AMC, Duvall to ride Pony Express
Donner expected to direct Western series
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Fox TV Studios is lined up to produce the untitled drama, which will center on the Pony Express. The pioneering service lasted only from 1860 to 1861 but remains a fabled part of Western lore.
Erik Jendresen ("Band of Brothers") is attached to write the project, while Richard Donner is expected to direct. Duvall would play an as-yet undetermined character on the drama.
Duvall's production partner, Rob Carliner, is also attached, through their Butchers Run Films shingle.
Project is still in its early phase, with a script yet to be written. But given their success with the Emmy-winning Duvall telepic "Broken Trail," AMC scripted series/miniseries senior VP Christina Wayne said the project made sense for the channel.
"We've known about this project and have tracked it for a while," Wayne said. "Clearly our interest peaked with Duvall, who we've had great success with. "
The Pony Express project also extends AMC's relationship with Jendresen, who's also penning (with Chris McQuarrie) an updated version of the 1974 feature "The Conversation" as a series for the cabler.
Duvall, meanwhile, is starring in and directing the four-hour thriller "The Line" for America Saga Prods.
