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Ridley Scott will direct Showtime's 'Vatican' pilot

'Quiz Show' scribe Paul Attanasio wrote the pilot

<p>Ridley Scott</p>

Ridley Scott

Showtime is kicking off its 2013 development season early, ordering a pilot for "The Vatican" from a pair of Oscar nominated heavy-hitters.
 
Described as "a provocative contemporary genre thriller about spirituality, power and politics -- set against the modern-day political machinations within the Catholic church," "The Vatican" comes from writer Paul Attanasio and will be directed by Sir Ridley Scott
 
The Sony Pictures Television production will begin production next year.
 
Attanasio has earned Oscar nominations for his scripts for "Quiz Show" and "Donnie Brasco," while his strong TV resume includes "House."
 
This will be the first TV pilot for "Gladiator" and "Prometheus" director Scott. Through the Scott Free banner he shared with his late brother Tony, Scott's TV productions have included "The Good Wife," "Numb3rs" and, for Showtime, "The Hunger."
 
On the new series front, Showtime has the dramas "Ray Donovan" and "The Masters of Sex" premiering in 2013.
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A long-time member of the TCA Board and a longer-time blogger of "American Idol," Dan Fienberg writes about TV, except for when he writes about movies or sometimes writes about the Red Sox. But never music. He would sound stupid talking about music.

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    Any news about the Kings of Midnight series , also on Showtime?
    Female crime lead based on Stroby novels,
    screenplay by Ted Talley? (Silence of the lambs etc)

    Would be a great part for Anna Torv, hoping that she still wants to do television,

    after the despicable treatment she got from Wyman in season 5, truly disgusting what he did with Olivia and Anna Torv, he did not give her any credit at all on last filming day, no photographs, not even the last wrap.
    (it all went to his fave boys Jackson and Noble, and I expected at least from Noble to have some class, but he showed himself to be just as full of himself as Jackson and Wyman are)

    December 25, 2012 at 3:00PM EST Reply to Comment

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