Thread: "Americatown" TV program to show future US exodus

Very depressing! What they don't mention is the mass exodus may be due to illegals taking over the country, as part of the collapse of America in 25 to 40 years!

TexasGal


http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/con ... b7adf86edb


HBO eyes series on U.S. exodus
'Americatown' in development from writer Bradford Winters

By Nellie Andreeva

Sept 29, 2008, 01:00 AM ET
What if the current financial crisis in the U.S. becomes so severe that Americans start to flee the country?

Welcome to "Americatown," a Chinatown-like enclave of U.S. immigrants in cities around the world.

HBO is developing the futuristic drama series project, which hails from writer Bradford Winters and producers Tom Fontana, Barry Levinson, Frank Marshall and Kathleen Kennedy.

Set 25-40 years into the future when the precipitous decline of the U.S. leads to a mass exodus of its citizens, "Americatown" takes place in a cluster of newly arrived American immigrants in a big foreign city.

"By presenting Americans as immigrants in the near future, as both underdog and hero in the drama of global dislocation, we substitute a mirror for the rancor that informs much of the partisan debates on immigration," Winters said.

The deal at HBO caps a decade-long development process for Winters, who at different points shepherded the project as a series, movie, miniseries and a book.

His original idea, which he shared with Fontana, was to take a "Traffic"-style look at immigration in present day New York from different points of view.

Winters was introduced to Fontana 11 years ago by his actor brothers, Scott William Winters and Dean Winters. After some freelance work by then recent college graduate Winters, he joined Levinson/Fontana and has been with the company on a nonexclusive base ever since, working on such series as "Oz," "The Jury" and "The Bedford Diaries."

After kicking the immigration idea around for awhile, Winters and Fontana had it on the back burner when they were approached by Marshall and Kennedy, who also had been looking to do an immigration-themed project.

A year ago, the quartet had been tweaking Winters' sprawling contemporary drama premise, figuring out how to address the complex political aspects of the immigration issue, in preparation for a pitch at HBO. Then one night at the dinner table, Winters came up with the futuristic idea that would become "Americatown." Winters is exec producing the project with Fontana, Levinson, Marshall and Kennedy. This marks the first collaboration between Kennedy/Marshall, whose Gregg Taylor and Matt Jackson will oversee the project, and Levinson/Fontana.

In his research for "Americatown," Winters had explored possible nightmare scenarios that could bring the U.S. to a collapse decades down the road, like the price of oil skyrocketing and natural disasters reaching catastrophic proportions. Then suddenly oil hovered near $150 a barrel this summer, floods hit the Midwest and the South and Wall Street crashed under the weight of the mortgage crisis.

How does Winters feel seeing the circumstances in his fictional tale become a self-fulfilling prophecy?

"What is happening right now is such a terrible disaster for so many people and, in some ways, I think it makes it less hard to argue that the events in 'Americatown' are impossible," he said.

Winters, currently on NBC's "Kings," Fontana and Kennedy/Marshall are repped by UTA. Levinson is with ICM.

I still say the "fantasy episode" from Star Trek Deep Space Nine, titled "The Sanctuary" a 2 part episode is frightening realistic and 100% possible. The detention cities are already built and outside of loading people up...and getting chipped.....we are right there.

They do need to show the invasion by illegals and the lack of demand of assimilation for all immigrants - jobs been taken by HB foreign workers.

Actually, I began reading stories in the 90's of middle and upper middle income Americans migrating to Europe.

Originally Posted by nntrixie

They do need to show the invasion by illegals and the lack of demand of assimilation for all immigrants - jobs been taken by HB foreign workers.

Actually, I began reading stories in the 90's of middle and upper middle income Americans migrating to Europe.

There are few places left to run. Europe is being invaded by Muslims. I don't know which is worse!

This is propaganda, people, to make you think your country is lost. Don't believe for a moment that things cannot be turned around.
~ANQ

SicNTiredInSoCal

I agree - there's no place to run.

AmericansNeverQuit

They certainly may be using it as propaganda, but it is happening.

I don't think our country is lost - we still have a chance.

When I hear people talking about things in terms of the Democrat did this or that and we have to vote for Republicans - then I begin to feel we are lost. We are still putting our faith in the same old bunch of corrupt globalists - we have to face up to the facts.

I think I'll start a 'step program' for those who can't seem to break the addicition of party politics.