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01-06-2010, 09:45 AM
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HBO moves forward with Milch racing-theme series
David Milch, who as a horse owner won the Breeders' Cup Mile with Val Royal, has been greenlighted by HBO for the series 'Luck'. Milch is best known for 'Deadwood' and 'Hill Street Blues', and has wanted to do a racetrack story project for many years. I met him in November, and my ATR associate John Perrotta has been working as a script consultant for 6 months on the pilot and early episodes. It will film at Santa Anita. Milch will visit ATR today or tomorrow, and we'll have a lot of association with the project moving forward. Should be a lot of fun and another plus for fans hungry for racing entertainment.
http://www.variety.com/article/VR111...goryid=14&cs=1 Mann, Milch in 'Luck' with HBO Mann to direct the hourlong pilot from 'Deadwood' scribe By MICHAEL FLEMING Michael Mann is in talks to direct "Luck," an hourlong HBO series pilot about horse racing culture created by David Milch. Milch, who wrote the series pilot, last brought "John From Cincinnati" and "Deadwood" to HBO. Milch will be exec producer, along with former HBO programming topper Carolyn Strauss and Mann. The plan is to shoot in April, most likely at Santa Anita Race Track. Getting to the starting gate is a major achievement for Milch, who has seen horse racing from every angle, including owning close to 100 horses and winning several Breeders' Cup races. "The pilot is about a bunch of intersecting lives in the world of horse racing," Milch told Daily Variety. "It's a subject which has engaged and some might say has compelled me for 50 years. I've joked that if I just can make $25 million on this show, I'll be even on research expenses. I find it as complicated and engaging a special world as any I've ever encountered, not only in what happens in the clubhouse and the grandstand, but also on the backside of the track, where the training is done and where they house the horses."
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01-06-2010, 09:54 AM
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As Al Swerengen would say...Out...f***ing..standing.
Deadwood was one of my all time favorite series! He will surely do a wonderful job and it will be great exposure for the sport.
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01-06-2010, 09:57 AM
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Very cool
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01-06-2010, 10:28 AM
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will drugs make a cameo
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01-06-2010, 10:28 AM
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It has to be better than John from Cincinnati.
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01-06-2010, 10:52 AM
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Nice! Hill Street Blues was a real groundbreaker.
I liked when Milch was quoted: "I've joked that if I just can make $25 million on this show, I'll be even on research expenses." The perils of ownership. --Dunbar
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Curlin and Hard Spun finish 1,2 in the 2007 BC Classic, demonstrating how competing in all three Triple Crown races ruins a horse for the rest of the year...see avatar photo from REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
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01-07-2010, 08:45 PM
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David Milch joined me at 4:30 today and anyone concerned about how racing will be portrayed in 'Luck' should listen.
Milch loves the game and this is going to be terrific.
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All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind. ~ Joseph Conrad A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right. ~ Thomas Paine Don't let anyone tell you that your dreams can't come true. They are only afraid that theirs won't and yours will. ~ Robert Evans The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. ~ George Orwell, 1984.
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01-07-2010, 08:55 PM
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