Peter White Television EditorEXCLUSIVE: Rodney Barnes, the television writer and comic book author whose credits including Hulu’s Wu Tang: An American Saga and Marvel’s Runaways, has signed an overall deal with HBO.Deadline understands that the deal is for two years.This comes as Barnes is working with the premium cabler as a writer and executive producer on its upcoming untitled Lakers drama.
He is working on the series, which stars John C. Reilly and Jason Clarke and is based on Jeff Pearlman’s book Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s.Under the new deal, Barnes will develop, write, and produce projects via his company Rodney Barnes Productions.
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