Based on Maddow’s 2018 podcast, the story centers on Spiro T. Agnew, the VP to former President of the United States Richard Nixon, and the bribery and extortion ring he ran during his time in office and was investigated for by the US Attorney for the District of Maryland in 1973, during the height of the Watergate scandal. The podcast was recently translated into a novel, whose logline reads as follows:
Is it possible for a sitting vice president to direct a vast criminal enterprise within the halls of the White House? To have one of the most brazen corruption scandals in American history play out while nobody’s paying attention? And for that scandal to be all but forgotten decades later? The year was 1973, and Spiro T. Agnew, the former governor of Maryland, was Richard Nixon’s second-in-command. Long on firebrand rhetoric and short on political experience, Agnew had carried out a bribery and extortion ring in office for years, when at the height of Watergate three young fed
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Ben Stiller To Direct Film Adaptation Of Rachel Maddow s Bag Man Podcast
Actor-filmmaker Ben Stiller is set to direct the movie adaptation of Rachel Maddow s hit 2018 podcast Bag Man . According to Deadline, Focus Features is developing the project. Stiller is also co-writing the script with Adam Perlman and Mike Yarvitz, who produced the original podcast. Based on one of the most brazen political bribery scandals in American History, Bag Man focuses on the 1973 political scandal surrounding Richard Nixon s vice president Spiro Agnew, who quietly ran a bribery and extortion ring while nobody was paying attention. The improbable story asks: Is it possible for an American Vice President to carry out a criminal enterprise inside the White House and have nobody remember? A book on the podcast, titled Bag Man: The Wild Crimes, Audacious Cover-up, and Spectacular Downfall of a Brazen Crook in the White House, was published in December 2020. It was co-penned by Maddo
Ben Stiller to Direct Adaptation of Rachel Maddow s Bag Man Podcast
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Ben Stiller is set to direct “Bag Man,” a big-screen adaptation of Rachel Maddow’s hit podcast. The film is being developed at Focus Features.
In addition to directing duties, Stiller is also co-writing the script with Adam Perlman and Mike Yarvitz. The latter executive produced the podcast, which debuted in 2018, and later penned the book with Maddow.
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The cast has not been announced.
Based on one of the most brazen political bribery scandals in American History, “Bag Man” centers on the 1973 political scandal surrounding Richard Nixon’s vice president Spiro Agnew, who quietly ran a bribery and extortion ring while nobody was paying attention. The improbable story asks: Is it possible for an American Vice President to carry out a criminal enterprise inside the White House and have nobody remember?
Samberg, Siara, Hawley & Stiller Unite for Apple Sci-Fi Comedy
After teaming for the highly-acclaimed time looping rom-com
Palm Springs, Andy Samberg and writer Andy Siara are reuniting and partnering with
Fargo creator Noah Hawley and Emmy winner Ben Stiller (
Escape at Dannemora) for an untitled sci-fi comedy drama at Apple, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Plot details for the project are currently being kept close to the chest, but it’s been confirmed that Siara will be penning the script on an original idea
BoJack Horseman creator and writer Raphael Bob-Waksberg. In addition to scripting, Siara is set to executive produce the Samberg-starring project alongside Red Hour Productions’ Jackie Cohen, while the
Apple has landed a sci-fi comedy-drama from Andy Samberg and Ben Stiller.
It comes from the mind behind
Bojack Horseman and the writer of
Palm Springs.
As reported by The Hollywood Reporter, Apple TV+ has landed a new project from Andy Samberg and Ben Stiller. Samberg has teamed up once again with Andy Siara, the writer of
Palm Springs, from an untitled sci-fi comedy-drama. According to the report, Apple finalized the deal for the project over the weekend after a competition with other studios.
While details of the project itself are unknown, it has been revealed that it is an original idea from Raphael Bob-Waksberg, the mind behind