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Bill Clinton's first novel to become a Showtime TV series in major deal
September 22, 2017, 05:00 PM
callibirdBill Clinton's first novel to become a Showtime TV series in major deal
Maybe coming to Showtime. I'm thinking if it were more biographical, it would find a home at Cinemax.
Clinton's made for TV NovelBill Clinton's first novel to become a Showtime TV series in major deal
Clinton and James Patterson’s upcoming thriller, The President Is Missing, getting series treatment
JAMES HIBBERD@JAMESHIBBERD
POSTED ON SEPTEMBER 22, 2017 AT 11:00AM EDT
The former president and bestselling author James Patterson have selected Showtime to adapt their upcoming thriller, The President Is Missing.
The novel, set to be published in 2018, tells the story of a sitting U.S. president’s mysterious disappearance with the level of detail that only someone who has held the highest office can know.
We’re told the project was hotly sought after by studios and networks, with Clinton and Patterson doing a 16-meeting tour around Hollywood trying to select the right outlet. CBS chairman and CEO Leslie Moonves — who has a long-standing relationship with both Clinton and Patterson (the latter an executive producer on the CBS drama Zoo) — personally helped make the deal.
One surprise about the deal is that novel’s hook was presumed to be perfect for a theatrical film, or perhaps become a limited series. Instead, Showtime is turning The President Is Missing into a full-blown ongoing drama series.
“Bringing The President Is Missing to Showtime is a coup of the highest order,” said Showtime president and CEO David Nevins. “The pairing of President Clinton with fiction’s most gripping storyteller promises a kinetic experience, one that the book world has salivated over for months and that now will dovetail perfectly into a politically relevant, character-based action series for our network.”
“I’m really enjoying writing this book and working with Jim,” Clinton said in a statement. “And I can’t wait to see Showtime bring the characters to life.”
“The White House is such an exciting world to explore and is made even more so with the unique insights of a former President,” said Patterson. “Rich storytelling opportunities for this series abound.”
Clinton has written many nonfiction books in the past, but The President Is Missing marks his first novel. The book will be published in June 2018.
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September 22, 2017, 05:29 PM
rusbroquote:
The President Is Missing
...that's why Monica keeps having to send her jacket to the cleaners...
September 22, 2017, 05:41 PM
sigfreundquote:
Originally posted by rusbro:
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The President Is Missing
...that's why Monica keeps having to send her jacket to the cleaners...
And ... all the other contenders for best comments on the title have withdrawn their submissions.

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To operate serious weapons in a serious manner. September 22, 2017, 05:43 PM
Kevmoquote:
Originally posted by rusbro:
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The President Is Missing
...that's why Monica keeps having to send her jacket to the cleaners...
drops the mic.....
September 22, 2017, 05:59 PM
jbcummingsWill probably be as good as any soft porn...
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September 22, 2017, 06:20 PM
John Steedquote:
... with the level of detail that only someone who has held the highest office can know.
But isn't he concerned that he might compromise secret information and procedures ... oh, yeah, Clinton ... never mind.

... stirred anti-clockwise. September 22, 2017, 06:21 PM
urbanwarrior238Another way for those fucktard Clintons to make money from the Dotards who will read it.
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September 22, 2017, 06:32 PM
rscalzoI thought it would be a soft core porn.
September 22, 2017, 07:10 PM
msfzoeIs WJC Tiger Woods' sex counselor?
September 22, 2017, 08:57 PM
zoom6zoomThere will be a companion show about Hillary, entitled "Missing Being President"
I have my own style of humor. I call it Snarkasm. September 22, 2017, 09:24 PM
John SteedThey are already planning a sequel: "The Money for Haiti is Missing".
... stirred anti-clockwise. September 23, 2017, 08:35 AM
DetonicsMk6Well, this will give a whole new crop of Disney girls a chance at stardom when they get to the part about his plane rides to Jeffery Epstein's private island aboard the
Lolita Express.
September 23, 2017, 08:42 AM
braillediverJust a new way to pay the clinton machine.
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September 23, 2017, 08:45 AM
MitchbSCI wanna see an old-school El Camino with Astroturf in the bed!
They don't think it be like it is, but it do. September 23, 2017, 08:46 AM
nighthawkFigured it would be called, chicks I have porked, and you have to pay big time do he doesn't mention you.
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September 23, 2017, 08:40 PM
dwright1951Well that’s ok with me I don’t watch showtime anyway. And he probably needs the money since his cash cow didn’t win .
September 23, 2017, 08:46 PM
dsietsOoooh yeah, giggity.
September 24, 2017, 05:18 AM
Marlin FanAnything that asshole did as president is fiction.
September 24, 2017, 08:53 AM
2012BOSS302quote:
“Rich storytelling opportunities for this series abound.”
Send your daughters to DC to intern, if they don't drown her - they will use her as a sex object and then toss her aside.
Donald Trump is not a politician, he is a leader, politicians are a dime a dozen, leaders are priceless. September 24, 2017, 09:27 AM
tatortoddquote:
Originally posted by John Steed:
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... with the level of detail that only someone who has held the highest office can know.
But isn't he concerned that he might compromise secret information and procedures ... oh, yeah, Clinton ... never mind.
Slick Willy was a pre 9/11 president and has been out of office 16.5 years. I would hope that the SS will have already:
hardened the security on the tunnels used by JFK, WJC, etc. to sneak in amateur and professional whores. They had a metric shit ton of money to do stuff like that during the GWB admin.
beefed up all security procedures post 9/11.
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