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EXCLUSIVE: James Mangold is revisiting nan movie that catapulted him into nan apical ranks of Hollywood filmmakers, nan 1997 Cop Land, headlined by Sylvester Stallone. In his return to tv aft almost a decade, Mangold is group to co-write, nonstop and executive nutrient a bid adjustment of his movie, from Paramount Television Studios and Miramax Television.
Co-written and executive produced by The Old Man co-creator Robert Levine, who will service arsenic showrunner, nan crime play was precocious taken retired and has already garnered 4 offers, sources said.
Cop Land, which would people Mangold’s first bid arsenic a writer, stems from nan wide woody nan five-time Oscar-nominated filmmaker signed pinch Paramount Pictures successful September, a period aft Skydance’s acquisition of Paramount Global. The project’s origins day backmost to conversations Mangold had had pinch Jonathan Glickman pursuing Glickman’s assignment arsenic Miramax CEO 2 years agone astir adapting nan title from nan studio’s movie room to television.
Under Paramount’s post-merger structure, Paramount Pictures co-chair Dana Goldberg besides oversees Paramount Television Studios, a move designed to facilitate connection betwixt nan movie and nan streaming-focused TV studio, allowing talent to migrate betwixt nan two. (Some of Paramount’s high-profile talent deals made since nan merger, including pacts pinch nan Duffer Brothers and Issa Rae, span some movie and TV.)
New Paramount has been successful nan James Mangold business from Day One. The first large characteristic task announced hours aft nan merger closed was High Side, Mangold’s re-team pinch Timothée Chalamet pursuing their caller collaboration on A Complete Unknown, which Paramount won successful a bidding war.
The wide characteristic woody pinch Mangold followed, and conversations nether that pact led to nan thought for turning Cop Land into a TV series. Mangold wrote and directed nan good reviewed film, which starred Harvey Keitel, Ray Liotta and Robert De Niro alongside Stallone, a formidable formed for a filmmaker pinch only a mini indie movie, Heavy, nether his loop until then. Distributed by Miramax, Cop Land grossed $63.7 cardinal connected a $15 cardinal budget.
This would people nan highest-profile Paramount-Miramax TV collaboration to date. Paramount owns 49% of nan indie studio, a co-venture pinch Qatar’s beIN Media Group. Mining nan Miramax room is simply a attraction for Paramount TV Studios, on pinch pursuing Paramount movie IP and processing original ideas.
Since its launch, Paramount TV Studios has sold respective high-profile projects pinch straight-to-series orders, some to related Paramount+ (9/12) and extracurricular streamers (The Corrections to Netflix.)
Cop Land starred Stallone arsenic nan sheriff of a mini New Jersey municipality who comes into conflict pinch nan corrupt New York City constabulary officers who unrecorded there. The formed besides included Peter Berg, Janeane Garofalo, Robert Patrick, Michael Rapaport, Annabella Sciorra, Noah Emmerich and Cathy Moriarty.
Mangold ‘s characteristic directing credits besides see Girl, Interrupted, Walk nan Line, 3:10 to Yuma, arsenic good arsenic nan Adapted Screenplay Oscar nominee Logan, Best Picture nominee Ford v. Ferrari and Best Picture and Best Director nominee A Complete Unknown.
In TV, he astir precocious executive produced nan USA bid Damnation, which streamed connected Netflix. He besides executive produced CBS’ Zoo arsenic good arsenic CBS’ Vegas and NYC 22 and ABC’s Men In Trees, whose pilots he directed. Mangold is repped by WME, Entertainment 360 and Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern.
Levine was co-creator and executive shaper connected nan FX bid The Old Man starring Jeff Bridges. He besides created and executive produced Starz’s Black Sails and worked connected Jericho, Harpers Island, Human Target and Touch. Levine is repped by WME and TFC Management.
