HBO, Reyes team for Latino drama 'Palladium'

By Kimberly Nordyke

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - HBO is developing a Latino-themed drama with "Empire" screenwriter Franc Reyes.

The hourlong project, dubbed "Palladium," centers on an upscale nightclub in New York and the tense relationship between the owner and his son.

Reyes is serving as writer and executive producer and would direct if the project gets a pilot pickup.

Other projects in development at HBO include an adaptation of the British comedy series "Sensitive Skin," starring Kim Cattrall, who is also executive producing, and an adaptation of the British prison drama "Bad Girls," with Alan Ball as an executive producer.

Reyes wrote and directed the 2002 John Leguizamo feature film "Empire" and recently reteamed with the actor for the upcoming film "The Ministers," which he wrote and directed. Premiering in New York in June, "Ministers" also stars Harvey Keitel.

Reuters/Hollywood Reporter