{"id":11861,"date":"2019-09-06T10:00:49","date_gmt":"2019-09-06T14:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/milo-ventimiglia-star-evel-knievel-usa-network-limited-series\/"},"modified":"2019-09-06T12:32:10","modified_gmt":"2019-09-06T16:32:10","slug":"milo-ventimiglia-to-star-as-evel-knievel-in-usa-network-limited-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/milo-ventimiglia-to-star-as-evel-knievel-in-usa-network-limited-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Milo Ventimiglia to Star as Evel Knievel in USA Network Limited Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>This Is Us<\/em> star Milo Ventimiglia is set to play daredevil Evel Knievel in a new limited series for USA Network titled <em>Evel<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The series is based on the story of the larger-than-life &#8217;70s stuntman as he prepares for his greatest death-defying feat, the historic Snake River Canyon jump. Production is expected to begin in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>From UCP, the series will be written and executive produced by Etan Frankel (<em>Sorry For Your Loss<\/em>, <em>Shameless<\/em>, <em>Animal Kingdom<\/em>). Serving as executive producers are McG, Mary Viola and Steven Bello of Wonderland Sound &amp; Vision; Alex Gartner, Charles Roven and Topher Rhys-Lawrence of Atlas Entertainment; and Ventimiglia. Russ Cundiff will co-executive produce on behalf of DiVide Pictures.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;USA Network is known for big event series that celebrate heroes, rebels and icons, and what could be bigger than the story of one of the greatest thrill-seekers of all time?&#8221; said Chris McCumber, president of entertainment networks at USA Network and SYFY. &#8220;The incredible life and journey of Evel Knievel lends itself to a dramatic retelling, and we are excited to be partnering with Milo, McG, UCP, Atlas and Wonderland to bring this iconic American tale to our viewers.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Is Us star Milo Ventimiglia is set to play daredevil Evel Knievel in a new limited series for USA Network titled Evel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[3309,95],"class_list":["post-11861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories","tag-milo-ventimiglia","tag-usa-network","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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