Oliver Stone Comes to TV

First project will be hourlong series based on Bruce Wagner’s novel “Still Holding”

Oscar-winning producer-writer-director Oliver Stone and Bruce Wagner, who previously collaborated on miniseries "Wild Palms," have signed a TV development deal with Epix.

The first project under the deal, announced Friday, is the hourlong scripted dramatic series “Still Holding,” based on Wagner’s novel of the same name.

Set in Los Angeles, "Holding" explores the colliding worlds of three people. Stone and Wagner are executive producers.

Epix, a joint venture between Viacom, Paramount Pictures, MGM and Lionsgate, is a premium entertainment channel, video-on-demand and online service that launched last fall.

Stone joins a list of name talent working with Epix that includes T Bone Burnett, Sam Shepherd and Lucas Black, who are working on one-hour drama "Tough Trade." Also,

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