The Woman’s Hour: Spielberg’s Amblin TV Developing Voting Rights Drama

The Woman's Hour: Spielberg's Amblin TV Developing Voting rights Drama

The Woman’s Hour: Spielberg’s Amblin TV developing voting rights drama

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Hollywood veteran Steven Spielberg and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton are teaming up to produce and develop a television adaptation of the acclaimed liberation novel, The Woman’s Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote.

The novel, which was published earlier this year, follows the women who battled for the right to vote and celebrates their efforts to change history in laying the foundation for the civil rights movement that arrived three decades later, and for getting the 19th Amendment ratified in 1920.

Spielberg’s production group Amblin TV optioned the rights to the Elaine Weiss novel with the intention of adapting it into either a TV movie or limited series with plans to shop the project to premium cable networks such as HBO and Showtime or to streaming services such as Netflix or Hulu.

“At the heart of democracy lies the ballot box, and Elaine Weiss’ unforgettable book tells the story of the female leaders who — in the face of towering economic, racial and political opposition — fought for and won American women’s right to vote. Unfolding over six weeks in the summer of 1920, The Woman’s Hour is both a page-turning drama and an inspiration for everyone, young and old, male and female, in these perilous times. So much could have gone wrong, but these American women would not take no for an answer: their triumph is our legacy to guard and emulate,” Clinton said to THR. “I am thrilled to be working with Elaine, Steven and everyone at Amblin Television on bringing this important project to audiences everywhere.”

Clinton, who is making her producing debut with this project and is set to make a cameo appearance in the fifth season premiere of Madam Secretary, is expected to oversee the search for the writers, directors and cast members. Clinton’s husband, former president Bill, is also adapting a television project based on his book The President is Missing with James Patterson for Showtime and Barack and Michelle Obama just inked a multi-year deal to produce shows and films for Netflix.

The post The Woman’s Hour: Spielberg’s Amblin TV Developing Voting Rights Drama appeared first on ComingSoon.net.

0 comments:

Video Games Movies / Film Music Nerd News Star Trek Nerd Trailers DC Comics Sci-Fi Television / TV Comic Books Movie News DC Cinematic Universe Movie Trailers News Comedy / Humor TV News Nintendo Wii Batman Technology Batman v Superman Superman Celebrities Music Videos Comic Strips Syko.org TV Promos Wonder Woman Animation Marvel Comics Social Media Sports Arizona / AZ Stargate Superbowl Football Linkin Park Man of Steel Science Suicide Squad Xbox 360 DC Films Editorials Government Nintendo DS Box Office Comic Book News DC Television Universe Green Lantern Harley Quinn Microsoft Rock News Suns Twitter Videos Basketball Blogosphere Business DC Extended Universe Daily Deals Food / Beverage Marijuana Marvel Cinematic Universe PlayStation 3 Spider-man Staff News Super Bowl 50 The Joker Video of the Day Warner Bros. Web Development Wonder Woman Angry Birds Apple Aquaman Archie Comics Auctions Batgirl Birds of Prey Bizzaro Bizzaro Girl Bluetooth Books Bryan Fuller C4MULA CBS California California / CA Cartoons Chester Bennington Crime Customization DC Entertainment DC TV Dead by Sunrise Deaths Deep Space Nine Ebay Email Facebook Fanmade Features Federation Financial Florida / FL Fringe Gmail Google+ Greg Berlanti Hawkman Health Japan Julien-K Literature Luxury Martian Manhunter Mobile / Wireless Multiplayer Multitouch Music News NSFW Nevada / NV Nintendo 3DS No Warning Operating Systems Orgy PSN Papa Roach Pete's Dragon Press Releases Rap Music Reviews Rockstar Seth Macfarlane Software Software Update Sony Star Trek Beyond Streaming Media Supergirl Syko Sam SykoDeals SykoPoetry Tech News The Avengers The CW The Flash The Flintstones Themes Transportation Trekkers Trekkies Trekspertise United Family Music Voyager Walmart Warehouse 13 Website Tools Windows Windows 10 Windows Media Xbox Live iMac