"Michael Mann to Direct Vietnam War Limited Series..." Topic

… ‘Hue 1968' for FX.

"Filmmaker Michael Mann is looking to return to the small screen in a big way. While Mann got his start as a writer/producer on shows like Starsky and Hutch and Miami Vice, his directorial efforts on TV have been limited to a single episode each of 1977's Police Woman and 1987's Crime Story, and then the pilot for HBO's short-lived drama series Luck in 2011. Now, however, the Heat and Collateral director is aiming to enter the popular fray of "limited series" efforts on TV with a Vietnam War-centric effort for FX.

Per Deadline, Mann and Michael De Luca (The Social Network) are poised to executive produce a limited series adaptation of the Mark Bowden bestseller Hue 1968, which is a comprehensive account of the siege in the Vietnam War that became a turning point for American involvement. Mann will direct multiple installments of the series, including the first episode, and the whole thing is set to span somewhere between eight and 10 episodes in total. This thing is moving fast, as the hope is to start filming in Asia by the end of the year…"
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Amicalement
Armand

That's promising.

Really interesting.

I'm somewhat confident that this will be a better interpretation of Bowden's work than the show that was Scott's Blackhawk Down.

Have fait boys!. (smile)

Amicalement
Armand

Read "Black Hawk Down" and "Guests of the Ayatolla" (sic) liked them both. Haven't read Hue yet but am looking forward to it and watching this new show!