Crooked journalist from The Wire to direct fantasy...

Crooked journalist from The Wire to direct fantasy TV show pilot! Less sensationally, Tom McCarthy – director of The Station Agent and The Visitor and the guy who played Scott Templeton on The Wire -- is directing the pilot of Game of Thrones , the fantasy series based on the books of George R. R. Martin coming to HBO.

Submitted by crazymonk on Thu, 05/07/2009 - 5:00am.

Comments (3)

First off, those are two great films. Secondly, I had no idea the same person did those movies. And Third, I can't believe Templeton wrote and directed them. His Wire character was so good that whenever I see him in movies I hate him.

Los Angeles Anthony | Thu, 05/07/2009 - 3:37pm

Yeah, I first made the connection when I was watching the DVD extras for The Visitor. There was an interview with the director that I watched after viewing the film, and I stood up and said: "That's Scott Templeton!" I was very excited. Then Richard Jenkins's casting made more sense.

crazymonk | Thu, 05/07/2009 - 4:03pm

that guy was also on the first season of Boston Public. when i saw "the station agent" i had to do a double-take and couldn't believe it was the same guy. funny how we pigeonhole actors: he was a doofy gym teacher on BP, so of course he couldn't have directed a great indie film.

jbg. | Thu, 05/07/2009 - 9:31pm