Steve McQueen Drama ‘Codes of Conduct’ Gets Limited Series Order From HBO
The series follows a young African-American man’s attempts to break into New York high society
Joe Otterson | March 20, 2015 @ 12:48 PM
Last Updated: March 20, 2015 @ 12:49 PM
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Steve McQueen‘s drama pilot, “Codes of Conduct,” has been picked up by HBO as a limited series, the network announced Friday.
The six-episode series follows Beverly Snow (Devon Terrell), a young African-American man who wants to break into the highest social strata of New York despite his ambiguous past. Helena Bonham-Carter, Paul Dano and Rebecca Hall will also star.
McQueen will direct all six episodes. He will also serve as executive producer alongside hip-hop entrepreneur Russell Simmons, Matthew Michael Carnahan, Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Alan Poul.
This will be McQueen’s first project since “12 Years a Slave” won the Best Picture Oscar in 2014. He is also developing “Widows,” a film about the wives of a crew of burglars who take up their husbands’ line of work when the husbands are killed on a job.
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