De Mornay, Paquin join HBO projects
De Mornay takes off in pilot
SepT 6, 2006
Rebecca De Mornay has been tapped to star opposite Bruce Greenwood in "John From Cincinnati," David Milch's drama pilot for HBO. Additionally, Oscar winner Anna Paquin is set to star opposite Aidan Quinn in "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee," Dick Wolf's original movie for HBO.
Matt Winston also has been cast in "John," written by "Deadwood" creator Milch and author Kem Nunn.
Set in the world of Southern California surfing, the project revolves around the dysfunctional Yost family of Imperial Beach -- patriarch Mitch (Greenwood), a former surfing star; his aggressively unhappy wife, Cissy (De Mornay); their drug-addicted, dissolute son, Butchie (Brian Van Holt), also a former surfing champ; and his son, Shaun -- who find their lives disrupted by the arrival of the dim but wealthy John (Austin Nichols) from Cincinnati, a savant who has come to take surfing lessons, and Barry Cunningham (Winston), who is returning to Imperial Beach to avenge a wrong done to him by the Yosts 23 years ago.
Also previously cast in the pilot, to be directed by Mark Tinker, are Ed O'Neill and Luis Guzman.
Milch is executive producing with Tinker, "Deadwood" executive producer Gregg Fienberg and Howard Rosenman.
De Mornay, who appeared in the 2005 features "Wedding Crashers" and "Lords of Dogtown," recently wrapped the indies "American Venus" and "Music Within." She is repped by the Gersh Agency, Untitled Entertainment and attorney Michael Gendler.
Winston, who is featured in the summer indie hit "Little Miss Sunshine," co-starred on NBC's short-lived comedy "Teachers." He is repped by the House of Representatives.
"Wounded Knee," executive produced by "Law & Order" chief Wolf and Tom Thayer, chronicles how American Indians were displaced as the U.S. expanded west during the latter half of the 19th century.
Paquin will play Elaine Goodale Eastman, a novelist, poet, journalist, editor, schoolteacher and activist with considerable influence on 19th century American Indian education. In 1885, she traveled west and opened a school on the Great Sioux Reservation in South Dakota, where she witnessed monumental events like the fallout from the Wounded Knee massacre in December 1890 and emerged as a voice for American Indian rights.
Yves Simoneau is set to direct "Wounded Knee" from a script by Daniel Giat. Production is slated to begin this month in Calgary, Canada.
Canada-born Paquin is set to be a member of the Canadian Feature Film Jury at the Toronto International Film festival this month.
On the big screen, she next appears in Kenneth Lonergan's "Margaret" and Marshall Lewy's "Blue State," which she produced with her brother Andrew Paquin.
Anna Paquin is repped by WMA, Brillstein-Grey Management and attorney Jason Sloane.
Matt Winston also has been cast in "John," written by "Deadwood" creator Milch and author Kem Nunn.
Set in the world of Southern California surfing, the project revolves around the dysfunctional Yost family of Imperial Beach -- patriarch Mitch (Greenwood), a former surfing star; his aggressively unhappy wife, Cissy (De Mornay); their drug-addicted, dissolute son, Butchie (Brian Van Holt), also a former surfing champ; and his son, Shaun -- who find their lives disrupted by the arrival of the dim but wealthy John (Austin Nichols) from Cincinnati, a savant who has come to take surfing lessons, and Barry Cunningham (Winston), who is returning to Imperial Beach to avenge a wrong done to him by the Yosts 23 years ago.
Also previously cast in the pilot, to be directed by Mark Tinker, are Ed O'Neill and Luis Guzman.
Milch is executive producing with Tinker, "Deadwood" executive producer Gregg Fienberg and Howard Rosenman.
De Mornay, who appeared in the 2005 features "Wedding Crashers" and "Lords of Dogtown," recently wrapped the indies "American Venus" and "Music Within." She is repped by the Gersh Agency, Untitled Entertainment and attorney Michael Gendler.
Winston, who is featured in the summer indie hit "Little Miss Sunshine," co-starred on NBC's short-lived comedy "Teachers." He is repped by the House of Representatives.
"Wounded Knee," executive produced by "Law & Order" chief Wolf and Tom Thayer, chronicles how American Indians were displaced as the U.S. expanded west during the latter half of the 19th century.
Paquin will play Elaine Goodale Eastman, a novelist, poet, journalist, editor, schoolteacher and activist with considerable influence on 19th century American Indian education. In 1885, she traveled west and opened a school on the Great Sioux Reservation in South Dakota, where she witnessed monumental events like the fallout from the Wounded Knee massacre in December 1890 and emerged as a voice for American Indian rights.
Yves Simoneau is set to direct "Wounded Knee" from a script by Daniel Giat. Production is slated to begin this month in Calgary, Canada.
Canada-born Paquin is set to be a member of the Canadian Feature Film Jury at the Toronto International Film festival this month.
On the big screen, she next appears in Kenneth Lonergan's "Margaret" and Marshall Lewy's "Blue State," which she produced with her brother Andrew Paquin.
Anna Paquin is repped by WMA, Brillstein-Grey Management and attorney Jason Sloane.
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