David O. Russell is bringing his biggest guns out for his upcoming cop series.
Robert De Niro will be transitioning to the small screen for his next collaboration with David O. Russell. If Russell doesn’t make the former Raging Bull cry, like he did to Amy Adams, De Niro will star along with Julianne Moore for a serialized limited TV series that is expected to hit the marketplace later this month.
De Niro starred in Russell’s films Silver Linings Playbook and Joy.
There aren’t many details about the project, which is being produced by Scott Lambert, Alexandra Milchan and Megan Ellison. Rumors say it will be a crime thriller set in the 1990s that is designed to run for multiple seasons. There is no word yet on writers or whether the show is being shopped to networks, cable or streaming services.
The series will be Russell’s biggest dip in TV. In the last ten years, Russell developed TV projects for FX, CBS and ABC. He was the executive producer on Syfy’s five-episode series Outer Space Astronauts in 2009.
The project is being produced by Megan Ellison of Annapurna Pictures, which produced Joy and American Hustle. Alexandra Milchan and Scott Lambert are onboard as producers on the as-yet-untitled series.
De Niro will next be seen as stock cheat Bernie Madoff in the HBO movie Wizard of Lies, which is being directed by Barry Levinson. Moore will next be seen in the film Wonderstruck, which is being directed by Todd Haynes.
SOURCE: THR
