Sorkin, who won an Academy Award for penning the screenplay for “The Social Network,” will executive produce and write. To prepare, he spent time with high-profile cable news personalities, like Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews, to understand the world he planned to recreate. Scott Rudin (“The Social Network”) and Alan Poul (“Six Feet Under,” “The Big C”) serve as executive producers, with Greg Mottola directing the pilot and Francine Maisler as the casting director. For Sorkin, the project will be his first on cable, with his three previous TV series (“Sports Night,” “The West Wing” and “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip”) airing on broadcast (the first on ABC and the last two on NBC). He is also teaming with “The Office’s” John Krasinski for a Chauteau Marmont miniseries at HBO, based on the book “Life at the Marmont,” by the hotel’s co-owners Raymond R. Sarlot
HBO Gives Series Pickup to Aaron Sorkin Project
