The story of how a Native American film director, an iconic actor and the writer of Game of Thrones teamed for an AMC series based on the Dark Wind novels goes back decades. In 1979, Thrones author…
). Two were directed by Chris Eyre, who had broken out at Redford’s 1998 Sundance Film Festival with his acclaimed debut,, then considered the first film to be written, directed and produced by Native Americans to reach a mainstream audience. Yet Redford felt the PBS projects were constrained by modest budgets and limited distribution, and there were so many more Leaphorn / Chee tales to tell.
Another decade passed . In 2015, members of Redford’s team suggested a sit-down with Eyre and Martin. All three lived in Santa Fe and had a passion for Hillerman’s novels. Plus, Redford and Martin shared the same agent and had overall deals at HBO. “Of course I’m going to go lunch with the Sundance Kid!” Martin recalls thinking at the time. “I was flattered and thrilled to be a part of the team.”into development — yet ultimately passed.
HBO permitted the producers to try to find another home, however. And after months of talks, AMC stepped up on July 9 with a series order, paving the way for an adaptation of Hillerman’s series that finally had all the elements: a major platform, an ongoing serialized story, a Native American writers room and cast , plus permission to film on Navajo lands in New Mexico., and we were envisioning this whole renaissance of Native American representation and filmmaking,” Eyre says.
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