Posts with tag King David
Posted Mar 30th 2008 6:23PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Pickups and Renewals, Casting

Chances are the NBC censor will not have to worry about Ian McShane's mouth this time around; he won't be playing Frank in
Deadwood. No, the new role he's tackling is a much more majestic kind of guy. What am I talking about?
Ian McShane has been cast as one of the title characters in NBC's new drama Kings.
McShane, who was a memorable, dirty-mouthed proprietor of a seedy saloon on HBO's
Deadwood, will be King Silas on
Kings. The Universal project is said to be set in modern times, although its based on a story from the Old Testament, King David (remember Richard Gere in the movie of the same name?)
Continue reading Ian McShane cast in royal drama for NBC
Posted Nov 5th 2007 3:00PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Industry, Programming, WGA Strike
Just because there's a writers strike doesn't mean the networks aren't buying new shows!
Just before the strike announcement, NBC made a deal for a new drama titled Kings, which is described as "a contemporary soap loosely based on the story of King David, the Biblical king of Israel." There's really something funny about that description.
Continue reading NBC greenlights new modern-day King David drama