‘Fear The Walking Dead’s Colman Domingo Lifts The Lid On AMC Adaptation Of Stage Play ‘Dot’ – Mipcom
Fear The Walking Dead star Colman Domingo said that he is “mining the pilot” of his adaptation of stage play Dot for U.S. cable network AMC.
The actor and playwright is developing the project, which premiered on stage in 2016 in New York, as In The Middle of the Street. The show follows a family in fading West Philadelphia, who must confront old secrets in order to face the challenges of their present. It tackles aging parents, marriage, sexuality, and politics with humor and joy.
“It’s a dark comedy, it’s about how the matriarch, her filter is gone and you find out some secrets of the family. It re-examines what family is, over many many seasons, hopefully. We’re still mining the pilot,” he said.
Domingo, who exec produces alongside Alisa Tager for Collider Entertainment, said that he pitched the show to a number of rival networks because...
The actor and playwright is developing the project, which premiered on stage in 2016 in New York, as In The Middle of the Street. The show follows a family in fading West Philadelphia, who must confront old secrets in order to face the challenges of their present. It tackles aging parents, marriage, sexuality, and politics with humor and joy.
“It’s a dark comedy, it’s about how the matriarch, her filter is gone and you find out some secrets of the family. It re-examines what family is, over many many seasons, hopefully. We’re still mining the pilot,” he said.
Domingo, who exec produces alongside Alisa Tager for Collider Entertainment, said that he pitched the show to a number of rival networks because...
- 10/16/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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