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[03/21/13 - 11:16 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, March 21
Updates include: Mamie Gummer boards CBS's "Backstrom"; Ashley Williams joins ABC's "Keep Calm and Karey On"; and FOX pushes filming on "The Wild Blue."
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[03/14/13 - 11:22 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, March 14
Updates include: Kathleen Robertson, Taye Diggs to lead TNT's "Murder in the First"; Christopher Meloni joins FOX's "I Suck at Girls"; and Sean Astin reports to CBS's "Surgeon General."
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[03/12/13 - 11:34 PM]
Development Update: Tuesday, March 12
Updates include: James Spader to head NBC's "The Blacklist"; Tom Berenger joins FOX's "Gang Related"; and Stephen Lang to get "Reckless" at ABC.
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[03/04/13 - 11:48 PM]
Development Update: Monday, March 4
Updates include: Naveen Andrews to get "Reckless" at ABC; Alexis Bledel joins FOX's "Friends & Family"; and Benjamin Stockham cast as title role in NBC's "About a Boy."
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[02/26/13 - 11:29 PM]
Development Update: Tuesday, February 26
Updates include: Cam Gigandet to star in CBS's "Reckless"; Brittany Snow joins "To My Assistant" at FOX; and Martin Short is in talks to join NBC's "The John Mulaney Show."
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[11/27/12 - 01:50 PM]
AMC Greenlights Two Scripted Drama Pilots - "Halt & Catch Fire" and "Turn"
They'll join "Low Winter Sun" and the "Untitled LaGravenese/Tony Goldwyn project," both of which recently completed production.
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DEVELOPMENT
HISTORY:
11/27/12
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3/21/13
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STATUS:
currently in development (2013-2014 season) |
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
ordered to pilot |
DESCRIPTION:
(from AMC's press release, November 2012) Set in the early 1980s, "Halt & Catch Fire" dramatizes the personal computing boom through the eyes of a visionary, an engineer and a prodigy whose innovations directly confront the corporate behemoths of the time. Their personal and professional partnership will be challenged by greed and ego while charting the changing culture in Texas' Silicon Prairie. From AMC Studios, "Halt & Catch Fire" is created by Chris Cantwell and Chris Rodgers. Mark Johnson ("Breaking Bad," Diner, Rain Man) and Melissa Bernstein ("Breaking Bad") from Gran Via Productions serve as executive producers. |
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· David Wilson Barnes as Dale Barnes
· Kerry Bishe as Donna Clark
· Lee Pace as Joe MacMillan
· Mackenzie Davis as Cameron Howe
· Scoot McNairy as Gordon Clark
· Toby Huss as Bosworth
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CREW INFORMATION:
· Chris Cantwell as CRTR/EP
· Chris Rodgers as CRTR/EP
· Juan José Campanella as DIR (Pilot)
· Mark Johnson as EP
· Melissa Bernstein as EP
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GENRE(S):
· drama
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STUDIO INFORMATION:
· AMC Studios
· Gran Via Productions
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