't get killed or have to kill somebody. I hope my kids enjoy the same lack of manhood.'' (Nick Ut/The Associated Press)
get into too many details. A lot of things change between the pilot
and when you see that pilot as a first episode."
Representatives with Hanks' Playtone production company were unavailable for comment Tuesday. The series' creators, Will Scheffer and Mark Olsen, were also unavailable.
Both HBO and Tom Hanks have an impressive track record on television. In addition to "The Sopranos," HBO earned critical acclaim with "Six Feet Under" and "Sex in the City." Hanks also produced the HBO miniseries "Band of Brothers" and "From the Earth to the Moon." HBO received 124 nominations for the upcoming Emmy Awards, far more than any other network.
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