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Breaking bad creator vince gilligan has teamed with hbo for a new drama titled raven, based on cult leader jim jones and the 1978 mass suicide at the peoples temple, or jonestown, in guyana. Hbo gets breaking bad creators jonestown cult series. Breaking bad creator vince gilligan reunites with michelle maclaren for a new hbo limited series about jim jones jonestown cult in the 1970s. Youre probably wondering when you can watch new episodes of silicon valley or westworld, right. Vince gilligan developing jim jones series for hbo. And find out what films are leaving so you can catch them before they disappear.
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Infamous cult leader jim jones will be the subject of an hbo limited series from breaking bad creator vince gilligan. This hbo schedule is updated regularly with all known air dates and premiere dates available. The show will focus on the infamous jim jones and his peoples temple cult, which tragically came to an end in jonestown in 1978. Breaking bad cocreator vince gilligan to produce hbo. Hbo never described the outsider as a limited series. The untold story of jim jones and his people by tim reiterman.
Based on the nonfiction book by tim reiterman, the drama will chronicle infamous cult leader jim jones, who founded the peoples temple and is responsible for the 1978 mass murdersuicide of nearly 1,000 people in jonestown, guyana. The outsider will probably get a second season on hbo tv. Vince gilligan, creator of breaking bad and better call saul, is set to explore the peoples temple of the disciples of christ cult and its leader jim jones with raven, a limited series which he. The guardian known as the phoenix fell last christmas, now the new phoenix and her team return to solomon city to stop the spread of the bloodline chemical from claiming more lives. Jonestown drama from vince gilligan, octavia spencer and. Vince gilliganwill write raven, an hbo series about jim jones, the peoples temple cult leader who led his followers to a mass murdersuicide. The following is a list of hbo programs that have appeared on the channel in the past. Vince gilligan develops hbo limited series about cult leader jim. The plot against america, hbo s sixepisode limited series from the wires david simon and ed burns, is an allegory in the vein of arthur millers the crucible. Sony tv productions, as is the limited series raven, about the 1978 jim jones massacre in guyana, that gilligan is shepherding for hbo. Diageo and hbo collaborated on creating eight single malt whiskies, with each one representing a major house in the acclaimed series, game of. In one of the first major pieces of new development outside of the breaking bad universe, vince gilligan has signed on to write and executive produce raven, a limited series for hbo about jim. Actress octavia spencer, who initially secured the rights to ravens source material tim reitermans nonfiction raven.
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