HBO Slates Election Miniseries from Tom Hanks, Game Change Team

NEW YORK: A new HBO miniseries will chronicle the events of the 2016 U.S. presidential election, with Jay Roach attached to direct and executive produce and Playtone’s Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman as executive producers.

The miniseries will be based on Mark Halperin and John Heilemann’s upcoming third installment of the Game Change series, which will be published by Penguin Press.

Based on the 2010 New York Times number one best seller by Halperin and Heilemann, HBO Films’ Game Change was executive produced by Goetzman and Hanks, directed and executive produced by Roach, and starred Julianne Moore, Woody Harrelson and Ed Harris. It debuted on HBO in 2012 and went on to win five Emmy Awards.

Len Amato, the president of HBO Films, said, “We are thrilled to continue our relationship with Mark Halperin and John Heilemann, whose work on their best-selling book Game Change set the bar for political reporting and storytelling inside a presidential campaign. Reuniting Game Change director and executive producer Jay Roach and Playtone producers Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman with Mark and John for a project based on their upcoming book promises to vividly capture the most unique and impactful event in modern American politics.”