You can add James Ponsoldt to the list of independent filmmakers trying their hand at TV. Following the likes of Lena Dunham (“Girls”), Sam Esmail (“Mr. Robot”) and Joe Swanberg (“Easy”), Ponsoldt is working on a half-hour pilot comedy called “The Legend of Master Legend” for Amazon. John Hawkes is in talks to star in the new series.
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Micah Fitzerman-Blue & Noah Harpster (“Transparent”) are writing and executive-producing the pilot, which is based on a Rolling Stone article about real-life superheroes — namely Master Legend himself, whose jurisdiction is mostly confined to the Las Vegas Strip. Hawkes, who received an Oscar nomination for his performance in “Winter’s Bone” and was more recently seen in “Too Late” and “Everest,” would play said vigilante.
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Micah Fitzerman-Blue & Noah Harpster (“Transparent”) are writing and executive-producing the pilot, which is based on a Rolling Stone article about real-life superheroes — namely Master Legend himself, whose jurisdiction is mostly confined to the Las Vegas Strip. Hawkes, who received an Oscar nomination for his performance in “Winter’s Bone” and was more recently seen in “Too Late” and “Everest,” would play said vigilante.
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- 9/21/2016
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
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