Exclusive: House of Lies creator Matthew Carnahan has signed with Verve for representation.
Writer, showrunner and director Carnahan is best known as the creator of House of Lies, starring Don Cheadle and Kristen Bell, which ran for five seasons on Showtime. He also directed several episodes of the Emmy-winning series. Additionally, Carnahan wrote, directed, and executive produced Valley of the Boom, a six-part series for STX and National Geographic detailing the Silicon Valley boom in the 90’s, starring Bradley Whitford and Steve Zahn. He also created, directed and ran Dirt, starring Courteney Cox on FX.
After working as a playwright and director in New York, Carnahan was selected for Steven Spielberg’s prestigious Chesterfield Fellowship, and went on to premiere films at Sundance, Mailman in 1996 and Black Circle Boys, in 1997.
Carnahan is currently developing a Las Vegas casino project, The Emperor of Clark County, at Netflix with Martin Scorsese and Lbi Entertainment,...
Writer, showrunner and director Carnahan is best known as the creator of House of Lies, starring Don Cheadle and Kristen Bell, which ran for five seasons on Showtime. He also directed several episodes of the Emmy-winning series. Additionally, Carnahan wrote, directed, and executive produced Valley of the Boom, a six-part series for STX and National Geographic detailing the Silicon Valley boom in the 90’s, starring Bradley Whitford and Steve Zahn. He also created, directed and ran Dirt, starring Courteney Cox on FX.
After working as a playwright and director in New York, Carnahan was selected for Steven Spielberg’s prestigious Chesterfield Fellowship, and went on to premiere films at Sundance, Mailman in 1996 and Black Circle Boys, in 1997.
Carnahan is currently developing a Las Vegas casino project, The Emperor of Clark County, at Netflix with Martin Scorsese and Lbi Entertainment,...
- 4/21/2023
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Matthew Carnahan (House of Lies), Emmy nominee Nadia Hallgren (Becoming), and Ben Crump are developing the legal series Stokes, based on Crump’s life and work as a civil rights attorney. The series will also follow Crump and his team as they travel the country fighting to change the problems within the justice system.
Carnahan, creator and showrunner of Stokes, developed the script with Hallgren. Crump and Carnahan’s producing partner, Joel Ehninger, will executive produce.
“Working with Ben Crump is a stark rebuttal of the old saying about never meeting your heroes. Three years in, through a documentary and this wonderful scripted series, Stokes, Ben is more my hero than ever, and his work has undoubtedly changed the culture,” said Carnahan in a statement to Deadline.
Added Hallgren, “Ben Crump is one of the most nuanced, complex, and interesting characters I’ve ever met. The last two years...
Carnahan, creator and showrunner of Stokes, developed the script with Hallgren. Crump and Carnahan’s producing partner, Joel Ehninger, will executive produce.
“Working with Ben Crump is a stark rebuttal of the old saying about never meeting your heroes. Three years in, through a documentary and this wonderful scripted series, Stokes, Ben is more my hero than ever, and his work has undoubtedly changed the culture,” said Carnahan in a statement to Deadline.
Added Hallgren, “Ben Crump is one of the most nuanced, complex, and interesting characters I’ve ever met. The last two years...
- 3/8/2022
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Snoop Dogg and his Snoopadelic Films banner have signed on to executive produce a Sherlock Holmes reimagining in the works at Alcon Television.
Adapted from the series of crime novels by Joe Ide, “Iq” centers on Isaiah Quintabe, a brilliant 26-year old African American private eye from East Long Beach whose local reputation earned him the nickname Iq. Isaiah’s Watson is Juanell Dodson, a semi-reformed East Side Crip who re-enters Iq’s life with a big payday case.
“House of Lies” duo Matthew Carnahan and Theo Travers will serve as creators and executive producers on the series. Deon Taylor is attached to direct. No network is attached.
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Additional executive producers on the series are Alcon Television Group CEOs Broderick Johnson and Andrew Kosove and Atlas Entertainment’s Charles Roven and Alex Gartner.
Adapted from the series of crime novels by Joe Ide, “Iq” centers on Isaiah Quintabe, a brilliant 26-year old African American private eye from East Long Beach whose local reputation earned him the nickname Iq. Isaiah’s Watson is Juanell Dodson, a semi-reformed East Side Crip who re-enters Iq’s life with a big payday case.
“House of Lies” duo Matthew Carnahan and Theo Travers will serve as creators and executive producers on the series. Deon Taylor is attached to direct. No network is attached.
Also Read: Snoop Dogg Sums Up Netflix's 'Rhythm + Flow' in Trailer: 'This Ain't 'The Voice,' Motherf-er' (Video)
Additional executive producers on the series are Alcon Television Group CEOs Broderick Johnson and Andrew Kosove and Atlas Entertainment’s Charles Roven and Alex Gartner.
- 3/5/2020
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
National Geographic has brought Emmy award-winning composers Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein on board to score its upcoming docudrama “Valley of the Boom,” Variety has learned exclusively.
Dixon and Stein are best known for their work on the soundtrack of “Stranger Things,” for which they received two Grammy nominations as well as an Emmy for outstanding main title theme music.
“We have long been inspired by the rich history and bright music from the 1990s, so when we learned of National Geographic’s ‘Valley of the Boom,’ we were thrilled to be collaborating,” said Dixon and Stein. “Sound shapes story, and we want this soundtrack to reflect the unconventional yet exhilarating era Matthew Carnahan exposes in the series.”
These are the latest celebrated composers to work with Nat Geo. The network previously collaborated with Hans Zimmer for “Genius,” Nick Cave and Warren Ellis for “Mars,” Philip Glass for “Janes,” and...
Dixon and Stein are best known for their work on the soundtrack of “Stranger Things,” for which they received two Grammy nominations as well as an Emmy for outstanding main title theme music.
“We have long been inspired by the rich history and bright music from the 1990s, so when we learned of National Geographic’s ‘Valley of the Boom,’ we were thrilled to be collaborating,” said Dixon and Stein. “Sound shapes story, and we want this soundtrack to reflect the unconventional yet exhilarating era Matthew Carnahan exposes in the series.”
These are the latest celebrated composers to work with Nat Geo. The network previously collaborated with Hans Zimmer for “Genius,” Nick Cave and Warren Ellis for “Mars,” Philip Glass for “Janes,” and...
- 7/25/2018
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
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