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[05/12/09 - 11:06 AM]
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UNTITLED KEVIN COSTNER PROJECT (A&E)
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:
5/12/09
STATUS:
previously in development
DESCRIPTION:
(from A&E's press release, May 2009) Academy Award winner Kevin Costner (Dances with Wolves, JFK) has partnered with producer Armyan Bernstein (The Hurricane, Open Range) to develop a four-hour, two-part epic Western mini-series which will explore how the West was settled and fought for by all sides in what became the biggest conflict following the Civil War. The script, being penned by Jon Baird, Chris Baird and Keith Quinn, will center on the founding of a town and the characters that had a dream that turned out to be a greater struggle than any of them could have imagined. Costner and Bernstein will serve as executive producers.
CREW INFORMATION:
· Armyan Bernstein as EP
· Chris Baird as WRTR
· Jon Baird as WRTR
· Keith Quinn as WRTR
· Kevin Costner as EP
GENRE(S):
· mini-series
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Beacon Television