The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon

He will remain creatively involved as an executive producer on Star Trek: Picard if it is renewed for a second season as fully expected. Chabon will stay with the series, which has completed its first season, until he transitions full-time to showrunner of Kavalier and Clay sometime next year. We’re thrilled to have them on our incredibly talented roster.”Īt CBS TV Studios, Chabon is executive producer/showrunner on the studio’s upcoming CBS All Access series Star Trek: Picard alongside executive producers Kurtzman and Goldsman. “From award-winning novels and non-fiction to their television and film collaborations, they have a remarkable body of work. “Ayelet and Michael are two of America’s pre-eminent writers,” said David Stapf, President, CBS Television Studios. The 2000 novel, which has sold millions of copies around the world, has been credited for the legitimization of comic books as a serious literary genre, and was also the inspiration for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York’s exhibition “Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy.” The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay is an epic tale of love, war and the birth of America’s comic book superhero obsession in big-band-era New York. art collective that caught fire, with 36 fatalities.

Also in the pipeline are Behind You at Hulu, from National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson, The Heavens, inspired by the bestselling novel, and Ghost Ship, the tragic story of the Oakland, Calif. Peter Berg, Michael Lombardo and Elizabeth Rogers will executive produce via Film44. Waldman and Chabon have several other projects in various stages of development, including A Really Good Day starring Anna Chlumsky ( Veep) for Showtime, based on Waldman’s book about “microdosing” with LSD. Under the overall pact, the husband-and-wife team of Chabon and Ayelet will create and develop projects for CBS TV Studios across all platforms, starting with The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, on which the duo will serve as executive producer/showrunners. WGA Strike: NYC Pickets Shut Down 'Billions,' Again

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon