HBO snags Kathryn Bigelow

Oscar nominee to direct John Logan's "Miraculous Year"
By Nellie Andreeva and Matthew Belloni
Feb 14, 2010


HBO has snagged the hottest film director at the moment, Oscar nominee for "The Hurt Locker" Kathryn Bigelow.

Bigelow has come on board to direct "The Miraculous Year," a drama pilot by top feature writer John Logan.



Logan created and wrote "The Miraculous Year," an examination of a New York family as seen through the lens of a charismatic, self-destructive Broadway composer.

Logan, who is executive producing with Bigelow and Lydia Pilcher, has a theater background. He started off as a playwright before his first screenplay, "Any Given Sunday," got the attention of Oliver Stone.



"Miraculous Year" has been given a pilot order, with filming eyed to begin in May-June.

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"Miraculous Year" Not Going Forward At HBO
By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday November 9, 2010


HBO has opted not to proceed with John Logan's hourlong pilot "Miraculous Year", which was directed by Kathryn Bigelow.


I hear that the appeal of the project -- an exploration into a high-powered New York family: a self-distructive Broadway composer (Norbert Leo Butz), his powerful painter father Alex (Frank Langella) and his attorney sister Mandy Vance (Hope Davis) -- was probably too narrow.

The cast of the pilot also included Eddie Redmayne, Linus Roache and Patti LuPone as well as guest stars Susan Sarandon and Lee Pace.





HBO has had a busy pilot pickup year starting with the Michael Mann/David Milch collaboration "Luck", which has already been ordered to series.

The Diane Keaton starrer "Tilda" is still awaiting word while backup scripts are being written and reshoots on the pilot are being done.


HBO's recent pilot orders include the Justin Theroux/Steve Coogan comedy "Documental", Armando Iannucci's comedy "Veep", Alan Ball's drama "All Signs of Death" and the untitled Lena Dunham/Judd Apatow comedy.

http://www.deadline.com/2010/11/miraculous-year-not-going-forward-at-hbo/