Set in frontier-era California, Ball’s book explores how Muybridge - a murderer as well a technological pioneer - and his patron Stanford teamed to launch the age of visual media. Cohen, Cohen Media Group president Daniel Battsek and Fred Roos (“The Godfather Part II”).īodganovich called “The Inventor and the Tycoon” a “fascinating story about the origins of cinema/beginning of movies and the amazing series of coincidences that led to that creation.” The book explores the true story of motion-picture pioneer Edward Muybridge and industrialist-politician Leland Stanford, and their effect on the early days of cinema.īogdanovich is developing the project with Cohen Media Group, and is also serving as co-executive producer, along with Charles S. “The Last Picture Show” director Peter Bogdanovich will explore the story of the first picture shows for his next project.īogdanovich has signed on to direct a TV miniseries adaptation of Edward Ball’s 2013 book “The Inventor and the Tycoon: A Gilded Age Murder and the Birth of Moving Pictures.” Project will explore the origins of cinema
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