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Breaking bad creator vince gilligan is reuniting with executive producer michelle maclaren for a new hbo limited series entitled raven. After he is diagnosed with cancer, walter blanco teams up with jose miguel rosas in order to sell. Hbo is assembling an allstar team to tackle a limited series about the jonestown massacre. Infamous cult leader jim jones will be the subject of an hbo limited series from breaking bad creator vince gilligan. Breaking bads dream team is working on a jonestown series for hbo. Hbo changes premiere date for nicole kidman and hugh grant series video watchmen. The breaking bad creator is making an hbo series about. The limited series is based on the nonfiction book raven. Vince gilligan, hbo to develop limited series about cult. The hbo miniseries marks the first project together for gilligan and. Anyone know whats up with the raven hbo miniseries.
Based on the nonfiction book by tim reiterman, the drama will. Raven will be written by vince gilligan and directed by michelle maclaren and is based on raven. This hbo schedule is updated regularly with all known air dates and premiere dates available. Vince gilligan, creator and executive producer of the breaking bad tv series has signed on to write for raven, a limited series about jim jones for hbo. The 9episode season is packaged in a combo bluray edition with digital copies dated for release on june 2, 2020. In one of the first major pieces of new development outside of the breaking bad universe, vince gilligan has signed on to write and executive produce raven, a limited series for hbo. Vince gilligan developing jim jones series for hbo imdb.
Diageo and hbo collaborated on creating eight single malt whiskies, with each one representing a major house in the acclaimed series, game of. An hbo limited series will arrive on bluray this summer with a. Deadline reports breaking bad creator vince gilligan is developing a limited series for hbo called raven. Vince gilligan who cocreated the hit amc series is working on a limited series for hbo titled raven about cult leader jim jones, who led his followers to a mass murdersuicide in. So, if youre unsure whether to go for a single movie or a fullfledged series, consider splitting the difference and trying one of these spectacular limited series over the weekend. The show will focus on the infamous jim jones and his peoples temple cult, which tragically came to an end in jonestown in 1978.
In one of the first major pieces of new development outside of the breaking bad universe, vince gilligan has signed on to write and executive produce raven, a limited series for hbo abut jim jones, the infamous leader of the peoples temple cult who led his followers to a mass murdersuicide in jonestown, guyana in 1978. Watch the latest trailer for new hbo limited series the. Vince gilligans new hbo miniseries about jim jones tvovermind. Some of these programs may still be available on demand to hbo subscribers. The plot of the series, according to imdb, is, the line between reality and fantasy begins to blur for a man visiting a mysterious island off the british coast. A limited series about the riots over the initial release of cabbage patch dolls is being developed by hbo, with laura dern and issa rae attached to star and executive produce. Raven s home renewed for season 2 by disney channel oct 10, 2017. Breaking bad creator vince gilligan set to work on. Vince gilligan, octavia spencer to team on jonestown series. Hbo never described the outsider as a limited series. Vince gilligan developing jim jones series for hbo.
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