Kevin Kline Theater Comedy & Cocaine Drama From Chris Brancato In The Works At Epix
deadline.comEpix has put four scripted projects in development including a pair of comedies, one starring A Fish Called Wanda star Kevin Kline.Kline is to star in American Classic, which would mark the actor’s second TV project if it goes to series.
He recently signed up to star alongside Cate Blanchett in Alfonso Cuarón’s Disclaimer for Apple.In the half-hour series, Kline plays Broadway star and notorious narcissist Richard Bean, who suffers a spectacular public meltdown, and returns to his tiny hometown and the family-run theater where he first became aware of his own brillianceWhen he arrives, he is shocked to discover that his father, the former artistic director has slipped into a puppet-filled dementia, and that the once respected theater run by his brother, played by The Closer’s Jon Tenney, and his wife, who is now the town’s mayor, has become, by necessity, a low-rent dinner theater serving roast beef and murder mysteries.
He decides to save the town, the theater and the world by presenting a great American classic on the dinner theater stage, directed by and starring, of course, himself.The series comes from Anonymous Content’s AC Studios and Epix Studios with Kline, Michael Hoffman, Bob Martin, Leslie Urdang, Anthony Bregman and Miriam Mintz attached as executive producers.Elsewhere, Chris Brancato, creator of Epix’s Godfather of Harlem, is developing Hotel Cocaine.It is the story of Roman Compte, Cuban exile, CIA operative and general manager of the Hotel Mutiny, the glamorous epicenter of the late 70’s, early 80’s Miami cocaine scene.
The Hotel Mutiny was Casablanca on cocaine, a glitzy nightclub, restaurant, and hotel frequented by Florida businessmen and politicians, international narcos, CIA and FBI agents, models,
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