By Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, Film EXCLUSIVE: In a highly competitive situation, Apple has given a straight-to-series order for an untitled four-part documentary series from acclaimed filmmakers Brian Lazarte and James Lee Hernandez, directors of the docuseries McMillion$.
Multiple bidders were in the mix and it was a seven-figure deal, sources said. The new untitled docuseries tells the unbelievable true story of one of the largest scams in government history.
Lazarte & Hernandez will produce through their Fun Meter Productions banner. Their 6-part docuseries McMillion$ bowed on HBO in February and told the true story of how $24 million was stolen from the McDonald’s Monopoly game of the 1990s, the mystery mastermind who
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