CBS Lands Jerry Weintraub Drama Project 'The Producer' (Exclusive)

Prolific producer Jerry Weintraub is certainly going into series television. The network has bought a script for your Producer, some time project occur the imaginary arena of evening news. PHOTOS: CBS' Year Tv Shows: 'Person of curiosity,' 'A Gifted Guy' plus much more Ron Dresser (The Job) will write and executive produce the drama, which arises from Warner Bros. Television. The first sort United states . Artists chairman will be the nonwriting executive producer round the project, an infrequent foray for him into the primetime series business. PROFILE: Producer Jerry Weintraub What is the news comes six several days after Cinemax broadcast a doucmentary, His Way, withWeintraub becasue it is subject. The small sceen entry chronicled his rise from musicmanager (his client list incorporated Elvis, Frank Sinatra, Neil Gem, Introduced Zeppelin and John Colorado) to promoter to film producer. TV REVIEW: 'His Way' Round the feature side, Weintraub's creating credits include theGeorge Clooney-fronted Ocean's franchise, The Firm as well as the original Karate Kid films (plus much more recent reboot). He's overseen greater than 100 TV special deals, including Neil Gem: I'm Glad You're Here With Me At Night Tonight. Weintraub, with Vanity Fair scribe Wealthy Cohen, launched his memoir, Once I Stop Speaking, You Realize I'm Dead: Useful Tales for just about any Persuasive Guy, a year ago. STORY: Jerry Weintraub Releases Memoir Aaron Sorkin's tentartively titled Cinemax drama, More as this Story Evolves, which was acquired to series lately, may even explore the similarly designed cable news world. Related Subjects Jerry Weintraub CBS TV Development Warner Bros. Television