TNT has given a pilot green light to Robbers. The network landed the drama in May in a competitive situation with Tim McGraw attached to star. He has since departed the project and won’t be in the pilot. Based on Christopher Cook's 2000 debut novel, Robbers hails from Sony Pictures TV, Sarah Timberman and Carl Beverly's Timberman/Beverly and Michael Dinner. Cook and Dinner are writing the adaptation, with Dinner set to direct. Described as being in the literary-noir…...
- 9/25/2015
- Deadline TV
"I get a lot [of scripts]; it's just finding the right thing for the right time," Tim McGraw told Rolling Stone Country back in the fall. And it looks like the right time is now.
The country-singing actor's reps confirm with us that he is set to executive produce and star in Robbers, a new crime drama series for TNT. The show is based on the 2000 Christopher Cook novel of the same name, with its storyline about two drifters named Eddie and Ray Bob, who go on a bloody, law-breaking road trip across the state of Texas.
The country-singing actor's reps confirm with us that he is set to executive produce and star in Robbers, a new crime drama series for TNT. The show is based on the 2000 Christopher Cook novel of the same name, with its storyline about two drifters named Eddie and Ray Bob, who go on a bloody, law-breaking road trip across the state of Texas.
- 5/7/2015
- Rollingstone.com
Country music? Done. Oscar-nominated films? Done. Next, Tim McGraw is taking on the small screen.
The singer/actor is set to star in and executive-produce Robbers, an upcoming drama project at TNT, our sister site Deadline reports.
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Based on Christopher Cook’s 2000 novel, Robbers follows two ex-cons on a crime spree across Texas. McGraw will play Ray Bob, one of the drifters, who is described as the “worst of the worst.”
McGraw is a newcomer to TV, but his film credits include The Blind Side,...
The singer/actor is set to star in and executive-produce Robbers, an upcoming drama project at TNT, our sister site Deadline reports.
RelatedTNT Sets Summer Dates for Last Ship, Major Crimes, Jennifer Beals Drama, Falling Skies‘ Final Run and More
Based on Christopher Cook’s 2000 novel, Robbers follows two ex-cons on a crime spree across Texas. McGraw will play Ray Bob, one of the drifters, who is described as the “worst of the worst.”
McGraw is a newcomer to TV, but his film credits include The Blind Side,...
- 5/6/2015
- TVLine.com
Tim McGraw is set to topline and executive produce Robbers, a drama project, which has landed at TNT in a competitive situation. Based on Christopher Cook’s 2000 debut novel, Robbers hails from Sony Pictures TV, Sarah Timberman and Carl Beverly’s Timberman/Beverly and Michael Dinner. Cook and Dinner are writing the adaptation, with Dinner set to direct. Described as being in the literary-noir tradition of Cormac McCarthy's No Country For Old Men, Robbers tells the story…...
- 5/6/2015
- Deadline TV
According to the faithful, images of Jesus have appeared on many objects -- tortillas, turtles and moldy drywall, to name a few. One alleged appearance happened in 1969 in Port Neches, Texas, where followers of the J-man claimed to see his likeness on the screen door of a house. The image attracted hordes of true believers and curiosity seekers until the owner tired of the crowds and removed the door.
This bit of Southeast Texas lore inspired Port Neches native Christopher Cook to write the acclaimed anthology Screen Door Jesus & Other Stories, which filmmaker Kirk Davis adapted for his debut feature Screen Door Jesus. The 2003 film is an uneven but largely accurate look at religion in a small East Texas town.
Screen Door Jesus weaves many loosely related story lines into a narrative about religious fervor and religious doubt. The film's central story involves Mother Harper (Cynthia Dorn), who sees Jesus...
This bit of Southeast Texas lore inspired Port Neches native Christopher Cook to write the acclaimed anthology Screen Door Jesus & Other Stories, which filmmaker Kirk Davis adapted for his debut feature Screen Door Jesus. The 2003 film is an uneven but largely accurate look at religion in a small East Texas town.
Screen Door Jesus weaves many loosely related story lines into a narrative about religious fervor and religious doubt. The film's central story involves Mother Harper (Cynthia Dorn), who sees Jesus...
- 2/4/2014
- by Don Clinchy
- Slackerwood
Investigators will try to determine Saturday if a woman who died while riding a roller coaster at a Six Flags amusement park in North Texas fell from the ride, dubbed the tallest steel-hybrid coaster in the world, after not being properly secured by staff, as some witnesses accounts contend. The accident happened just after 6:30 p.m. Friday at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington. Park spokeswoman Sharon Parker confirmed that a woman died while riding the Texas Giant roller coaster but did not specify how she was killed. Witnesses told local media outlets the woman fell. "She goes up like this.
- 7/20/2013
- by The Associated Press
- PEOPLE.com
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