News | ALLEN COULTER | HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
EPIX launches its best series yet with this adaptation of the Elmore Leonard novel and 1995 film, with help from director Allen Coulter.
Not only is the third time the charm for EPIX and its adventures into scripted series, but the third time — in the guise of the improbable Get Shorty — is charming, addictive and an eye-opener of impeccable quality.
Creator and writer Davey Holmes (Shameless, In Treatment, Damages), makes Get Shorty his own with a fluid and confident style, a brilliantly shot pilot from director Allen Coulter (The Sopranos, etc.) and a winning cast highlighted by tour de force performances from Irish actor Chris O’Dowd (Moone Boy, The IT Crowd, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children) and Ray Romano (Everybody Loves Raymond), who proves that his stellar dramatic turn in Men of a Certain Age was no fluke.
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