Fox said late Sunday that it is developing a drama series with the working title Billionaire apocalypse where it comes from The morning show creator Jay Carson and counts Hugh Jackman among its executive producers.
The series, produced by Fox Entertainment Studios for the Fox network, is written and executive produced by Carson, creator and writer of the Emmy-nominated Apple+ series. Morning show. Executive producers also include Lawrence Bender (Flesh and blood, Pulp Fiction) and Kevin Brown (In the flesh, Trumbo).
The plot of the drama: “The richest man on the planet, 200 of his employees and his family are forced to flee to his private island following a global financial collapse, where employees and family members – whom he treats as second thoughts for decades: quickly realize that he is no longer rich and therefore no longer in charge.
The project, which has received a screenplay commitment, is distributed worldwide by Fox Entertainment Global. No cast has been attached yet.
Furthermore Morning show, Carson's credits include serving as supervising producer on Netflix's first Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated series House of cards. He is currently creating and writing numerous films and TV shows, including a one-hour drama starring Judith Light, a film starring and directed by Josh Brolin, and another project starring Jackman.
Before launching his career in Hollywood, Carson worked in government and politics, starting with Senator Chuck Schumer's first run for the U.S. Senate in 1998 and Hillary Clinton's Senate run in 2000, and also worked as press secretary for U.S. Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle. While working for Daschle, he was one of about 20 people who contracted anthrax in the 2001 anthrax attacks on the Capitol. He also served as communications director for President Bill Clinton and press secretary for Hillary Clinton during her first presidential campaign.
Bender has produced films that have earned 37 Oscar nominations in total, including nine wins Pulp Fiction, Inglourious Basterds, Goodwill Hunt AND An inconvenient truth. Other film credits include Idris Elba-Regina King as the lead The more they fall, Mel Gibson's Hacksaw ridge, Martin Scorsese's Silence, Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill: Vol. 1 AND vol. 2 AND The hyenas, Brad Pitt-Julia Roberts starring The Mexican, Anna and the king with Jodie Foster and Chow Yun Fat and Robert Rodriguez From dusk to dawn. Television credits include A&E The Chicano team, CW Roswell, New Mexico, Netflix's Emmy winner Seven seconds and nominated for a Golden Globe by Starz Flesh and bone.
Brown has produced two dozen television and film projects, including Flesh and bone, seven seconds, The HBO ones Soul of the game and the Oscar-nominated film Trumbo.