30 Rock fans rejoice! Alec Baldwin is coming back to TV, and no we aren't talking about his bizarre comedic love advice from the back of a taxi thing, this is going to be an hour long drama on HBO.
In his first major episodic TV project since his Emmy-winning turn in 30 Rock, Alec Baldwin will star in and executive produce an untitled series for Universal Television and HBO. [...] Baldwin will play Joe Byrne, a billionaire real estate developer philanthropist, and celebrated socialite/tabloid fixture, who is unexpectedly rocketed into NYC politics when tragedy strikes the incumbent mayor and he is drafted to replace him. Cary Brokaw and Baldwin will be executive producers.
A billionaire mayor may bring Mike Bloomberg to mind, but Baldwin says the character is only part inspired by him.
“The character is a philanthropist, a big businessman and well-known tabloid fixture in New York,” Baldwin said. “He’s Trump without the baggage, Bloomberg but a Democrat, George Soros if he was in real estate, a left-leaning Democrat who is also a businessman who understands the reality of how the city has to be run to create the right climate for the business community.
If all goes according to plan, filming should begin in September here in New York, with release set to follow in 2016.
via Deadline
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