By Nellie Andreeva and Mike Fleming Jr
EXCLUSIVE: HBO has stopped production on its high-profile six-hour miniseries Lewis And Clark
starring Casey Affleck and Matthias Schoenaerts and executive produced
by Tom Hanks and Brad Pitt. We hear there were internal as well as
external, weather-related factors that have impacted the production,
leading to what has been described as a rough shoot so far. As a result,
HBO is taking some time and will be making two major behind-the-scenes
changes.
“We are temporarily pausing production on the HBO miniseries Lewis And Clark,”
HBO said in a statement to Deadline. “For creative reasons, director
John Curran and director of photography Rob Hardy will be leaving the
production. We will be bringing on a new director, and we plan to
resume filming as soon as possible.”
There is no filming restart date set yet.
Based on the book “Undaunted Courage,” by Stephen E. Ambrose, Lewis And Clark
tells the story of America’s first contact with the land and native
tribes of the country west of the Mississippi River. The miniseries
follows the epic journey of the Corps of Discovery and its captains,
Meriwether Lewis (Affleck) and William Clark (Schoenaerts), who traverse
uncharted territory on a mission to deliver President Jefferson’s
message of sovereignty as they search for his fabled all-water route to
the Pacific.
HBO
and National Geographic Studios present a Playtone, Plan B and Class 5
production; Michelle Ashford , John Curran and Edward Norton were the
writers.
Executive producing are Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman, Edward Norton, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Tim Kelly and Adam Leipzig.
HBO recently paused production on another project, David Fincher’s 1980s music video industry comedy series referred to as Videosynchrazy.
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