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[11/16/12 - 11:11 PM]
Development Update: Friday, November 16
Updates include: MTV to develop Gwenda Bond's "Blackwood" as a drama; Mark Wahlberg lands another reality pilot at A&E; and Lifetime reveals cast changes on "Army Wives."

[03/07/12 - 08:57 AM]
A&E Network Partners With Mark Wahlberg, Stephen Levinson, Kevin Harrison and Bill Thompson on a Unscripted Pilot
"Teamsters" will give viewers a first hand glimpse of the most legendary union in the most aggressive and territorial city in America: Boston.







TEAMSTERS (A&E)
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:
3/7/12 - 11/16/12
STATUS:
previously in development (2012-2013 season)
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
ordered to pilot
DESCRIPTION:
(from A&E's press release, March 2012) A&E is partnering with executive producers Mark Wahlberg, Stephen Levinson, Kevin Harrison and Bill Thompson on the unscripted pilot "Teamsters" (wt), featuring the Teamsters Local 25 in Boston, it was announced today by Bob DeBitetto, President and General Manager, A&E and BIO Channel. Set in the real-life world that provided such color to films as The Fighter and The Departed, "Teamsters" will give viewers a first hand glimpse of the most legendary union in the most aggressive and territorial city in America: Boston. Here, the Teamsters Local 25 battle for the rights of their 11,000 members.
CREW INFORMATION:
· Bill Thompson as EP
· David McKillop as EP (A&E)
· Kevin Harrison as EP
· Mark Wahlberg as EP
· Stephen Levinson as EP
GENRE(S):
· reality
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Closest to the Hole Productions
· Leverage Management
· Transition Productions