'Breaking Bad' exec producer and Lawrence Bender team for Starz ballet series
'Gritty' new drama will be co-executive produced by 'Roswell's' Kevin Brown
'Breaking Bad'
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Some of the folks behind "Breaking bad" and "Pulp Fiction" have decided to hit the dance floor with Starz.
The cable network is developing a new original drama series from "Breaking Bad" Co-Executive Producer Moira Walley-Beckett and Quentin Tarantino's regular collaborator Lawrence Bender.
The as-yet-untitled drama will center on Claire, a young ballerina with a troubled past who joins a prestigious company in New York. The series is described as "dark and gritty."
Starz Entertainment is producing along with Executive Producers Bender ("Inglourious Basterds," "Pulp Fiction," "Good Will Hunting") and Kevin Brown ("Roswell"). Walley-Beckett, currently a Co-Executive Producer on “Breaking Bad,” will also serve as Co-Executive Producer.
Bender and Walley-Beckett are both former ballet dancers, and Brown has several former ballet dancers in his family, which was chronicled in the Oscar-nominated film "The Turning Point."
Dave Lewis has been a Los Angeles-based entertainment writer and editor for nearly ten years. Originally hailing from Minneapolis, he moved to L.A. in 1996 to attend USC, before working for various periodicals and web sites including a lengthy stint at Variety.com. He joined the HitFix staff in 2011.
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January 29, 2013 at 7:30PM EST Reply to CommentA gritty ballet drama? You don't see that everyday. Hmmm....
GRubi Black Swan was pretty gritty.
January 29, 2013 at 7:54PM ESTBrettPoker True. But I was imagining more of a mixing of The Nutcracker meets The Wire.
January 29, 2013 at 8:33PM EST