Shakedown - David Fincher/James Ellroy developing 1950s drama for HBO

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David Fincher & James Ellroy Developing 1950s Los Angeles Drama For HBO by Nellie Andreeva Following months of speculation, I’ve learned that HBO has closed deals for a noir drama series project from Gone Girl director David Fincher and L.A. Confidential writer James Ellroy. Written by Ellroy, Shakedown , now in development, is set in the tabloid world and the underbelly of Los Angeles in the 1950s and centers on a real-life private detective. It is inspired by the life of legendary 1050s Hollywood vice cop-turned-private eye Fred Otash. This is an original drama project by Elloy and not an adaptation of his 2012 novella Shakedown, which also features a fictionalized version of Otash. The drama is based on a script Ellroy originally developed at FX with a different producing team. Fincher and Ellroy are executive producing the HBO project alongside Joshua Donen, Clark Peterson, and Steven Hoban. Fincher and Ellroy are reteaming after Fincher was attached to a miniseries adaptation of Ellroy’s novel The Black Dahlia years ago, before the book took a route to the big screen instead. House of Cards executive producer/director Fincher also is collaborating with a novelist on another HBO drama project, an adaptation of British series Utopia, now in development. It is being written by Gillian Flynn, on whose book Fincher’s Gone Girl was based.