Move over Aaron Sorkin. Take cover JJ. Abrams — the Weinsteins are coming to take over TV. Harvey and Bob Weinstein’s new outfit The Weinstein Co. are developing a TV slate based on their own cinematic history and entirely new projects.
After its 2006 cinematic sequel, Sin City will become a TV series and, cashing in on the current US TV craze for poker-based programming, the Matt Damon-Ed Norton grifters flick Rounders will also hit the small screen.
Using their cinematic connections, the Weinstein’s have also pulled together an impressive array of talent to adapt Alexander McCall’s nit novel The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency. Anthony Minghella will direct the pilot — which centres on a female private eye solving mysteries in Botswana — with Richard Curtis on board to script the story. Minghella and Curtis in turn have approached TV guru David E. Kelly (Ally McBeal) to produce.
Other Weinstein TV properties in development include modelling reality show Project Catwalk hosted by Elizabeth Hurley, an adaptation of Peter Bart’s novel Dangerous Company and Occult Cop which does exactly what it says on the tin. Filmmaking reality show Project Greenlight will also now be produced under the Weinstein’s banner.