Untitled Roger Ailes miniseries

Untitled Roger Ailes miniseries
Genre Drama
Based on The Loudest Voice
in the Room
by Gabriel Sherman
Starring
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
Production
Executive producer(s)
Production company(s)
Release
Original network Showtime

The untitled Roger Ailes miniseries is an upcoming American drama television miniseries, based on the book The Loudest Voice in the Room by Gabriel Sherman, that is set to premiere on Showtime.

Premise

The untitled miniseries will tell the story of Roger Ailes who and "molded Fox News into a force that irrevocably changed the conversation about the highest levels of government, will help understand the events that led the rise of Donald Trump. The series focuses primarily on the past decade in which Ailes arguably became the Republican Party’s de facto leader, while flashing back to defining events in Ailes’ life, including an initial meeting with Richard Nixon on the set of The Mike Douglas Show that gave birth to Ailes’ political career and the sexual harassment accusations and settlements that brought his Fox News reign to an end. Told through multiple points of view, the limited series aims to shed light on the psychology that drives the political process from the top down."[1]

Cast and characters

Production

Development

On October 19, 2016, it was announced that Blumhouse Television was developing a television miniseries adaptation of the book The Loudest Voice in the Room by Gabriel Sherman. Tom McCarthy was expected to oversee the series and serve as an executive producer and Sherman and Jennifer Stahl were set as writers and co-executive producers.[2]

On April 4, 2017, it was announced that Showtime had put the series, titled Secure and Hold: The Last Days of Roger Ailes, into development. It was further announced that McCarthy would also serve as writer for the series alongside John Harrington Bland and that Sherman had been upped to an executive producer.[3] On May 18, 2017, following Ailes' death, it was confirmed that the series was still in development.[4]

On June 25, 2018, it was announced that Showtime had given the production, now untitled, a series order consisting of eight episodes. Additionally, it was announced that McCarthy and Sherman had co-written the first episode together and that Jason Blum, Alex Metcalf, Marci Wiseman, and Jeremy Gold would serve as further executive producers.[1] On August 23, 2018, it was announced that Kari Skogland would direct the first two episodes of the series.[5] On October 5, 2018, it was reported that Russell Crowe and Liza Chasin would serve the production as additional executive producers and that 3dot Productions would serve as a further production company for the series.[6]

Casting

Alongside the series order announcement, it was confirmed that Russell Crowe would star in the series as Roger Ailes.[1] In October 2018, it was announced that Naomi Watts, Seth MacFarlane, Sienna Miller, Simon McBurney, and Annabelle Wallis had been cast in starring roles.[6][7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Andreeva, Nellie (June 25, 2018). "Russell Crowe To Star As Roger Ailes In Limited Series Greenlighted By Showtime". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved August 23, 2018.
  2. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (October 19, 2016). "Roger Ailes Limited Series In the Works From Tom McCarthy & Blumhouse Based On Gabriel Sherman Reporting". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved August 23, 2018.
  3. ↑ Lang, Brent (April 4, 2017). "Showtime Lands Miniseries on Fox News Founder Roger Ailes". Variety. Retrieved August 23, 2018.
  4. ↑ Fleming Jr., Mike (April 4, 2017). "Blumhouse Launches Indie TV Studio With ITV; 'The Purge' Becomes Series, Roger Ailes Fox News Series Lands At Showtime". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved August 23, 2018.
  5. ↑ Petski, Denise (August 23, 2018). "Kari Skogland To Direct First Two Episodes Of Showtime's Roger Ailes Limited Series". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved August 23, 2018.
  6. 1 2 Andreeva, Nellie (October 5, 2018). "Naomi Watts To Star As Gretchen Carlson In Showtime's Roger Ailes Limited Series". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved October 5, 2018.
  7. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie; Petski, Denise (October 12, 2018). "Seth MacFarlane, Sienna Miller, Simon McBurney & Annabelle Wallis Join Showtime's Roger Ailes Limited Series". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
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