Lena Dunham & Ruth Wilson to Develop 'Mob Queens' HBO Series

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Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentItalian playwright Stefano Massini’s sweeping saga of family and finance “The Lehman Trilogy,” which is a hot ticket on Broadway in a Sam Mendes-directed adaptation, is being developed as a TV series for the international market by Italy’s Fandango, the prominent shingle behind Elena Ferrante skein “The Lying Life of Adults” for Netflix.Fandango chief Domenico Procacci said he has acquired an option for TV rights to Massini’s “Lehman Trilogy,” which

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The Voice was again Tuesday’s highest-rated primetime show, earning a 0.7 demo rating and 6.00 million viewers per Nielsen fast affiliates. However, NBC’s singing competition fell a tenth in the demo from last week and lost about 9% of its viewership.

While Chet Hanks is often the one hogging the spotlight – and often, for all the wrong reasons – Tom Hanks is the proud papa of four children, and he spent time with his youngest, Truman Hanks, on Tuesday (Nov. 23).

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Joe Otterson TV ReporterHBO has officially ordered The Weeknd’s drama series “The Idol,” Variety has learned.The Weeknd will star in the six-episode series, which was first announced as being in development in June, as well as serving as the co-creator.

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HBO sure does love its mafia stories, right? Well, as it seems like there’s not going to be a new ‘Sopranos’ series anytime soon, how about “Mob Queens” instead? READ MORE: Lena Dunham To Direct Lily Collins In A Live-Action ‘Polly Pocket’ Movie At MGM According to Variety, HBO is working with Lena Dunham, Dennis Lehane, and Ruth Wilson to bring the podcast “Mob Queens” to life as a limited series.

Ruth Wilson is teaming with Lena Dunham and Dennis Lehane for an HBO limited series based on the Stitcher podcast “Mob Queens.”Wilson will play Anna Genovese, the wife of infamous crime boss Vito Genovese.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterHBO is developing a limited series version of the Stitcher podcast “Mob Queens” with Lena Dunham, Ruth Wilson, and Dennis Lehane, Variety has learned.The series tells the story of Anna Genovese (Wilson), most widely known as the second wife of infamous crime boss Vito Genovese and a fixture in the Village’s drag bar scene in the 1930s who later broke Cosa Nostra law when she spilled the illegal dealings of her husband in divorce hearings.Dunham will co-write, direct, and

The story of Anna Genovese, the second wife of infamous crime boss Vito Genovese who broke Cosa Nostra law when she spilled the illegal dealings of her husband in divorce hearings, is being turned into a limited series for HBO.

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