Michael Chabon And Wife Ayelet Waldman's New HBO Drama: Magicians Battling Hitler

Variety:

Scribe Michael Chabon and his wife, author Ayelet Waldman, have set up an offbeat drama project at HBO that revolves around a motley group of conmen and magicians who use their skills at deception to battle Hitler and his forces during WWII.

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Comments

[monique rn]

11:01 PM on 03/12/2011

I look forward to this production. Michael Chabon and HBO, very interesting.

[Clare53]

09:52 PM on 03/12/2011

Michael Chabon and both brilliant and hot. You can't beat that.

[ZenSufi]

09:57 PM on 03/11/2011

Aleister Crowley talked about his magickal attacks against Hitler.

[msubadgrrl]

03:01 PM on 03/09/2011

My favorite author!!! My least favorite mustachioed evil dictator!!! #winning

[anastasiabeaverhousen]

11:58 AM on 03/09/2011

He reminds me of Crosby on Parenthood......

[LearnMe]

10:27 AM on 03/09/2011

I'll watch. www.learnmeproject.com

[Patrick McGuire]

09:55 AM on 03/09/2011

yesssss!!!

[Keith Jigleeottee]

11:36 PM on 03/08/2011

Sounds interesting, no hobbits I hope.

[mmm pecan pie]

10:10 PM on 03/08/2011

I really enjoyed Kavalier and Clay but The Yiddish Policemen's Union is my favorite, I think. I think this HBO show may have a good mix of ideas from both books. I can't wait!

[Debru]

08:11 PM on 03/08/2011

Oh, darn.

I was hoping this meant they were finally doing an adaptation of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Klay. (I thought the headline got the details slightly wrong, not an unknown thing on this site.)

Still sounds interesting.

But I really, really want to see a movie or TV version of Kavalier & Klay!

[Tulka2]

06:11 PM on 03/08/2011

It is not politically correct, we are told by the likes of Chris Matthews and Jon Stewart,  to notice parallels in our own politics with the rise of German fascism, but there are no end to goofy works of fiction that take the horror out.  

I ask, "Why?"

[EStreetShuffler]

03:19 PM on 03/08/2011

Chabon is ridiculously talented. This project echoes a storyline from his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Klay," which is an amazing book.

I hope it's a big success.

[Adam616]

02:31 PM on 03/08/2011

Would somebody please tell Hollywood that WWII ended 66 years ago?

[Skyhawk]

12:48 PM on 03/08/2011

Interesting concept, since it's belived that Hitler had a fascination with the occult. Hope it's good, I'm an admirer of Chabon's writings.