Dustin Lance Black Writing New Gay Rights Movement TV Series

Dustin Lance Black, is set to write a new TV series about the history of the gay rights movement.

The Academy Award-winning screenwriter for ‘Milk,’ will develop the eight-hour scripted miniseries for US network ABC.

ABC have commissioned Academy Award-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black to tell the story of the modern LGBT rights movement, beginning with the 1969 Stonewall Riots, through an eight-hour scripted miniseries.

This new series will be a return to the small screen for Black, who began his writing career on the HBO series “Big Love,” . In addition to writing feature films like ‘Milk,’ and ‘J. Edgar,’ Black also wrote the play ’8′ about the Prop 8 trial in California, which starred such celebrities as Brad Pitt, George Clooney, and Jamie Lee Curtis.

Black is also currently working on an adaptation of Jon Krakauer’s book Under the Banner of Heaven, as well as a forthcoming earthquake disaster movie with J.J. Abrams. An air date for the new miniseries has not yet been released.

Source - The Hollywood Reporter

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