{"id":17064,"date":"2022-06-22T09:54:41","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T13:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/peter-chiarelli-pen-fat-leonard-u-s-navy-scandal-series\/"},"modified":"2022-06-22T11:27:19","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T15:27:19","slug":"peter-chiarelli-to-pen-fat-leonard-u-s-navy-scandal-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/peter-chiarelli-to-pen-fat-leonard-u-s-navy-scandal-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Chiarelli to Pen Fat Leonard U.S. Navy Scandal Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SK Global and journalism content studio Project Brazen have signed Peter Chiarelli (<em>Crazy Rich Asians<\/em>) to write a television adaptation of the Fat Leonard U.S. Navy scandal.<\/p>\n<p>Chiarelli\u2019s script will be based on Project Brazen\u2019s <em>Fat Leonard<\/em> podcast, which featured corrupt military contractor Leonard Glenn Francis, who spoke for the first time about stealing tens of millions of dollars through deals with the U.S. Navy in exchange for cash bribes, escorts and luxury items. In addition to <em>Crazy Rich Asians<\/em>, Chiarelli\u2019s writing credits include <em>Now You See Me 2<\/em>, <em>The Proposal<\/em> and<em> Eagle Eye<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The adaptation marks the first television co-production for Project Brazen, founded by best-selling authors and Pulitzer finalists Tom Wright and Bradley Hope. It will follow an actively developing story, with the podcast playing a major part in the current trials of five Navy officers involved with Francis.<\/p>\n<p>In a joint statement, SK Global co-CEOs John Penotti and Charlie Corwin and President of Television Marcy Ross said: \u201cLike story divining rods, our friends Tom and Bradley have uncovered yet another thrilling true story\u2014a tale of epic international intrigue that is decidedly stranger than fiction! Building on our adaptation of their best-selling book <em>Billion Dollar Whale<\/em>, the SK Global team could not be more excited to work here with Project Brazen on their first co-production.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Project Brazens\u2019 Wright and Hope added: \u201cWe\u2019re thrilled Pete\u2019s bringing his trademark wit to the Fat Leonard story, an absurd tale of military adventurism and misogyny that could only have occurred in the crazy period after 9\/11. This TV series is at the heart of Project Brazen\u2019s mission to deliver unbelievable true stories to the widest audience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chiarelli commented: \u201cFat Leonard was a world-class conman who stole from the U.S. Navy for more than a decade. He thought he was untouchable and above the law. I&#8217;m thrilled to tell the story of the small group of brave men and women who managed to con this conman and expose his nasty conspiracy.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SK Global and journalism content studio Project Brazen have signed Peter Chiarelli (Crazy Rich Asians) to write a television adaptation of the Fat Leonard U.S. Navy scandal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1033,"featured_media":17065,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[5054,5055,4234],"class_list":["post-17064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-peter-chiarelli","tag-project-brazen","tag-sk-global","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Peter Chiarelli to Pen Fat Leonard U.S. Navy Scandal Series - TVDRAMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/peter-chiarelli-to-pen-fat-leonard-u-s-navy-scandal-series\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Peter Chiarelli to Pen Fat Leonard U.S. Navy Scandal Series - TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"SK Global and journalism content studio Project Brazen have signed Peter Chiarelli (Crazy Rich Asians) to write a television adaptation of the Fat Leonard U.S. Navy scandal.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/peter-chiarelli-to-pen-fat-leonard-u-s-navy-scandal-series\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-06-22T13:54:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-06-22T15:27:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2017\/07\/Peter-Chiarelli-0622.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"420\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/peter-chiarelli-to-pen-fat-leonard-u-s-navy-scandal-series\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/peter-chiarelli-to-pen-fat-leonard-u-s-navy-scandal-series\/\",\"name\":\"Peter Chiarelli to Pen Fat Leonard U.S. Navy Scandal Series - TVDRAMA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-06-22T13:54:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-06-22T15:27:19+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/peter-chiarelli-to-pen-fat-leonard-u-s-navy-scandal-series\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/peter-chiarelli-to-pen-fat-leonard-u-s-navy-scandal-series\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/peter-chiarelli-to-pen-fat-leonard-u-s-navy-scandal-series\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Peter Chiarelli to Pen Fat Leonard U.S. Navy Scandal Series\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\",\"name\":\"TVDRAMA\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\",\"name\":\"Chelsea Regan\",\"description\":\"Chelsea Regan is the managing editor of World Screen. 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