Carl Franklin to direct David Milch's cop drama
By CYNTHIA LITTLETON
HBO and Showtime have landed helmers for high-profile pilots.
Carl Franklin is set to direct HBO's David Milch pilot "Last of the
Ninth"; Allen Coulter has signed on for Showtime's untitled Edie Falco
comedy.
"Last of the Ninth," a cop drama set in Gotham circa 1972, revolves
around a younger detective just back from the Vietnam War and his
mentor relation****p with an older detective; the younger detective
goes undercover. Milch is exec producing with his longtime
collaborator and former police gumshoe Bill Clark.
Franklin recently helmed the pilot for FX's "The Riches" and handled a
seg of HBO's upcoming mini "The Pacific."
Coulter's reuniting with former "Sopranos" star Falco for the Showtime
half-hour about an independent-minded nurse who fights bureaucracy and
inefficiency in the contempo health-care system. Lionsgate TV-produced
pilot will be exec produced by scribes Linda Wallem and Liz Brixius,
who co-wrote the script with Evan Dunsky, and Caryn Mandabach.
Coulter's long been a regular in HBO's helmer stable, directing segs
of "The Sopranos," "Six Feet Under," "*** and the City" and "Rome."
More recently, he directed the pilot for FX's "Damages," and he just
wrapped production on the FX drama pilot "Sons of Anarchy," set in the
world of motorcycle clubs.
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