David Fincher’s 1980s Set Music Video HBO Series VIDEO SYNCHRONICITY Greenlit
David Fincher has been developing a series for HBO that was called Living on Video, the title of which has since been changed to Video Synchronicity. The cable network greenlit the series and gave it a season order.
The story is set in 1983 Los Angeles, and it centers on a character named Robby, “a wide-eyed guy who drops out of college and drives to Hollywood with dreams of directing a sci-fi epic. He lands a job as a production assistant for a company that makes music videos.”
Charlie Rowe (Red Band Society) was cast in the lead role, and two episodes have already been shot. The new show is described as being along the same lines of HBO’s Entourage, as it “revolves around the players of the then-exploding music video industry — directors, record executives and crew members, many of them who dabble in drugs — as told through the eyes of a newcomer.”
With Fincher leading the charge on this project, it’s sure to be great. I think he’s one of the most talented individuals working in Hollywood right now, and he got his start by directing music videos. So it makes sense that he would want to focus his efforts on a project like this.
Source: THR