A&E Greenlights 'Stephen King's Bag Of Bones' Miniseries Starring Pierce Brosnan

Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
edited July 2011 in News Posts: 13,355
A&E Network has greenlighted for production Stephen King’s Bag of Bones, a two-night, four-hour mini-series starring Pierce Brosnan. Annabeth Gish will co-star in the project, based on Stephen King's bestselling novel. Kelly Rowland also is expected to join the cast of the mini, from Sony Pictures Television, which will premiere on A&E in the fourth quarter of 2011. Mick Garris will direct from a script by Matt Venne. Filming is scheduled to begin next month in Nova Scotia, Canada.

Bag of Bones centers on bestselling novelist Mike Noonan (Brosnan), who is unable to stop grieving after the sudden death of his wife Jo (Gish). A dream inspires him to return to the couple's lakeside retreat in western Maine where he becomes involved in a custody battle between the daughter of an attractive young widow and the child's enormously wealthy grandfather, the mysterious ghostly visitations, the ever-escalating nightmares and the realization that his late wife still has something to tell him.

Bag of Bones is executive produced by Mark Sennett for Mark Sennet Entertainment, Mick Garris for Nice Guy Prods., Stewart Mackinnon for Headline Pictures and Craig Sheftell. Brian Gary and David Davoli are the co-executive producers. Garris, Sennett and Venne had been working on a Bag of Bones adaptation for several years, originally as a feature and then as a mini.

This is the second high-profile miniseries fronted by a movie star to be greenlighted at a A&E Network over the past couple of months. A&E's sibling History in May picked up The Hatfields and McCoys, starring Oscar winner Kevin Costner. CAA-repped Brosnan is already in business with Sony Pictures TV on an international private investigator series project from veteran ER writer-producer Jack Orman. Gish is with Innovative and Thruline.

http://www.deadline.com/2011/07/ae-greenlights-stephen-kings-bag-of-bones-miniseries-starring-pierce-brosnan/

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  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    Was just about to post this, samuel! Haha. I haven't seen much of Garris' work, but from comments on other sites, nobody seems to like him. But I'm crazy abkout Brosnan, so I'll end up tuning in.
  • j7wildj7wild Suspended
    edited July 2011 Posts: 823
    strange, when I first glanced at the title of this thread, I thought it was a Pierce Brosnan's biopic until I re-read the title more carefully and I saw the name Stephen King's!!

    :-))

    But Brosnan is starting to turn into a bag of bones - I think he looks terrible nowadays for being ONLY 58 and he hasn't aged well compared to Connery and Dalton and Lazenby and Moore!

    http://4pack.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/brosnanfat.jpg
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
    Posts: 15,718
    I used to live in Nova Scotia... I still have relatives there.
  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
    edited October 2011 Posts: 13,355
    A&E NETWORK PRESENTS ‘STEPHEN KING’S BAG OF Bones’ STARRING PIERCE BROSNAN

    FOUR-HOUR MINISERIES BASED ON KING’S ICONIC BESTSELLING SUPERNATURAL THRILLER PREMIERES SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11 AND CONCLUDES MONDAY, DECEMBER 12

    ALL-STAR CAST ALSO INCLUDES MELISSA GEORGE, ANNABETH GISH, ANIKA NONI ROSE, WILLIAM SCHALLERT, JASON PRIESTLEY AND CAITLIN CARMICHAEL

    NEW YORK, NY – October 24, 2011 – A&E Network presents “Stephen King’s Bag of Bones,” a four-hour epic miniseries based on The New York Times #1 bestselling novel, and featuring Pierce Brosnan’s return to television. The two- night event from Sony Pictures Television premieres on Sunday, December 11 and concludes on Monday, December 12, airing at 9PM ET/PT on both nights.

    “Bag of Bones” is a ghost story of grief and lost love's enduring bonds, about an innocent child caught in a terrible crossfire and a new love haunted by past secrets. Melissa George (“In Treatment”), Annabeth Gish (“Brotherhood”), Anika Noni Rose (Dreamgirls), William Schallert (“The Patty Duke Show”), Jason Priestley (“Beverly Hills, 90210”) and Caitlin Carmichael (“True Blood”) also star.

    In “Bag of Bones,” bestselling novelist Mike Noonan (Brosnan) is unable to stop grieving after the sudden death of his wife Jo (Gish). Suffering from writer’s block, a dream inspires him to return to the couple's lakeside retreat in western Maine. While there, Mike befriends an attractive young widow, Mattie (George) and her daughter Kyra (Carmichael), and becomes involved in a custody battle with the child's enormously wealthy grandfather, Max (Schallert). Though his ability to write suddenly returns, Mike is plagued by ever-escalating nightmares and mysterious ghostly visitations from Sara Tidwell (Rose), a blues singer whose spirit lingers in the house. As he is haunted by the many secrets at the lake, Mike comes to realize that his late wife still has something to tell him.

    “Bag of Bones” is produced by Sony Pictures Television for A&E. Executive producers are Mark Sennet for Mark Sennet Entertainment, Inc., Mick Garris for Nice Guy Productions, Inc. and Stewart Mackinnon for Headline Pictures Limited.

    Brian Gary and David Davoli are the co-executive producers. Mick Garris directed the Matt Venne penned script, based on The New York Times #1 bestseller by Stephen King.

    Will anyone be watching?
  • Posts: 1,856
    A&E green lights bag of bones? Sounds like a hospital drama.
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