In late October 2016, a “Mormon mystic and perpetually tired dad” in Bellingham, Washington, tweeted: “Someday, someone is going to adapt the 2016 election into a miniseries and (hopefully) none of our children will believe it.”
Your prediction is their demand, Capybara Archivist.
Filmmaker Mark Boal and producer Megan Ellison are planning a miniseries on the presidential race, reports Deadline.
“Hugo Lindgren, a former editor of the New York Times magazine who now is president of Page 1, is assembling a group of investigative journalists in New York and Washington D.C. as contributors to the project,” Deadline says. “Boal expects to write a script for the series.
Boal was writer and producer of “Zero Dark Thirty” and “The Hurt Locker.” Ellison worked on a Serial podcast about American prisoner of war Bowe Bergdahl.
The miniseries project is still in early stages, with no broadcast outlet told, Deadline said.
But the election-as-miniseries idea was a recurring thought in 2016.
When they inevitably make a TV movie or miniseries about 2016 election, I’m betting Sarah Paulson will play Hilary Clinton.
— Taimur Dar (@TDSpidey616) September 23, 2016
In 20 years, I bet I’ll be looking forward to watch the 10 part miniseries on fx about the 2016 election. Can’t wait to see that cast!
— Ryan Hall (@HyanRall) October 9, 2016
Top 3 most anticipated pop culture things. 1- Star Wars VIII 2- Star Wars IX 3- the HBO movie or miniseries detailing the 2016 election
— Erik Flatt (@erikflatt) October 6, 2016
@ me for 2016 election miniseries dream casting. I’ve got Timothy Spall as Trump and Ana Gastayer as Heidi Cruz.
— Kayleigh Anne (@Ceilidhann) November 8, 2016
Someday, someone is going to adapt the 2016 election into a miniseries and (hopefully) none of our children will believe it.
— Capybara Archivist (@teioh) October 30, 2016
The miniseries that @HBO makes in 2 years about the 2016 election is going to be riveting! #Election2016
— Joy Puder (@JoyPuder) October 13, 2016
Can we just skip ahead to the FX miniseries about the 2016 election? I’d like to watch that and be done living through it.
— Rebecca Eisenberg (@ryeisenberg) October 13, 2016