Looking at the marquee posted by James Comey on "To Kill A Mockingbird," starring Jeff Daniels, I wondered on a whim what might come up if I searched on "James Comey Jeff Daniels."
Retrieved this:
CBS near deal for miniseries based on fired FBI Director James Comey's 'A Higher Loyalty' memoir
by Jeff Daniels | @jeffdanielsca
5:49 PM ET Tue, 18 Sept 2018 Updated 10:47 PM ET Tue, 18 Sept 2018, CNBC.com
CBS Television Studios is near a deal for a miniseries based on fired FBI Director James Comey's memoir "A Higher Loyalty," according to a report from Deadline Hollywood.
CBS reportedly won an auction held this month and is in final talks for TV rights to the New York Times bestselling book.
Comey served as director of the FBI from 2013 until May 2017, when he was fired by President Donald Trump.
CBS Television Studios is near a deal for a miniseries based on former FBI Director James Comey's memoir "A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership," according to Deadline Hollywood.
The online news site said CBS won an auction and is in final talks for rights to the New York Times bestselling book. It said Comey was involved in pitch meetings in Los Angeles with potential buyers of the project.
CNBC reached out to Macmillan, the memoir's publisher, for comment. CBS Television Studios declined comment for this story.
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https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/18/cbs-near-deal-for-series-based-on-fired-fbi-head-james-comeys-memoir.html
Ironically, the "Jeff Daniels" retrieved was not the actor, but the Mockingbird media journalist Jeff Daniels. Anything interesting here, anons???
A little info from Muckrack on Daniels:
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