I think it's official now: American Movie Classics has become the new hip network to watch. And that's something that we couldn't have predicted just a couple of years ago.
After bringing the critically-acclaimed Mad Men to the network and the new series Breaking Bad (not to mention Hustle), AMC has announced that director Darren Aronofsky (Pi, Requiem For A Dream,The Fountain) is developing a new series for the cable network titled Riverview Towers, about a family that moves into an apartment complex and spooky things start to happen.
I can relate to this. My building not only has water that sometimes leaks into my apartment from the tenants above me (I've lost count as to how many times that has happened), one time a bunch of vanilla actually leaked from the ceiling and fell on my washing machine. My very own Vanilla Sky.
Like Mad Men, Riverview Towers was originally in development at HBO. I don't think HBO is happy they let Mad Men go. I wonder if this is another show they'll feel bad about letting go.
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4-08-2008 @ 3:58PM
Jesse said...
Darren Aronofsky, master of pretentious overhyped bullshit. I'm sure the reviews will probably go crazy for it but I doubt I'll be tuning in.
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4-08-2008 @ 9:45PM
Orangecrush said...
It would be great if he gets is constant composer Clint Mansell to do the score. Or at least the theme song.
4-09-2008 @ 12:54AM
Tele-Toby said...
'Mad Men' was AMC's first series produced for the network, (well, one they picked up after HBO passed), but I think their re-invention of themselves began when they acquired "Hu$tle" from Great Britain.
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