Shea Whigham Walton Goggins L. A CONFIDENTIAL Original screenplay for #170723

  
Confidential (Original screenplay for the 2019 television pilot). Author: Walton Goggins, Shea Whigham, Charles Baker, Jade Pettyjohn (starring); James Ellroy (novel); Michael Dinner (director); Jordan Harper (screenwriter) Title: L. Confidential (Original screenplay for the 2019 television pilot) Publication: N. Description: Revised Production Draft script for the 2019 television pilot.

Not to be confused with the 1997 film. A pilot for an unproduced television series based on James Ellroy's 1990 neo-noir novel set in 1950s Los Angeles. The second of two unsuccessful attempts to adapt Ellroy's novel for the small screen, following one in 1999 starring Kiefer Sutherland. The 2019 pilot was never aired on television, and was ultimately released in 2003 as an extra on a special Blu-Ray edition of the 1997 film.

Title page present, dated March 12, 2018, noted as Production Draft, with credits for Ellroy and screenwriter Jordan Harper. 54 leaves, with last page of text numbered 48. Xerographic duplication on pink stock, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, bound with two gold brads.

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