Exclusive: Deadline has heard that Warner Bros. Television is developing a limited series. Buster Keaton Oscar and Emmy Award Winner Rami Malek Vaudeville turned silent comedy movie star.
Matt ReevesProduced by 6th & Idaho Productions, Malek and David Weddle, we understand that. Batman The director takes the lead. Three-time Emmy Award winner Ted CohenFriends, Inheritance, Veep) is in talks to write and executive produce the project.James Curtis Buster Keaton: The Life of a Filmmaker It has been noted as source material for the series, and negotiations are underway by the studio to secure the book.
6th & Idaho’s Daniel Pipski and Rafi Crohn also have an EP.
This project is ready to be purchased by streamers and networks. 6th & Idaho is under a comprehensive contract with Warner Bros. like the deadline first told youReeves also has his Batman Warner’s HBO Max spin-off series, penguin, Colin Farrell has reprized his webhand villain from the movie.
Known for his deadpan expression, actor and director Keaton starred in films such as: Playhouse, Cops, Electric House, Sherlock Jr. When general Among several others; the latter is considered his masterpiece.
of general, After being rejected by the Confederate Army and unaware that it was due to his vital civilian role, the engineer single-handedly recaptured a beloved locomotive after it was seized by Union spies and defeated the enemy. must return from the front line. Steamboat Bill Jr. is known as a nail-biting action-thriller with a brutal ending that sees Keaton make his way through a storm and one random catastrophe after another.
Born into a vaudeville family, Keaton’s career faltered after getting inked at MGM, and he lost his artistic independence. His wife divorced him and he became an alcoholic. His career picked up in his 1940s. He remarried and received an honorary Academy Award in 1959.
Filmmakers such as Mel Brooks, Martin Scorsese, and Orson Welles saw Keaton as an artist ahead of his time and were inspired by him. Curtis is a noted biographer of Preston Sturgis and WC Fields.
Reeves’ Batman Last year saw Warner Bros. return to theaters, grossing nearly $771 million worldwide. He was also one of the most watched movies on HBO Max. Malek won Best Actor at the Oscars as Queen frontman Freddie Mercury. bohemian rhapsody, He won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. Mr. Robot. He starred as the main villain in Daniel Craig’s 007 Swan Song, no time to die, Raised over $774 million worldwide
Marek is represented by WME, Brillstein Entertainment Partners and Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern. Cohen is represented by Literate Management, Rohner Walerstein, and UTA. Reeves is represented by CAA, 3 Arts, Jacoway Austin Tyrmann Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner & Klein.
Warner Bros. Television did not provide comment when contacted.