Posted on 09/27/2006 3:42:31 PM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg
FX and "Nip/Tuck" creator Ryan Murphy have made a deal for a new drama called "4 oz." that will follow the metamorphosis of a married sportswriter who is a transsexual.
Murphy will exec produce with Brad Pitt and Dede Gardner as Pitt makes his first series foray.
Murphy, who has begun writing a pilot episode he hopes to shoot early next year, told Daily Variety that he has mapped out a natural five-season arc for the series that also focuses on the gender-conflicted protag's teenage sons. FX prexy-general manager John Landgraf bought the project in the room after Murphy pitched it.
"The first season deals with the revelation of his secret," Murphy said. "In the second season, he begins dressing like a woman. The third covers the surgery, and his inherent doubts about going through with it, and by the fourth season, he's living as a woman and attempting to find love."
Murphy said "4 oz." refers to the average weight of a penis, remarkably light given the amount of havoc it creates for men.
He and his producing partners will enlist a studio and search for an actor to play the daring role.
Murphy involved Plan B's Pitt and Gardner because of the relationship developed as they produced "Running With Scissors," the drama he adapted from the Augusten Burroughs memoir, on which he makes his feature directing debut.
Pitt and Gardner are also the producers of "Dirty Tricks," a drama Murphy wrote and will direct about eccentric Watergate scandal figure Martha Mitchell, who'll be played by Meryl Streep. Murphy plans to direct that film next year for Paramount Vantage.
Murphy is repped by CAA.
I didn't watch it, but I did catch that it was going to be on. You know it strikes me that the time is prime for Christians to start trying to penetrate this sphere of influence. I know it's a lot easier said than done, based on who owns the means of distribution, etc. However, I think it is possible, and of course would take quite a bit of money, but I think it would be worth it. Christian leaders and those who God has Graced with myriad talents could do it. We are up against a culture whose sensibilities have been raped overall, just by the incessant desensitization to sex and violence and a combination of the two. But, I still think that people love to be inspired, and the best way to do that is through communicating the Divine to them. The possibilites are endless, IMO.
That is proven true time and again.
Fox has begun a new venture in Christian programming. Hopefully, this will be more than a few "Left Behind" movies of the week.
I don't watch TV and rarely a movie any longer. And here I have two home theaters!!!
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