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Sam Okun Productions Developing Wayne Biddle’s ‘Dark Side Of The Moon’ For TV; ‘Bosch’s Daniel Pyne To Serve As Showrunner


A 'Dark Side of the Moon' series from showrunner Daniel Pyne and Sam Okun Production, based on Wayne Biddle's historical work, is in development.

EXCLUSIVE: Sam Okun Productions has optioned Dark Side of the Moon: Wernher von Braun, the Third Reich and the Space Race, a historical work from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Wayne Biddle, for development as an ongoing one-hour drama series, Deadline has learned. Based on true accounts, along with additional source material from the book, the show follows a rebellious MIT graduate who shatters glass ceilings to join NASA, where, under the mentorship of Wernher von Braun, mastermind of America’s space program, she becomes a rising star. Recently completing post on the ensemble drama All There Is, featuring Elsie Fisher, Mena Suvari, Cheyenne Jackson, Jason Priestley and more, the company is also readying the international series Anatomy of a Scam, with Timothy Prager penning the adaptation and Daniel Calparsoro set to direct.

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