Writer-producer Rod Lurie ("Commander in Chief") is developing the series, for which several cable networks recently bid for the rights. HBO has fast-tracked the show's development, although an air date appears to not have been set. Spacey won a Tony Award for Lost in Yonkers and an additional nomination for the revival of The Iceman Cometh. His two Oscars came for his work in "American Beauty" and "The Usual Suspects." He is the artistic director of London's Old Vic Theatre Company. Other stage credits include Speed-the-Plow, A Moon for the Misbegotten, National Anthems, The Philadelphia Story, Richard II and Long Day's Journey Into Night. Screen credits also include "Recount," "21," "Superman Returns," "Beyond the Sea," "Pay It Forward," "Hurlyburly," "A Bug's Life," "L.A. Confidential," "A Time to Kill," "Se7en" and "Glengarry Glen Ross."
