‘Rashomon’-Inspired Drama From Billy Ray, Virgil Williams & Amblin Television In Works At HBO Max
Peter White Television EditorHBO Max has boarded a television drama inspired by Akira Kurosawa’s 1950 classic Rashomon.The series, which is in development at the streamer, is being written by Billy Ray (Captain Phillips) and Virgil Williams (Mudbound) and produced by Amblin Television.The project has been in the works for around two years after the television arm of Steven Spielberg’s company announced that it had secured the rights to create a new series inspired by the film.Opus7 Entertainment’s Leigh Ann Burton and Mark Canton, founder of Atmosphere Entertainment and exec producer of Starz’ Power, initially approached Amblin with the opportunity and it was Burton who the producer said “successfully navigated the complex negotiation” and