Vince McMahon is getting in the ring for another scripted wrestling series.
NBCUniversal is developing Pinned, a drama set in the world of fictional wrestling promotion.
Craig O’Neill, exec producer of the recent CSI: Vegas sequel series and MacGyver, is writing and exec producing the project with Fox Sports reporter Tom Rinaldi and WWE chief McMahon.
The project is described as an “adrenalized” upstairs-downstairs soap that gives a behind-the-scenes look at a fictional wrestling promotion and the “unforgettable” characters that populate it. Pinned offers a front-row seat into the eccentric wrestling culture and the mayhem that exists between the locker room and the boardroom.
Pinned, which has secured a script sale, comes from UCP. It is currently not set up at a specific NBCU network or streamer, as per the company’s recent development moves.
WWE’s Kevin Dunn and Chris Kaiser also exec produce.
It is the latest...
NBCUniversal is developing Pinned, a drama set in the world of fictional wrestling promotion.
Craig O’Neill, exec producer of the recent CSI: Vegas sequel series and MacGyver, is writing and exec producing the project with Fox Sports reporter Tom Rinaldi and WWE chief McMahon.
The project is described as an “adrenalized” upstairs-downstairs soap that gives a behind-the-scenes look at a fictional wrestling promotion and the “unforgettable” characters that populate it. Pinned offers a front-row seat into the eccentric wrestling culture and the mayhem that exists between the locker room and the boardroom.
Pinned, which has secured a script sale, comes from UCP. It is currently not set up at a specific NBCU network or streamer, as per the company’s recent development moves.
WWE’s Kevin Dunn and Chris Kaiser also exec produce.
It is the latest...
- 3/31/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
NBCUniversal has announced that it is developing “Pinned,” a new dramatic scripted series about the world of wrestling.
“Pinned” comes from Universal Content Productions and World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. The production is billed as a dramatic series with a logline touting “an adrenalized upstairs-downstairs soap that gives a behind-the-scenes look at a fictional wrestling promotion and the unforgettable characters that populate it.”
“Pinned” will offer a look into the world of wrestling culture, documenting the mayhem both within the locker room and the boardroom of wrestling organizations.
Craig O’Neill serves as an executive producer on the series, alongside Tom Rinaldi. World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. chief executive officer Vince McMahon also serves as an executive producer, alongside Kevin Dunn and Chris Kaiser.
NBCUniversal has not announced which platform it intends to launch “Pinned” on, whether one of its broadcast television networks or through its growing streaming platform, Peacock.
“Pinned” is...
“Pinned” comes from Universal Content Productions and World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. The production is billed as a dramatic series with a logline touting “an adrenalized upstairs-downstairs soap that gives a behind-the-scenes look at a fictional wrestling promotion and the unforgettable characters that populate it.”
“Pinned” will offer a look into the world of wrestling culture, documenting the mayhem both within the locker room and the boardroom of wrestling organizations.
Craig O’Neill serves as an executive producer on the series, alongside Tom Rinaldi. World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. chief executive officer Vince McMahon also serves as an executive producer, alongside Kevin Dunn and Chris Kaiser.
NBCUniversal has not announced which platform it intends to launch “Pinned” on, whether one of its broadcast television networks or through its growing streaming platform, Peacock.
“Pinned” is...
- 3/31/2022
- by J. Kim Murphy
- Variety Film + TV
Blumhouse is taking on the WWE — with a little help from Emmy nominees Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster, who met critical acclaim as writers and consulting producers on the comedy series “Transparent.”
First announced in 2021, “The United States of America Vs. Vince McMahon” has tapped as showrunners “Transparent” team Fitzerman-Blue and Harpster. The Writers Guild Award nominees, both for “Transparent” and Adapted Screenplay for feature “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood,” will take on the 1994 trial of WWE CEO Vince McMahon, who was accused of supplying steroids to WWE talent.
“Vince McMahon is a living legend. We are thrilled to tell his larger-than-life story with our partners at Blumhouse and WWE,” Fitzerman-Blue and Harpster said in a press statement.
Chris McCumber, president of Blumhouse Television, added, “Blumhouse is thrilled to be partnering with Noah and Micah on this project. Their ability to bring iconic characters to life in a nuanced,...
First announced in 2021, “The United States of America Vs. Vince McMahon” has tapped as showrunners “Transparent” team Fitzerman-Blue and Harpster. The Writers Guild Award nominees, both for “Transparent” and Adapted Screenplay for feature “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood,” will take on the 1994 trial of WWE CEO Vince McMahon, who was accused of supplying steroids to WWE talent.
“Vince McMahon is a living legend. We are thrilled to tell his larger-than-life story with our partners at Blumhouse and WWE,” Fitzerman-Blue and Harpster said in a press statement.
Chris McCumber, president of Blumhouse Television, added, “Blumhouse is thrilled to be partnering with Noah and Micah on this project. Their ability to bring iconic characters to life in a nuanced,...
- 3/30/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
The scripted series about WWE boss Vince McMahon’s federal steroids trial has brought on Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster, Variety has learned.
The pair will serve as writers, executive producers, and co-showrunners on the limited series, which is titled “The United States of America vs. Vince McMahon.” It was first announced as being in development back in July 2021. WWE and Blumhouse Television will produce.
“Vince McMahon is a living legend,” Fitzerman-Blue and Harpster said. “We are thrilled to tell his larger than life story with our partners at Blumhouse and WWE.”
Fitzerman-Blue and Harpster recently wrote the screenplays for films like “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood,” which starred Tom Hanks as iconic children’s TV host Fred Rogers. They also worked on the script for “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil” starring Angelina Jolie and wrote multiple episodes of the critically-acclaimed Amazon series “Transparent.” “Painkiller,” the Netflix limited series they...
The pair will serve as writers, executive producers, and co-showrunners on the limited series, which is titled “The United States of America vs. Vince McMahon.” It was first announced as being in development back in July 2021. WWE and Blumhouse Television will produce.
“Vince McMahon is a living legend,” Fitzerman-Blue and Harpster said. “We are thrilled to tell his larger than life story with our partners at Blumhouse and WWE.”
Fitzerman-Blue and Harpster recently wrote the screenplays for films like “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood,” which starred Tom Hanks as iconic children’s TV host Fred Rogers. They also worked on the script for “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil” starring Angelina Jolie and wrote multiple episodes of the critically-acclaimed Amazon series “Transparent.” “Painkiller,” the Netflix limited series they...
- 3/30/2022
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Emmy-nominated writers Micah Fitzerman-Blue & Noah Harpster (Transparent) have been tapped as co-showrunners for The United States of America Vs. Vince McMahon, a limited series in development by WWE and Blumhouse TV.
The project, announced last year, will be the first scripted portrayal of McMahon, the Chairman and CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment
The United States of America Vs. Vince McMahon will delve into WWE during the 1990s, a time when McMahon was repeatedly censured by infamous New York Post writer Phil Mushnick whose columns eventually drew the attention of the FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s office for the Eastern District of New York. McMahon was indicted by the U.S. government for allegedly supplying anabolic steroids to WWE talent, stood trial after refusing to take a plea, but was unanimously acquitted by the jury.
McMahon, Kevin Dunn, Jason Blum, Chris McCumber and Jeremy Gold will also executive produce.
Fitzerman-Blue...
The project, announced last year, will be the first scripted portrayal of McMahon, the Chairman and CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment
The United States of America Vs. Vince McMahon will delve into WWE during the 1990s, a time when McMahon was repeatedly censured by infamous New York Post writer Phil Mushnick whose columns eventually drew the attention of the FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s office for the Eastern District of New York. McMahon was indicted by the U.S. government for allegedly supplying anabolic steroids to WWE talent, stood trial after refusing to take a plea, but was unanimously acquitted by the jury.
McMahon, Kevin Dunn, Jason Blum, Chris McCumber and Jeremy Gold will also executive produce.
Fitzerman-Blue...
- 3/30/2022
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Blumhouse Television and WWE are grappling with a scripted series about wrestling chief Vince McMahon.
The two companies have teamed up to develop The United States of America Vs. Vince McMahon – the first scripted portrayal of the Chairman and CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment.
It is the latest project featuring the colorful character – WWE is working with The Ringer’s Bill Simmons to produce a multi-part docuseries about McMahon for Netflix.
The United States of America Vs. Vince McMahon will delve into WWE during the 1990s, at the time Rupert Murdoch had purchased the New York Post. For years, Post writer Phil Mushnick regularly hammered McMahon in his column with headlines like ‘Legislators Give WWE A Free Pass On ‘Roids’ and ‘McMahon Skips Through the Cemetery’ eventually capturing the attention of the FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York.
In 1994, the U.S. government...
The two companies have teamed up to develop The United States of America Vs. Vince McMahon – the first scripted portrayal of the Chairman and CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment.
It is the latest project featuring the colorful character – WWE is working with The Ringer’s Bill Simmons to produce a multi-part docuseries about McMahon for Netflix.
The United States of America Vs. Vince McMahon will delve into WWE during the 1990s, at the time Rupert Murdoch had purchased the New York Post. For years, Post writer Phil Mushnick regularly hammered McMahon in his column with headlines like ‘Legislators Give WWE A Free Pass On ‘Roids’ and ‘McMahon Skips Through the Cemetery’ eventually capturing the attention of the FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York.
In 1994, the U.S. government...
- 7/26/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
WWE and Blumhouse Television are tag-teaming on a limited series about Vince McMahon and the 1994 criminal case brought against the wrestling icon in which he was accused of supplying illegal anabolic steroids to his professional wrestlers.
"The United States of America Vs. Vince McMahon" is in development now as a series. It's a the first-ever scripted dramatic portrayal of a period in the history of the WWE, and the first ever scripted portrayal of McMahon, not to mention many other legendary WWE Superstars of the 1990s.
McMahon himself will executive produce with Jason Blum, as will Blumhouse TV president Chris McCumber and Jeremy Gold.
The series will be set in the '90s and delve into a time in which New York Post writer Phil Mushnick regularly hammered WWE chairman and CEO McMahon in his column, writing stories like “Legislators Give WWE a Free Pass on ‘Roids” and “McMahon Skips Through the Cemetery.
"The United States of America Vs. Vince McMahon" is in development now as a series. It's a the first-ever scripted dramatic portrayal of a period in the history of the WWE, and the first ever scripted portrayal of McMahon, not to mention many other legendary WWE Superstars of the 1990s.
McMahon himself will executive produce with Jason Blum, as will Blumhouse TV president Chris McCumber and Jeremy Gold.
The series will be set in the '90s and delve into a time in which New York Post writer Phil Mushnick regularly hammered WWE chairman and CEO McMahon in his column, writing stories like “Legislators Give WWE a Free Pass on ‘Roids” and “McMahon Skips Through the Cemetery.
- 7/26/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
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