Jim Beaver (JUMBLEJIM@prodigy.net)
Wed, 15 Sep 1999 17:00:01 -0700
Never mind the links. Here's the story from the print version
of today's Variety:
Helmer Thomas Carter and scribe David Mills are resurrecting
Denzel Washington's detective character from 1995's "Devil in
a Blue Dress" for a one-hour urban detective drama in
development at ABC.
Alphabet has given a pilot commitment to the project, which
is being produced inhouse at Touchstone Television and
targeted for the 2000-2001 season. Carter ("Equal Justice,"
"Miami Vice") will exec produce and direct the pilot, with
Mills ("ER," "Homicide: Life on the Street") penning the
script.
Released by Col TriStar in 1995, "Devil" featured Washington
as Ezikeal
"Easy" Rawlins, a black detective in 1948 Los Angeles who
becomes entangled in a web of politics and racism. Carl
Franklin ("One False Move") helmed the pic, which was based
on a Walter Mosley novel.
Washington is not attached to the skein, but the show will
feature a black thesp in the lead and retain the strong
African-American themes of the pic. With the major webs under
attack for a lack of minorities in their fall shows, the
Carter-Mills project could rep a significant step forward
toward addressing those concerns.
in addition to exec producing "Equal Justice," Carter exec
produced HBO's
"Don King: Only in America," which won a best telepic Emmy in
1998. Carter also exec produced and wrote the short-lived
drama "Divas" in 1995. A former journo, Mills has served as a
co-producer on "ER" and "NYPD Blue" and also wrote for the
NBC detective drama "Homicide: Life On the Street."
Carter and Mills are repped by CAA.
Jim Beaver
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